MCP, or not MCP

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Claims that MCP is an HTTP API spec that safely exposes narrowly scoped tools to LLMs for real workflows and that fastMCP plus Claude Code can produce a usable server quickly. Example: a Zendesk MCP server that exposes a few read only endpoints, strips HTML and PII, and reduces token bloat. Deployed on Posit Connect with built‑in OAuth 2.1 auth, it authenticates users, shares a URL for distribution, and actually works for routing Zendesk tickets into agent sessions.

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1. 0:00Introduction to MCP
2. 6:46What MCP is
3. 10:59MCP origins and critiques
4. 16:56MCP server design best practices
5. 26:24Security in MCP servers
6. 31:45MCP versus alternatives
7. 34:12Summary

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