Pie & AI: Madison - Building Production-Ready AI Tools with FastMCP

Learn to build production-ready AI tools with FastMCP, from designing effective tool interfaces to testing, observability, and deployment.
About this Event

Event Overview

Building an MCP server is easy but building one you'd actually deploy is a different story. In this hands-on workshop, you'll learn how to use FastMCP to turn Python functions into AI tools while applying production-grade engineering practices like thoughtful API design, structured inputs and outputs, testing, logging, error handling, and security. Whether you're new to MCP or looking to level up your AI tooling, you'll leave with a working FastMCP server and the patterns you need to build reliable, maintainable AI tools.

Pie & AI is a series of DeepLearning.AI meetups independently hosted by community groups. Special thanks to their support!

Event Agenda

0:00–0:05 Introduction & Why MCP

0:05–0:15 Build Your First MCP Server

0:15–0:30 Designing Better AI Tools

0:30–0:50 From Demo to Production

0:50–1:00 Q&A

Speakers

Dennis Hume is a software and data infrastructure engineer focused on developer tooling, data platforms, and modern data engineering practices

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For learners of all levels; Beginner, Intermediate

Language: English

About Pie & AI: Pie & AI is a series of DeepLearning.AI meetups independently hosted by our global AI community. Events typically include conversations with leaders in the world, thought-provoking discussions, networking opportunities with your fellow learners, hands-on project practice, and pies (or other desserts you prefer.)