Study MCP architecture

1. 01

   Concepts & system design

   60 min· read · map the mechanismtimer

   R21 — MCP Specification: architecture, lifecycle, transports, and security

   Read the assigned sections; map the mechanism, threat model and trade-offs.

2. 02

   Project implementation

   120 min· build · integrate · debugtimer

   Study Model Context Protocol (MCP) architecture: client/server roles, tool discovery, JSON-RPC 2.0 messages, transports, and trust boundaries. Build a local MCP server exposing 2 safe repository-exploration tools.

   Build, integrate, debug and improve the increment in the active project.

3. 03

   Security lab

   60 min· attack your own systemtimer

   Map every trust boundary between the LLM, agent host, MCP client, mcp-proxy (D2), and MCP server.

   Test the abuse case, failure path, authorization bypass or resource limit.

4. 04

   Verification & evidence

   30 min· test · record evidencetimer

   Working local MCP server + protocol data-flow and trust-boundary diagram.

   Add or run regression tests; record the 9-point evidence record.

5. 05

   Deliberate practice & Socratic review

   30 min· explain aloud · update gapstimer

   Answer the 8 Socratic questions without notes: What? Why? How? What if? Why not? How can I prove it? Where can it break? What have I learned?

   Re-explain the hardest concept aloud, inspect one edge case, update the gap log.

6. total5 h

• R21Model Context Protocol (MCP)↗ modelcontextprotocol.io

  Official specification: client/server lifecycle, JSON-RPC messages, tool discovery, authorization, and trust boundaries.

Read only the named sections needed for today's task. Reading sits inside the 60-minute concepts block; it is not extra time.

• docsModel Context Protocol · ~45 min read
  Specification - Model Context Protocol

  Defines the host/client/server roles, JSON-RPC 2.0 message shapes, lifecycle negotiation and stdio vs Streamable HTTP transports that the local two-tool server must implement.

  R21checked 2026-11-11
• videoCaleb Curry · ~40 min
  Connect AI to Anything - Build your First MCP Server (Model Context Protocol)

  Walks transport choice (stdio vs http), the three primitives (resources, prompts, tools) and a full tool registration, ending in a working server you can point at your own repo.

  R21checked 2026-11-11
• videoOxylabs · ~15 min
  Build an MCP Server in Python (Full Tutorial)

  Builds a minimal FastMCP server and explains the `@mcp.tool` decorator and tool discovery, so you see the tools/list payload your repo-exploration tools will advertise.

  R21checked 2026-11-11
• articleCodilime · ~15 min read
  Model Context Protocol (MCP) explained: A practical technical overview for developers and architects

  Explains the stateful session, JSON-RPC framing, and where the trust boundary sits between client and server — the architecture part the day asks you to study before writing code.

  R21moved 2026-11-11
• courseModel Context Protocol · ~30 min hands-on
  Build an MCP server - Model Context Protocol

  Official step-by-step that ships a two-tool server and connects it to a host, which is the exact shape of the day's deliverable before you swap in read-only repo tools.

  R21checked 2026-11-11

A lab is complete only when it produces evidence. Installing PyRIT, Garak, Presidio or TransformerLens is not completion. Saved on this device only.