MCP Integration Scaling (Paperback)
Bjorn Halversen
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Add to basketPaperback. In the current generation of AI-native application development, the decisive factor separating experimental prototypes from production systems is the quality of integration between large language models and the external systems that supply context and execute outcomes. Ad-hoc tool calling, fragile prompt stuffing, and tightly coupled vendor SDKs create brittle architectures that fracture under load, resist governance, and become impossible to evolve. MCP Integration Scaling delivers the missing engineering discipline: a complete, contract-first methodology for designing, implementing, and operating standardized interfaces that reliably connect language models to custom data providers and action executors at enterprise scale. This book introduces the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a rigorous framework for defining modular, versioned, and observable interfaces that abstract away the complexity of heterogeneous data sources and executable capabilities. Readers will acquire deep expertise in formal contract design, semantic schema alignment, capability declaration, context lifecycle management, secure execution sandboxes, distributed tracing, and resilience patterns specifically engineered for LLM-driven workflows. The text systematically addresses the full spectrum of concerns facing senior practitioners: how to specify retrieval interfaces that deliver precisely scoped, provenance-tracked context without overwhelming model windows; how to model actions with clear transactional boundaries and compensation logic; how to orchestrate multi-step, stateful interactions across providers and executors while preserving isolation and auditability; and how to scale these integrations horizontally while enforcing security, quota, and compliance policies. Through detailed architectural patterns, reference implementations, testing strategies, and production case studies, the book equips AI platform engineers, backend architects, and technical leads with immediately applicable frameworks. You will learn to build SDKs and specification-driven tooling that accelerate development, implement contract and chaos testing regimes that catch integration regressions early, and deploy MCP endpoints using cloud-native and edge patterns that maintain low latency and high availability. Advanced chapters explore federated multi-model topologies, self-describing interfaces, runtime capability negotiation, and optimization techniques that reduce cost and latency while increasing throughput. Whether you are constructing retrieval-augmented generation pipelines, multi-agent orchestration layers, autonomous workflow engines, or enterprise knowledge systems, the methodologies in this volume will allow you to replace fragile point-to-point integrations with durable, evolvable, and governable interfaces. The result is AI applications that remain reliable as data sources, action surfaces, and model capabilities continue to proliferate.Master the design and operation of production-grade MCP integrations. Acquire your copy today and establish the standardized interface layer your AI systems require to deliver consistent, secure, and scalable outcomes. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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