Building robust backends for AI applications often involves integrating various components. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) offers a standardized communication layer, and Genkit provides a powerful…

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The post provides a tutorial for creating a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server using Genkit, focusing on AI application backends. It includes steps for defining data schemas with Zod, generating test data, creating tools to manage data, and setting up the MCP server using Genkit and Express. The guide emphasizes Genkit's features like data structure definition, task orchestration, and tool creation to simplify development and enable server accessibility via the MCP protocol.

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