1. Introduction
  3. About This Book
  4. Who This Is For and How to Read It
  5. Reader Tracks
  6. About the Author
  8. Part I: Understand Before You Build
  9. Chapter 1: MCP in Context
  10. Chapter 2: Architecture Essentials
  11. Chapter 3: The Decision Framework
  13. Part II: The Builder's Workshop
  14. Chapter 4: Tooling Your Environment
  15. Chapter 5: Your First Server
  16. Chapter 6: Implementing Core Capabilities
  17. Chapter 7: Going Remote
  19. Part III: The MCP Cookbook
  20. The Rule Behind Part III
  21. Chapter 8: Data Access Patterns
  22. Chapter 9: API Integration Patterns
  23. Chapter 10: Agentic Patterns
  24. Chapter 11: Extended Projects
  26. Part IV: Testing & Quality
  27. Chapter 12: Testing Strategy
  28. Chapter 13: Performance & Token Economics
  30. Part V: Client Integrations
  31. Designing for Many Clients
  32. Chapter 14: Claude & Anthropic
  33. Chapter 15: OpenAI & ChatGPT
  34. Chapter 16: IDEs & Developer Tools
  35. Chapter 17: Custom Clients
  37. Part VI: Security & Trust
  38. Chapter 18: Authentication Patterns
  39. Chapter 19: Implementing OAuth
  40. Chapter 20: Security Hardening
  41. Chapter 21: Incidents & Lessons Learned
  43. Part VII: Production
  44. Chapter 22: Deployment & Discovery
  45. Chapter 23: Observability & Resilience
  46. Chapter 24: Operations Runbooks
  48. Part VIII: Enterprise Deployment
  49. Chapter 25: Multi-Tenancy
  50. Chapter 26: Enterprise Middleware & Gateways
  51. Chapter 27: Cost Management
  52. Chapter 28: Migration & Change Management
  54. Part IX: The Ecosystem
  55. Chapter 29: State of the Ecosystem
  56. Chapter 30: Publishing, Community & Future
  58. Appendices
  59. Appendix A: Protocol Specification Reference
  60. Appendix B: OAuth 2.0/2.1 Quick Reference
  61. Appendix C: The notes Server, Final Form
  62. Appendix D: Skills Templates & Examples
  63. Appendix E: Troubleshooting Guide
  64. Appendix F: Security Checklist
  65. Appendix H: Incident Pattern Catalog
  66. Appendix I: Dashboard & Monitoring Templates
  67. Appendix J: Docker & Infrastructure Templates
  68. Appendix K: Glossary
  69. Appendix L: Decision Trees
  71. Quick Reference
  72. Quick Reference Cards