Model Context Protocol

A couple of months ago, I wrote a blog post on how you can create Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers using C#. Using a basic API, I was able to create a MCP server that allowed me to call Australian Football League (AFL) data and supply that as context to LLMs so I can ask it question about AFL results, teams, stats etc. using that API. That blog post talked about how we can use MCP servers that run locally on our machines using stdio transport. In this article, I’ll talk about how we can use Server-Sent Events (SSE) transport to build remote MCP servers that we can host on Azure Container Apps. ...

I’ve lived in Melbourne for almost two years now, and throughout that time I’ve been trying to get my head around Australian rules, or AFL. I live pretty close to where Carlton Football Club train, so I’ve decided to support them (or as the Australians say “Go for them” 🤷). The more I learn about the game, the more I’m realizing that I may have set myself up for a lifetime of pain and dissappointment, but being an Arsenal fan since I was 6, I’m more than prepared for it 😂 ...