I keep losing trip research across ChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor. So I built Wayfare: a travel bucket list with savings tracking, plus MCP so connected chatbots can use the same trip context.
The Problem: Connecting AI Assistants to Your APIs # As AI assistants like Claude and VS Code Copilot become more powerful, developers are discovering a critical bottleneck: these AI tools can’t directly interact with our existing REST APIs.
The Problem: When APIs Meet AI Assistants # A few weeks ago, I was experimenting with Model Context Protocol (MCP) for a Kafka integration project. 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.
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.