MCP Crash Course

uv commands

start a new project


uv init

create a virtual environment


uv venv

activate the virtual environment


uv venv --activate

install the dependencies


uv add 
uv add -r requirements.txt
uv sync

run application


uv run app.py

run the development server


uv run dev

build the project


uv run build

Run server using MCP Inspector :

Install MCP python sdk


uv add "mcp[cli]"

Run mcp inspector


uv run mcp dev server/weather.py

MCP Inspector is up and running at http://127.0.0.1:6274

Add server to claude desktop :

run command


uv run mcp install .\server\weather.py

query "what is weather alert in CA" in claude desktop

Add server to cursor :

goto preferences > settings > mcp and copy paste claude config


{
  "mcpServers": {
    "weather": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--with",
        "mcp[cli]",
        "mcp",
        "run",
        "C:\\Users\\Suraj\\Desktop\\Python\\mcp-crash-course\\mcpcrashcourse\\server\\weather.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Then do a query in cursor chat

Directly consume server in code - using mcp-use :

Install mcp-use


uv add mcp-use

Install langchain-groq


uv add langchain-groq

run client


uv run server/client.py