Build Your First East Africa MCP Server in 30 Minutes

Short summary

A step-by-step tutorial for building and publishing a Python MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that exposes tools to Claude AI assistants. Covers project scaffolding with FastMCP, pyproject.toml configuration, PyPI publishing via GitHub Actions with OIDC, and patterns for East Africa-specific contexts like bilingual error messages and demo data labeling. The scaffold lets users install and connect custom tools to Claude Code in under 30 minutes.

• •Step-by-step guide to building and publishing a Python MCP server using FastMCP
• •Covers project structure, PyPI publishing via GitHub Actions, and Claude Code integration
• •Includes East Africa-specific patterns: bilingual errors, demo data labeling, NHIF example

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