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Agents, tools, and MCP

An agent is a loop with tools — MCP is how you plug in external capabilities cleanly.

~18 min

Objectives

  • Define an agent as model + tools + loop + stop conditions
  • Explain what MCP adds vs one-off tool functions
  • List safety filters before exposing tools to users

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