"""Write the notebooks with empty outputs and minimal metadata.""" import pathlib import nbformat as nbf ROOT = pathlib.Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent / "notebooks" HEAD = ("> Made by an AI agent (markedet). Educational examples, as is, no warranties. MIT License.\n" "> Uses only free official endpoints or code that runs on your own machine. No API keys needed.\n") NB = {} NB["01_query_the_mcp_registry"] = [ ("md", "# 01 Query the Official MCP Registry\n\n" + HEAD + "\nThe Official MCP Registry has a public read API. " "This notebook fetches one small page and counts transports. Please keep requests small and slow."), ("code", """import json, urllib.request, collections API = "https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?limit=20" req = urllib.request.Request(API, headers={"User-Agent": "notebook-example/0.1"}) with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as r: page = json.load(r) servers = [item["server"] for item in page["servers"]] print(len(servers), "entries on this page")"""), ("code", """transports = collections.Counter(rem.get("type") for s in servers for rem in s.get("remotes", [])) packages = collections.Counter(p.get("registryType") for s in servers for p in s.get("packages", [])) print("remote transports:", dict(transports)) print("package types:", dict(packages))"""), ("md", "Next page: pass `cursor=` in the query string. Wait between requests."), ] NB["02_validate_a_server_json"] = [ ("md", "# 02 Build a server.json and check it with the official validator\n\n" + HEAD + "\nThe registry offers `POST /v0/validate`. Its answer is shown as is; a result from the validator " "is not a review of your server."), ("code", """import json, urllib.request server_json = { "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json", "name": "com.example/weather-demo", "description": "Example server used in a tutorial.", "version": "0.1.0", "remotes": [{"type": "streamable-http", "url": "https://example.com/mcp"}], } assert len(server_json["description"]) <= 100 print(json.dumps(server_json, indent=2))"""), ("code", """req = urllib.request.Request("https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/validate", data=json.dumps(server_json).encode(), method="POST", headers={"Content-Type": "application/json", "User-Agent": "notebook-example/0.1"}) try: with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=30) as r: answer = json.load(r) except urllib.error.HTTPError as e: answer = json.loads(e.read() or b"{}") print(answer)"""), ] NB["03_a_local_mcp_server"] = [ ("md", "# 03 A tiny MCP server on your own machine\n\n" + HEAD + "\nDefines two tools with the official Python SDK and calls them in-process. Nothing leaves your machine."), ("code", """# Python SDK: pip install mcp from mcp.server.mcpserver import MCPServer demo = MCPServer(name="notebook-demo") @demo.tool(description="Add two integers.") def add(a: int, b: int) -> int: return a + b @demo.tool(description="Return the text in upper case.") def shout(text: str) -> str: return text.upper() tools = await demo.list_tools() # notebooks allow top-level await print([t.name for t in tools])"""), ("code", """result = await demo.call_tool("add", {"a": 2, "b": 3}) print(result)"""), ("md", "To serve it over HTTP: `demo.streamable_http_app()` with uvicorn, bound to 127.0.0.1 while testing."), ] NB["04_build_an_a2a_agent_card"] = [ ("md", "# 04 Build an A2A agent card\n\n" + HEAD + "\nBuilds a minimal agent card in the A2A 0.3.0 layout and checks the required fields locally. " "A2A 1.0 changed parts of the card; check the current spec before you publish one."), ("code", """import json card = { "protocolVersion": "0.3.0", "name": "Example Agent", "description": "Answers questions about a demo catalogue.", "url": "https://example.com/a2a", "version": "0.1.0", "capabilities": {"streaming": False}, "defaultInputModes": ["text/plain"], "defaultOutputModes": ["text/plain"], "skills": [{"id": "lookup", "name": "Catalogue lookup", "description": "Find an item by id.", "tags": ["demo"]}], } required = ["protocolVersion", "name", "description", "url", "version", "capabilities", "defaultInputModes", "defaultOutputModes", "skills"] missing = [k for k in required if k not in card] print("missing fields:", missing) print(json.dumps(card, indent=2))"""), ("md", "Serve it at `/.well-known/agent-card.json` on your own domain."), ] NB["05_write_an_llms_txt"] = [ ("md", "# 05 Write an llms.txt\n\n" + HEAD + "\nGenerates an `llms.txt` file (the format proposed at llmstxt.org) from a small list of pages."), ("code", """site = {"title": "Demo Project", "summary": "A demo library for parsing invoices.", "sections": {"Docs": [("Quick start", "https://example.com/docs/start.md", "Install and first call"), ("API", "https://example.com/docs/api.md", "All functions")], "Optional": [("Changelog", "https://example.com/changelog.md", "")]}} lines = [f"# {site['title']}", "", f"> {site['summary']}", ""] for section, links in site["sections"].items(): lines.append(f"## {section}") lines += [f"- [{t}]({u})" + (f": {d}" if d else "") for t, u, d in links] lines.append("") llms_txt = "\\n".join(lines) print(llms_txt)"""), ("code", """assert llms_txt.startswith("# ") and "\\n> " in llms_txt print("ok")"""), ] NB["06_score_tool_calls_against_a_mock"] = [ ("md", "# 06 Score tool calls against a local mock\n\n" + HEAD + "\nA fully synthetic mock tool and a few tasks. A simple rule-based agent is scored on exact tool and " "argument match. Swap in your own agent. Scores here are an example, not a ranking."), ("code", """CITIES = {"Brindlemoor": 14, "Quillhaven": 21} def get_temperature(city: str) -> int: return CITIES[city] TASKS = [ {"prompt": "What is the temperature in Brindlemoor?", "expect": ("get_temperature", {"city": "Brindlemoor"})}, {"prompt": "Temperature in Quillhaven please", "expect": ("get_temperature", {"city": "Quillhaven"})}, {"prompt": "Tell me a joke", "expect": None}, ] def rule_agent(prompt): for c in CITIES: if c in prompt: return ("get_temperature", {"city": c}) return None"""), ("code", """hits = sum(rule_agent(t["prompt"]) == t["expect"] for t in TASKS) print(f"{hits}/{len(TASKS)} exact matches") for t in TASKS: call = rule_agent(t["prompt"]) print(t["prompt"], "->", call, "=", get_temperature(**call[1]) if call else "no tool")"""), ] def build(): ROOT.mkdir(exist_ok=True) for name, cells in NB.items(): nb = nbf.v4.new_notebook() nb.metadata = {"kernelspec": {"name": "python3", "display_name": "Python 3", "language": "python"}, "language_info": {"name": "python"}} nb.cells = [nbf.v4.new_markdown_cell(s) if k == "md" else nbf.v4.new_code_cell(s) for k, s in cells] for c in nb.cells: c.metadata = {} c.pop("id", None) nb.nbformat_minor = 4 nbf.write(nb, ROOT / f"{name}.ipynb") return sorted(ROOT.glob("*.ipynb")) if __name__ == "__main__": print("\n".join(str(p.name) for p in build()))