Creating Your First MCP Server (With Spring Boot) - Allow Your AI Model to Act in the Real World

Unlock the true potential of AI! Go beyond chatbots and empower your AI models to interact with the real world. Learn how to build a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server using Java, Spring Boot, and Spring AI, enabling AI like Claude to perform actual tasks on your local system.

➡️ **Read the full blog post with detailed explanations and code snippets:** https://www.sohamkamani.com/java/creating-an-mcp-server/

➡️ **Get the complete code example from this tutorial on GitHub:** https://github.com/sohamkamani/spring-boot-mcp-server-example

This tutorial guides you through creating an MCP server that acts as the "arms and legs" for an AI "brain." We'll build a practical shopping list application where an AI (Claude Sonnet via Claude Desktop) can add, remove, and list items by interacting with our Spring Boot server running locally.

**Chapters:**

00:00 - Introduction: AI Beyond Chat

00:22 - What is MCP (Model Context Protocol)?

01:43 - Setting Up Spring Boot Application via Spring Initializr

03:14 - Implementing Core Logic: The `ShoppingCart` Service

05:56 - Running the Spring Boot MCP Server

06:30 - Configuring Claude Desktop to Use Your Local MCP Server

07:01 - Live Demo: Interacting with the Shopping List via AI

**🔗 Resources Mentioned:**

* Full Blog Post & Tutorial: https://www.sohamkamani.com/java/creating-an-mcp-server/

* Source Code (GitHub): https://github.com/sohamkamani/spring-boot-mcp-server-example

* Model Context Protocol (MCP) Official Website: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/introduction

* Spring Initializr (for project setup): https://start.spring.io/

* Spring AI Project Documentation: https://docs.spring.io/spring-ai/reference/

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