Model Context Protocol for LLMs: Build secure, scalable, and context-aware AI agents using a standardized protocol
Language: English
Published by Packt Publishing, 2026
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- Title
- Model Context Protocol for LLMs: Build secure, scalable, and context-aware AI agents using a standardized protocol
- Author
- Naveen Krishnan
- Publisher
- Packt Publishing
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1806662272
- ISBN 13
- 9781806662272
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- 744 grams
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- 19.05 x 2.51 x 23.5 cm
Build scalable, secure LLM applications with the Model Context Protocol and design modular, context-aware multi-agent systems for real-world deployment
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Key Features
- Build modular, production-ready AI agents using the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Integrate MCP with LangChain, AutoGen, and RAG for multi-agent collaboration
- Apply security, performance optimization, and evaluation patterns for real-world deployment
Book Description
Modern LLM applications often fail due to weak context management, fragile tool integration, and poorly coordinated agents. To address these challenges, this book provides a practical blueprint for building reliable, scalable AI systems using the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open standard for interoperable AI architectures.
You'll explore why context is the missing layer in many AI deployments and how MCP formalizes it. Through clear explanations and practical examples, you'll design modular components such as resource providers, tool providers, gateways, and standardized interfaces. You'll also integrate MCP with LangChain, AutoGen, and RAG pipelines to build collaborative, context-aware multi-agent systems.
You'll learn how to apply MCP to multimodal applications, personalization engines, and enterprise knowledge management solutions, while evaluating and benchmarking implementations for production readiness and implementing authentication, authorization, and scaling strategies for secure cloud deployments.
Written by a data and AI solutions engineer with over 17 years of experience at Microsoft and Fortune 500 organizations, this guide combines architectural depth with hands-on implementation. By the end, you'll be able to design, build, and deploy secure, reusable MCP-based LLM systems that scale confidently in production.
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What you will learn
- Understand the MCP architecture and standardized primitives
- Implement resource and tool providers in Python
- Connect LangChain and AutoGen to MCP pipelines
- Secure agent interactions using authentication and access control
- Add RAG pipelines with shared contextual memory
- Apply authentication, TLS, and access control models
- Optimize performance with caching and async patterns
- Evaluate and benchmark MCP systems for production readiness
Who this book is for
AI/ML engineers, software engineers, and solution architects building LLM-powered applications in production will benefit the most from this book. Cloud architects and platform engineers designing AI infrastructure will also find it valuable. If you’re looking for a standardized, modular, and secure approach to managing context across agents and tools, this guide is for you. Intermediate Python skills, a working knowledge of LLM concepts and REST APIs, and familiarity with system design patterns are expected.
Table of Contents
- Introduction to the Model Context Protocol
- Theoretical Foundations of Multi-Agent Systems
- The MCP for Non-Technical Readers
- MCP Components and Interfaces
- MCP Architecture Overview
- Server-Side Implementation
- Client-Side Integration
- MCP Security Model
- MCP Performance Optimization
- MCP and Multi-Agent Systems
- MCP for Retrieval-Augmented Generation
- Integrating MCP with LangChain
- Integrating MCP with AutoGen
- MCP for Enterprise Knowledge Management
- MCP for Personalization and Recommendation Systems
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About the Author
Naveen Krishnan is a Data and AI Solutions Engineer with over 17 years of experience delivering enterprise-grade systems across retail, banking, healthcare, and manufacturing. As an AI Lead at Microsoft, a Fellow of BCS, and a Senior Member of IEEE, he has designed and deployed large-scale RAG and multi-agent systems using LangChain, AutoGen, and MCP. A judge at global NASA Space Apps and Microsoft hackathons and the author of 35+ technical publications, he specializes in secure, scalable AI architectures and responsible AI practices for real-world deployment.
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