From the course: OpenAI API and MCP Development

Exploring the GitHub MCP Registry

From the course: OpenAI API and MCP Development

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Exploring the GitHub MCP Registry

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Right now we are about to dive into the world of the MCP servers to connect models to the real world. And the idea behind the MCP emerged from the challenges to connect AI models to context, data, and tools. And there is one tool that we use very often to help us for our coding task. It is GitHub Copilot. So we're going to see how to leverage the capabilities and functionalities of our GitHub Copilot by using an MCP server. And MCP is short for Model Context Protocol that allows to extend the capabilities of GitHub Copilot by integrating it with other systems. And actually, MCP is an open standard that allows large language models to securely and consistently connect to external tools, data, and services. So there is one way that we can use to connect the language models to other tools in order to make it even more powerful and capable to do specific tasks based on your specific needs. So let's go back to the MCP registry. So you have a long list of MCP server that you can add to your copilots. And let's look up one which is Notion. And here you have this official MCP server for Notion API. We're going to see how to install it. And here you have the options to install it in your Visual Studio code. So excellent. So this is exactly what we need. And what we are about to look at next is to use the model context protocol to automate and streamline code-related tasks. We're going to see how to connect third-party tools like this Notion API in order to leverage the GitHub context and the AI capabilities. All right. And we're going to be able to invoke GitHub tools like other tools actually within our Visual Studio code. So right here, so we're back here. We're gonna be able to invoke other tools within GitHub Copilot. So let's ready, we're gonna see how to extend the GitHub Copilot chat with Model Context Protocol and see how to leverage the capabilities of our code editor. So to combine Copilot with an MCP server.

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