Server

A program (or computer) that waits for requests and answers them, for example a website or an MCP connection.

You’ll also find it as: servers

How it appears in the course

Each app comes with an “MCP server”: a small adapter program that gives Claude new tools.
Introduction · Module 08, MCP: connecting to other apps
Each connection is an MCP server. An MCP server is a small program that makes the link with an app. It gives Claude new tools, for example “read a task from GitHub” or “take a screenshot of the page”.
What is MCP? · Module 08, MCP: connecting to other apps
local (stdio): the server runs on your computer. Everything you write after -- is the command that starts it.
How do you connect a server? · Module 08, MCP: connecting to other apps

Where you learn it

In module 08 · MCP: connecting to other apps, in the Claude Code for Beginners course.

Related terms

.mcp.jsonDatabaseIssueLocalhostMCPOAuth

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