MCP_Server

<h1>Build an MCP Server with Python</h1>

<h2>Watch the full tutorial on my YouTube Channel</h2> <div>

<a> <img src="thumbnail_small.png" alt="Thomas Janssen Youtube" width="200"/> </a> </div>

<h2>Prerequisites</h2> <ul> <li>Python 3.13</li> </ul>

<h2>Installation</h2>

<h3>1. Install UV</h3>

On Windows:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

On MacOS/Linix:

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

More info: https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/

<h3>2. Download Claude Desktop</h3>

Download Claude Desktop here: https://claude.ai/download

<h3>3. Clone the repository:</h3>

git clone https://github.com/ThomasJanssen-tech/MCP_Server
cd MCP_Server

<h3>4. Add Bright Data API Key</h3> <ul> <li>Get your $15 Bright Data credits: https://brdta.com/tomstechacademy</li> <li>Rename the .env.example file to .env</li> <li>Add your Bright Data API key</li> </ul>

<h3>Configure Claude Desktop</h3>

In the project directory, now run the following command to automatically configure Claude Desktop, where main.py is the name of your MCP Server Script.

uv run mcp install main.py

<h2>Executing the scripts</h2>

• Open a terminal in VS Code

• Execute the following command:

uv run download_data.py
uv run ingest_data.py

<h2>Start asking questions to Claude Desktop</h2> You can now ask questions to Claude Desktop about companies listed on Crunchbase!

<h2>Further reading</h2> <ul> <li>https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk</li> </ul>