Cline Takes MCP Server Development to the NEXT LEVEL
AI Summary
Summary of MCP Integration and Debugging Video
MCP Server Creation and Integration with Cline
- Demonstrated how to create a custom MCP server and integrate it with Cline, an autonomous coding agent in VS Code.
- Showcased key features of MCP in Cline:
- Creation and addition of tools through natural language.
- Sharing of custom MCP servers.
- Display of configured MCP servers with tools, resources, and error logs.
- Added the Brave Search MCP server to Cline as an example.
- Provided instructions for installing Cline and configuring it with an LLM API key from providers like Anthropic or Open Router.
- Explained how to manually add an MCP server by obtaining the configuration from the official GitHub list at
github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers.- Discussed obtaining a Brave API key for the Brave Search MCP server and integrating it into Cline.
Debugging Techniques and MCP Inspector
- Introduced debugging tools, including the MCP Inspector.
- Provided a command to launch the MCP Inspector and inspect the Brave Search MCP server:
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector npx @modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-search.- Explained how to use the MCP Inspector to troubleshoot and explore MCP server capabilities, including testing tools and prompt templates.
Building Custom MCP Servers and Debugging
- Illustrated how to build a simple MCP server with Cline that tells the current date and time.
- Showed how to add another server, the Fetch MCP server, to fetch the latest documentation for technologies like Next.js.
- Provided a demonstration of using the MCP Inspector for debugging and exploring the Brave Search MCP server.
Conclusion
- The video covered adding existing MCP servers to Cline, developing a custom date and time server, and using debugging tools like the MCP Inspector.
- Encouraged viewers to contribute to the MCP ecosystem and to subscribe for more content on MCP, AI-driven development, and building agents.