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Publish Your First MCP Server Today

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45 min
Nov 25, 2025 12:00 PM
Virtual (Zoom)

In this video

What you'll learn

Understand the Model Context Protocol specification

Learn what's in the 2025-11-25 spec release and how MCP enables AI agents to safely access your API tools and data.

Publish your first MCP server in minutes

Follow along as we build and publish a working MCP server that lets LLMs and agents discover and "see" your APIs.

Connect and test MCP servers with agents

Connect your MCP server to Claude and other tools that help you test and debug it.

Understand security risks when exposing APIs to AI

Learn common security pitfalls and basic precautions to consider when connecting agents to your systems.

Why this topic matters

AI agents need access to your APIs and data. Model Context Protocol (MCP) is the open standard that makes this possible, and it just turned one year old. Learn why major companies are adopting MCP, understand the latest spec updates, and publish your first working server. Whether you're building agents or evaluating MCP for your team, this session gives you what you need to start.

You'll learn from

Emmanuel Paraskakis

Emmanuel Paraskakis

Founder, Level 250 | 3x VP, API Products

Previously at

Verisk
Moodys
Oracle
SmartBear
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