Hands-on FAQs

Question 1

What is Hands-on?

Accepted Answer

Hands-on is a tool that provides weather alert information for US states by leveraging the National Weather Service (NWS) API. It demonstrates building an MCP server with `fastmcp` and provides client examples with conversation memory and Langchain integration.

Question 2

What are the main features of Hands-on?

Accepted Answer

Hands-on features include fetching and formatting active weather alerts, demonstrating MCP server implementation, providing a client example with conversation memory, and integrating with Langchain for LLM interactions.

Question 3

What is MCP and how does Hands-on use it?

Accepted Answer

MCP stands for Model Context Protocol. Hands-on uses MCP, specifically the `fastmcp` library, to build a server that exposes weather alert data, allowing clients to interact with the weather data through defined tools and resources.

Question 4

What are the prerequisites for running Hands-on?

Accepted Answer

To run Hands-on, you need Python 3.7+, uv (for dependency management), a Groq API key, and the `mcp_use` library installed.

Question 5

How do I start the Hands-on weather server and client?

Accepted Answer

First, clone the repository and install dependencies using `uv add -r requirements.txt`. Start the server with `uv run mcp dev server/weather.py` and then the client with `uv run server/client.py`.

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