Setting Up Your Environment

Before building an MCP server, you need to set up your development environment. **Prerequisites** - Node.js 18+ (for TypeScript/JavaScript servers) - Python 3.10+ (for Python servers) - Claude Desktop app (for testing) **Installing the MCP SDK** Choose your preferred language:

# TypeScript/JavaScript
npm init -y
npm install @modelcontextprotocol/sdk

# Python
pip install mcp