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02 - MCP Primitives: Tools, Resources and Prompts

The three MCP protocol primitives: Tools for executing actions, Resources for exposing data and Prompts for reusable templates. Zod schema, typing and best practices.

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The three MCP protocol primitives: Tools for executing actions, Resources for exposing data and Prompts for reusable templates. Zod schema, typing and best practices.

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