This playlist is dedicated to the full course for the Claude Certified Architect, I have made it in a way such that once you go through the videos and concepts that I have explained here it should be enough to pass the exam, the playlist is still getting updated so stay tuned!
Curated by: Peace Of Code (23 videos)
Your Claude agent works perfectly on your machine. Your teammate clones the repo — MCP tools are gone. Nothing connects. Same repo, completely broken for them. One config file in the wrong place. That's it. And it's also a near-certain question on the Claude Certified Architect exam. Episode 08 of my Claude Certified Architect Full Course — the deepest MCP episode in the series. Covers Task Statement 2.4 plus the full MCP foundation your agent builds need. Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:44 What are MCP Servers? 8:36 MCP Architecture 11:24 How Agents Communicate with MCP Servers? 36:42 MCP Inspector 43:26 MCP with Cline 57:52 Back to Lesson! 1:01:06 .mcp.json and .claude.json 1:04:08 .mcp.json structure 1:07:30 Environment Variables 1:11:20 What are MCP resources? 1:15:08 Community and custom servers 1:17:14 Supercharging tool descriptions 1:19:56 MCP Tool Loading 1:23:10 The Decision Framework 1:24:32 Exam tips and tricks 🎯 Everything in this episode: → What MCP is and how the protocol architecture actually works → How Claude agents communicate with MCP servers under the hood → MCP vs traditional API — honest comparison, real tradeoffs → Integrating MCP with a Claude agent end-to-end (live walkthrough) → MCP Inspector: test and debug your MCP server before shipping → MCP with Cline: real-world workflow setup → .mcp.json (project-level) vs ~/.claude.json (user-level) — the team-breaking mistake → ${VAR_NAME} env var expansion: secrets stay out of git → MCP Resources vs Tools — the feature that cuts exploratory calls by 5x → Community servers vs custom builds — the decision framework → Writing tool descriptions that beat Claude's own built-in tools 💡 Domain 2 carries 18% of the exam. This is the episode most candidates underestimate. 🔗 Full Course Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVlPwLo_9ok&list=PLviC8AFqAj5C-t8SVWoEt3OF7rc1aHCFB 📥 Code + Config Files: https://github.com/aakash1999/claude-certified-architect 📚 Official MCP Docs: https://modelcontextprotocol.io #claudecertifiedarchitect #mcpserver #claudeai #modelcontextprotocol #anthropic #mcpinspector #clineai #aiagents #claudecode #aidev2026