Bringing MCP Apps to Production

Welcome to the final chapter of this book. Great that you’ve made it this far! You’ve learned how to build both servers and clients and might be wondering how you take that last step toward sharing what you’ve built with the world.

That’s a great question, and this chapter will guide you through all the things you should consider to ensure that your MCP application is well-tested, reliable, secure, and performs well in a production environment. Let’s begin!

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Architecture and design: Here, we will go through modular design, integration patterns, and specific architectural impact due to AI
• Packaging and distribution: Here, we will discuss different packaging options, standalone, embedded, deployment channels, and semantic versioning
• Testing and deployment automation: Here, we will look at different types of testing strategies, such as unit testing...