Extending Agents with MCP Servers

Visual Studio Code · Beginner ·🤖 AI Agents & Automation ·1mo ago

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In this session we're talking about MCP (Model Context Protocol) and how to use them to give your agents the superpower to connect to external datasets and tools outside your model. 🔗 Links: Docs: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/agents/agent-tools Copilot Free: https://aka.ms/vscode-activatecopilotfree 🔎 Chapters: 00:00 Intro to MCP 01:08 Demo - Install 02:36 Configure 03:25 Secure 04:45 Manage 05:59 Recap 🤝 Connect with Liam: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liam-conroy-hampton/ ▶️ For more VS Code Learn content: https://aka.ms/vsc-learn #vscode #mcpserver #vsc-learn #tools

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In this session we're talking about MCP (Model Context Protocol) and how to use them to give your agents the superpower to connect to external datasets and tools outside your model. 🔗 Links: Docs: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/copilot/agents/agent-tools Copilot Free: https://aka.ms/vscode-activatecopilotfree 🔎 Chapters: 00:00 Intro to MCP 01:08 Demo - Install 02:36 Configure 03:25 Secure 04:45 Manage 05:59 Recap 🤝 Connect with Liam: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liam-conroy-hampton/ ▶️ For more VS Code Learn content: https://aka.ms/vsc-learn #vscode #mcpserver #vsc-learn #tools
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Chapters (6)

Intro to MCP
1:08 Demo - Install
2:36 Configure
3:25 Secure
4:45 Manage
5:59 Recap
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