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Lecture 3 · Foundations of Agentic AI

Model Context Protocol

Connecting AI agents to tools and external context through MCP.

8 October 2026

Overview

This lecture introduces the Model Context Protocol and how it enables agents to discover and use tools, resources, and external context through a common interface.

Class materials

  • View the lecture slides (PDF)
  • Open the Colab notebook

Further reading

  1. Model Context Protocol documentation
  2. MCP Registry
  3. FastMCP: Getting started

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