AI Agent
Decides what to do
MCP Client
Routes tool calls
MCP Servers
Sheets, Slack, DB, GitHub
External Services
The systems being automated
MCP is the bridge between AI agents and real-world services. Without MCP, an AI agent can only generate text. With MCP, it can query your database, update a spreadsheet, send a Slack message, and deploy code. all in a single conversation.
If you haven't explored MCP yet, the MCP Development 101 course covers building servers from scratch. This module focuses on using existing MCP servers as automation building blocks.