8 step-by-step tutorials

MCP How-To Tutorials in 2026

Practical, single-task tutorials for working with Model Context Protocol servers. Install one on the client you actually use, build your own from scratch, debug the "connected but no tools" case, or harden credentials before letting an agent touch real systems.

Each tutorial is goal-shaped — open it, follow the steps, hit a working result. Where there is depth to go further, links into the rest of the directory pick up from where the tutorial ends.

Install an MCP server

Per-client setup walkthroughs covering config paths, tokens, and verification.

Build an MCP server

Scaffold your own server, expose tools, and wire it into a real client.

Debug an MCP server

Read logs, inspect handshakes, isolate stdio failures, fix the manifest.

Secure an MCP server

Scope credentials, lock paths, and contain prompt-injection blast radius.

Ready to pick MCPs?

Tutorials cover the "how". For the "which" — the actual MCPs worth installing per client and per use case — head into the directory or the comparison hub.