https://joel-hanson.github.io/series/mcp/ Recent content in MCP on Joel Hanson Hugo -- gohugo.io en joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) &copy; Joel Hanson Sun, 16 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0530 https://joel-hanson.github.io/posts/20-convert-your-django-drf-project-to-mcp-in-5-minutes/ Sun, 03 Aug 2025 15:20:06 +0530 joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) https://joel-hanson.github.io/posts/20-convert-your-django-drf-project-to-mcp-in-5-minutes/ <h2 class="relative group">The Problem: When APIs Meet AI Assistants <div id="the-problem-when-apis-meet-ai-assistants" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#the-problem-when-apis-meet-ai-assistants" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <p>A few weeks ago, I was experimenting with <a href="https://modelcontextprotocol.io/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Model Context Protocol (MCP)</a> for a <a href="https://joel-hanson.github.io/posts/16-breaking-kafka-walls-building-an-mcp-server-for-your-kafka-cluster/" >Kafka integration project</a>. The experience was eye-opening - being able to interact with complex systems through natural language felt like a glimpse into the future of development workflows.</p> https://joel-hanson.github.io/posts/16-breaking-kafka-walls-building-an-mcp-server-for-your-kafka-cluster/ Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) https://joel-hanson.github.io/posts/16-breaking-kafka-walls-building-an-mcp-server-for-your-kafka-cluster/ A step‑by‑step guide to using FastMCP and the MCP protocol to expose Kafka operations (topic management, produce/consume, troubleshooting) as LLM‑accessible tools. https://joel-hanson.github.io/posts/22-introducing-contextlayer-transform-any-rest-api-into-an-mcp-server/ Sun, 16 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0530 joelhanson025@gmail.com (Joel Hanson) https://joel-hanson.github.io/posts/22-introducing-contextlayer-transform-any-rest-api-into-an-mcp-server/ <h2 class="relative group">The Problem: Connecting AI Assistants to Your APIs <div id="the-problem-connecting-ai-assistants-to-your-apis" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#the-problem-connecting-ai-assistants-to-your-apis" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <p>As AI assistants like <a href="https://claude.ai/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Claude</a> and <a href="https://github.com/features/copilot" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">VS Code Copilot</a> become more powerful, developers are discovering a critical bottleneck: <strong>these AI tools can&rsquo;t directly interact with our existing REST APIs</strong>.</p>