https://github.blog/ai-and-ml/github-copilot/building-your-first-mcp-server-how-to-extend-ai-tools-with-custom-capabilities/

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Original: https://github.blog/ai-and-ml/github-copilot/building-your-first-mcp-server-how-to-extend-ai-tools-with-custom-capabilities/

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Summary

A GitHub developer advocate explains the Model Context Protocol by building a TypeScript MCP server for turn-based games that lets GitHub Copilot in VS Code play Tic-Tac-Toe and Rock Paper Scissors against the user. The post covers MCP’s host/client/server pattern, its three core building blocks (tools, resources and prompts), registering servers through .vscode/mcp.json, and practical considerations such as authentication and vetting third-party MCP servers before installing them.

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• Building your first MCP server: How to extend AI tools with custom capabilities
• Model Context Protocol
• GitHub MCP Server