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MCP Explained: Tools, Resources and Permission Boundaries

An annotated MCP interaction map. Explain who selects the action and which data or permission is involved; no production credentials.

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02 / UNDERSTAND

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An annotated MCP interaction map

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Client-server mental model

Draw host client and local server boundaries

Evidence: t004/m01/evidence

Tools resources and prompts

Classify one tool one resource and one prompt template

Evidence: t004/m02/evidence

Trust and permission boundaries

Label data crossing the boundary and who authorises the action

Evidence: t004/m03/evidence

Trace one safe interaction

Trace a rejected request without using production credentials

Evidence: t004/m04/evidence

03 / TRY IT

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Demonstrate the promised artifact
Trace a rejected request without using production credentials
Independently explain and change one assumption in an annotated mcp interaction map.

Keep your work

Explain who selects the action and which data or permission is involved; no production credentials.; The documented failure/uncertainty is visible, and no prohibited action or unsupported success claim occurs.; The learner predicts and verifies the change; AI output is not accepted without understanding.

Check your understanding

Explain who selects the action and which data or permission is involved; no production credentials.
Show one small example, the expected result and the reasoning behind it.
Record one limitation or edge case and a question to discuss with a mentor.

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