MCPBundles Blog

Guides for AI agents & real tools

Workflow stories, launch notes, and practical patterns for connecting chat to production systems.

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ChatGPT Deep Research & MCP Servers

OpenAI's ChatGPT deep research requires MCP servers with search and fetch tools. Learn how MCPBundles implements them perfectly.

Aug 15, 20258 min read

technical

MCP Is Not Your REST API: 5 Principles

Five practical design rules that make MCP servers agent-first instead of REST wrappers. Learn action-oriented RPC patterns for reliable agent use.

Aug 12, 20256 min read

Tutorials

Wrapping REST APIs as MCP Tools

We wrapped Stripe, GitHub, and Slack APIs into MCP tools. Here's what we learned about making REST APIs agent-friendly—what works and what doesn't.

Aug 8, 20257 min read

Deep Dives

Advanced MCP: Streaming and Approval Gates

Tools that took 45 seconds and allowed data deletion. Here's how streaming, chunking, and approval gates solved it for production use.

Jul 22, 20257 min read

Deep Dives

MCP Performance: What Slow Tools Cost You

Our MCP server's P95 latency was 12 seconds and users thought it was broken. Here's how we fixed it for fast agent interactions.

Jun 18, 20257 min read

technical

Integrating MCP into Our Django App

How we integrated Model Context Protocol (MCP) into our Django application—practical patterns, lessons learned, and what actually works in production.

May 23, 20259 min read

Deep Dives

Writing great tool schemas for MCP

Learn JSON Schema patterns that make MCP tools discoverable, easy to use reliably, and help models recover from errors gracefully.

May 6, 20253 min read

Claude Desktop

How to Add MCP Servers to Claude Desktop — Setup & Troubleshooting Guide

Step-by-step guide to adding MCP servers to Claude Desktop. Covers .mcpb one-click install, manual JSON config, environment variables, and fixing common issues like silent failures and missing tools.

Apr 18, 202511 min read

Tutorials

Setting Up Your First MCP Server

Build and test your first MCP server in 30 minutes—with hot reload, proper logging, and real Claude Desktop integration. Learn what actually works.

Apr 2, 20256 min read

Tutorials

Introduction to MCP: What You Need to Know

A practical introduction to the Model Context Protocol (MCP) with real examples, common pitfalls, and why it matters for building AI agents that actually work.

Mar 24, 20257 min read