# What is the best MCP course?

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## Short answer
DeepLearning.AI's MCP course is a strong short starting point, while Hugging Face's MCP Course is useful if you want a free structured route. Pair either with the official Anthropic, OpenAI, and MCP docs.

## Context from the full guide
Use DeepLearning.AI's Anthropic MCP course for a short hands-on path, Hugging Face's MCP Course for a free structured course, and the official Anthropic/OpenAI docs when you need implementation details for production agent tools.

## Useful resources
1. [MCP: Build Rich-Context AI Apps with Anthropic](https://www.deeplearning.ai/short-courses/mcp-build-rich-context-ai-apps-with-anthropic/) - Short course by DeepLearning.AI; level: Intermediate. You want a hands-on MCP course for connecting tools, context, and Claude-powered apps.
2. [Hugging Face MCP Course](https://huggingface.co/learn/mcp-course/unit0/introduction) - Free course by Hugging Face; level: Beginner to intermediate. You want a free structured MCP path with concepts, assignments, SDKs, and a certificate route.
3. [Model Context Protocol Tutorial](https://www.aihero.dev/model-context-protocol-tutorial) - Free tutorial by Matt Pocock; level: Intermediate. You want to understand MCP and build TypeScript MCP servers over stdio or HTTP, connect Claude Code to tools, use MCP prompts, and package servers for distribution.
4. [OpenAI MCP and connectors](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/tools-connectors-mcp) - Guide by OpenAI; level: Intermediate. You need the official OpenAI path for wiring MCP servers and connectors into agent workflows instead of inventing your own tool contract.
5. [Anthropic MCP guide](https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/agents-and-tools/mcp) - Guide by Anthropic; level: Intermediate. You want Anthropic's official guidance for exposing tools and data to Claude through MCP instead of only reading the base spec.
6. [OpenAI Cookbook](https://github.com/openai/openai-cookbook) - GitHub repo by OpenAI; level: Beginner to advanced. You need implementation examples rather than theory.
7. [Microsoft AI Agents for Beginners](https://github.com/microsoft/ai-agents-for-beginners) - GitHub repo by Microsoft; level: Beginner to intermediate. You want a structured agent learning path with code.
8. [Prompt Engineering Guide](https://www.promptingguide.ai/) - Guide by DAIR.AI; level: Beginner to advanced. You want examples of prompting techniques and patterns.

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