How do I use the demos?

[mrpmorris]

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Thanks for making this SDK available, I am really looking forward to using it!

I'd like to give the demos a try, but I am unsure how to use them. Should they each run independently, do I have to run all 4 at the same time?

Which combinations of demos do I have to run together, and when they are running what do I do to operate them to see them perform?

There is no readme in the demos and I couldn't work out what to do with them.

Thanks!

[PederHP]

Just chipping in with some questions and ideas until there's a readme for each demo.

First you need to consider if you're interested in server or client development. If you're interested in developing servers, that's stuff like creating tools and integration points for models (and by extension front-ends) to use. If you have no idea what MCP is, then I'd suggest reading up on it at modelcontextprotocol.io, to get an understanding of the many things MCP can do. It's very much used as a protocol for Tool use right now, but it has a number of other features.

If you're interested in client development, that's making you existing AI-based application able to leverage the many MCP servers out there.

For clients, take a look at ChatWithTools. You can replace the everything server in that sample with any MCP server that has tools, and the sample shows how to easily integrate the tools with your existing application.

For servers, take a look at QuickstartWeatherServer. It shows you how to easily expose tools from your server.

What are you looking forward to using it for? That would make it easier to guide you towards the sample that best aligns with your needs.

[StevenTCramer]

How do I add a dotnet mcp server to claude desktop?

Below is an example of the claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "memory": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-memory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

I would like to run AspNetCoreSseServer and then have Claude use it.

[mrpmorris]

Hi @PederHP

I want to look at the demos and understand what they are showing me so I can decide what excites me about it.

At the moment I don't know what combination of projects I should run at the same time. I ran all 4, one crashed, the website said "Hello world" and I couldn't see the others doing anything at all.

So I'm lost.