MCP Server with TypeScript learning roadmap.
Learn MCP from protocol fundamentals to secure TypeScript servers, production deployment, portfolio projects, and interviews. Work through 7 modules, then use the connected questions to check what you can explain without the notes.
- STEP 1
Foundations & architecture
- MCP Foundations: Problem, Mental Model, and Boundaries · 2 min
- End-to-End Request Flow and Trust Boundaries · 2 min
Checkpoint: explain the ideas above with an example and a limitation before continuing.
- STEP 2
Protocol & lifecycle
- JSON-RPC 2.0: Requests, Responses, Errors, and Notifications · 2 min
- Initialization, Lifecycle, and Capability Negotiation · 2 min
Checkpoint: explain the ideas above with an example and a limitation before continuing.
- STEP 3
Capabilities & transports
- Tools: Discovery, Schemas, Invocation, and Results · 2 min
- Resources, Resource Templates, Prompts, and Completions · 2 min
- Transport Choice: stdio and Streamable HTTP · 2 min
Checkpoint: explain the ideas above with an example and a limitation before continuing.
- STEP 4
TypeScript implementation
- Build a Local TypeScript MCP Server · 2 min
- Reuse Existing APIs, Services, and Databases · 2 min
- Build a Custom TypeScript MCP Client · 2 min
Checkpoint: explain the ideas above with an example and a limitation before continuing.
- STEP 5
Authentication & security
Checkpoint: explain the ideas above with an example and a limitation before continuing.
- STEP 6
Reliability & advanced features
- Errors, Timeouts, Retries, Cancellation, and Progress · 2 min
- Testing, Inspector, Logging, and Evaluation · 2 min
- Advanced Capabilities and Multiple-Server Architecture · 2 min
Checkpoint: explain the ideas above with an example and a limitation before continuing.
- STEP 7
Production, projects & interviews
- Deployment, Scaling, Versioning, and Operations · 2 min
- Portfolio Projects and Capstone Roadmap · 2 min
- Interview Preparation, Quiz, and Practice Plan · 2 min
Checkpoint: explain the ideas above with an example and a limitation before continuing.
Check your understanding
After the lessons, rehearse the 18 connected questions. Revisit the lesson when you cannot yet explain why the answer works.
Practice MCP Server with TypeScript Review the interview guide