Kickstart MCP

🚀 kickstart-mcp Chinese Interactive Tutorial

An interactive tutorial for learning the Model Context Protocol (MCP). From setting up an MCP host to building your own server and client, we'll guide you through every step of your journey to learn MCP.

🚀 Quick Start

✨ Features

• Interactive tutorials for MCP setup and development.
• Step-by-step guides for different MCP hosts (Claude, Cursor, custom).
• Comprehensive coverage of MCP concepts:
  • Host configuration.
  • Server development.
  • Client implementation.
• Built-in validation for each tutorial step.
• Cross-platform support (macOS, Windows).

📦 Installation

Package Management

For package management, we recommend using UV:

brew install uv

The build tool used is Hatch, so you'll also need to install it:

brew install hatch

Quick Start (Recommended)

uvx kickstart-mcp -l ko

Starting from version v0.1.0, you can use the -l option to specify your preferred language. The currently supported languages are as follows:

Development Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/nolleh/kickstart-mcp.git
cd kickstart-mcp

# Install dependencies and run
uv run kickstart-mcp

💻 Usage Examples

Basic Usage

1. Start the tutorial:

uvx kickstart-mcp

2. Follow the interactive prompts:
   • Select your preferred MCP host.
   • Complete each tutorial step.
   • Validate your progress.
   • Learn MCP concepts through hands-on practice.

💡 Usage Tip

Although it's recommended to complete the tutorials in order, if you want to quickly learn server development, you can start with FastMcp in the McpServer tutorial.

🤝 Contribution

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

💬 Feedback

Have feedback or suggestions? Visit our GitHub repository and do the following:

• Open an issue.
• Submit a Pull Request.
• Start a discussion.