MCP AI Agents, 2nd Edition: A Practical Guide to Building Context-Aware Agents with Claude, OpenAI, and Beyond

By Dr. Maxwell Brooks

Are you tired of building chatbots that hallucinate, can't connect to external tools, or don't scale in real workflows? MCP AI Agents, 2nd Edition is the hands-on, code-first guide you've been looking for. Now fully updated for 2025, it teaches AI developers how to build Claude AI agents and OpenAI-driven assistants that truly understand context and act on real-world data. You'll learn to harness the open Model Context Protocol (MCP) - a JSON-RPC 2.0 integration layer - to give your agents tools, memory, and connectivity beyond basic chat. This second edition delivers production-grade AI infrastructure, step-by-step projects, and cutting-edge techniques to create robust context-aware AI systems from scratch.

What You'll Learn

MCP Fundamentals & JSON-RPC 2.0: Master the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and why it's a game-changer for tool-enhanced AI (over 1,000 community-built MCP connectors for Slack, GitHub, databases, etc. exist as of 2025). Learn how to build MCP JSON-RPC servers and securely expose files, APIs, databases, and more to your agents.

Claude API Integration & OpenAI Tools: Step-by-step guidance to integrate Claude's API and OpenAI's latest function-calling capabilities into your agents. Work through examples of Claude API integration and GPT-4 tool use, so your AI can search documents, call web services, and execute code seamlessly.

Agent Frameworks with Claude/OpenAI: Explore leading agent orchestration frameworks and techniques. You'll connect agent frameworks with Claude/OpenAI models using LangChain and open-source adapters, and compare approaches like OpenAI's functions vs Anthropic's Claude for building flexible agents.

Multi-Step Workflows and Tools: Design tool-enhanced workflows that chain LLM reasoning with multi-step tool usage. Build agents that read PDFs, query SQL databases, scrape the web, and summarize content with citations - then output results to reports or emails. Each project is broken down into clear, step-by-step tasks for easy follow-along.

LangGraph and CrewAI Orchestration: Orchestrate complex tasks with multi-agent systems. Learn to coordinate LangGraph agents (DAG-based flows) and CrewAI role-based teams, leveraging MCP to share context and tools. The book demonstrates how frameworks like LangGraph and CrewAI can be supercharged with MCP for scalable, collaborative agents.

Deployment & Infrastructure: Get practical advice on deploying production-grade AI infrastructure. Containerize your agents with Docker and integrate into CI/CD pipelines. Deploy on cloud platforms (Railway, Render, AWS) with authentication and monitoring, ensuring your AI agents are secure and ready for real-world agent deployments.

New in the 2nd Edition

Latest APIs & Models: Updated examples featuring Claude's newest capabilities and OpenAI's evolving API (GPT-4/GPT-3.5 Turbo updates, function calling, etc.), so you're working with state-of-the-art tools.

n8n Workflow Integration: A brand-new chapter on using n8n (no-code automation) as an MCP host - learn to plug your AI agents into enterprise workflows and automation pipelines with ease.

Expanded Multi-Agent Coverage: In-depth guidance on building distributed agent systems, with new content on LangGraph orchestration and CrewAI enhancements. Discover how the 2nd edition future-proofs your skills for the era of collaborative, context-sharing AI agents.

More Real-World Projects: Additional hands-on projects and case studies, including new examples of agents in business intelligence, DevOps assistance, and personal productivity - all with complete, tool-enhanced workflowsand code provided

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FB97JC57
• ISBN13: 9798285660231
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 10.0"