Connect Claude to Your Tools with MCP
Build a Working MCP Server Over Your Own Data Today
Claude is only as smart as the context it can reach. This short, build-focused course takes you from "Claude can't see my stuff" to a working MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that plugs Claude into your own files, apps, or tools. In one sitting you'll run a prebuilt server, point it at your own data, and customise a tool to fit a real task in your workflow.
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Course Overview
Stop copy-pasting your files into Claude. Claude is only as smart as the context it can reach, and MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the bridge that lets it read and act on your own files, datasets, and tools.
This short, hands-on course follows one real build end to end. You'll set up your workspace, run a prebuilt MCP server in minutes, connect Claude to your own data, then modify a single tool so the server does something useful for your workflow.
The payoff is a server that actually runs, not notes. In about an hour you'll get a grounded answer from Claude you couldn't get before, and you'll know how to troubleshoot, secure, and reuse the setup.
What you'll learn
Explain what MCP is and when connecting Claude to live data is worth it
Set up and verify a working client and runtime before you build
Run an existing MCP server and connect it to a Claude client
Connect Claude to your own files, dataset, or app and retrieve a grounded answer
Modify a server's tool to fit a real task in your own workflow
Diagnose the most common connection failures and apply basic access-safety hygiene
Meet the instructors
GenAI Academy
GenAI Academy
GenAI Academy builds practical, hands-on AI courses designed so you apply what you learn the same day. This course is produced by the Academy's in-house team to the same standard as our instructor-led courses.
Who this course is for
Low-Code Practitioners Analysts, ops people, and indie builders who are comfortable in a terminal and can run a local server, but aren't full-time developers
Technical PMs & Builders Automation-curious knowledge workers who want Claude grounded in their real data instead of stitching docs together by hand
Integration-Curious Teams People who keep hearing about MCP and want a guided, same-day working build rather than a doc dump or scattered tutorials
What's included
6 self-paced video lessons that build one real MCP server end to end
A copy-paste command sheet with every command used, in order
Starter config and server files you clone and run
A "5 common errors to fixes" troubleshooting card
A one-page MCP concept primer and a sample dataset to practise on
Course syllabus
6 lessons
Why Claude Needs MCP
Set Up Your Workspace
Run Your First MCP Server
Connect Claude to YOUR Data
Make It Yours: A Simple Custom Tool
Troubleshoot, Secure & Reuse
Schedule
Format
Self-paced video course
Lessons
6 lessons
Price
$15
Level
Intermediate
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