mcp-for-beginners (microsoft/mcp-for-beginners) is an MCP server listed on the M8ven Trust Index. It scores 98 out of 100, grade A. It declares 19 tools. No publisher has claimed this listing.

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mcp-for-beginners

This open-source curriculum introduces the fundamentals of Model Context Protocol (MCP) through real-world, cross-language examples in .NET, Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, Rust and Python. Designed for developers, it focuses on practical techniques for building modular, scalable, and secure AI workflows from session setup to service orchestration.

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Who stands behind it

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Source: mcp.so · also listed on github_code, github_topic, github_repo_search

Maintenance & responsiveness
as of 2026-08-19
Issues closed (90d): 1 · 4 open
Releases (90d): none
Contributor retention: 3/5 stayed · 3 active
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// key findings
✅
No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation
Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.
✅
Open source with a license and README
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You'll be asked for 2 credentials: GITHUB_TOKEN, token
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// environment variables
To run this server yourself, you supply these values. They go in your own MCP client configuration and stay on your machine. The secret label means the value is sensitive, not that the server mishandles it.
configCORS_ORIGINS
🔐 secretGITHUB_TOKEN
configHOST_PORT
configINPUT
configSANDBOX_PORT
configSERVERS
🔐 secrettoken
Deployment configuration, supplied by whoever hosts the server. Users are not asked for these.
deployPORT
// quality suggestions

Tool annotations

No tools have read-only/destructive annotations

Add readOnlyHint or destructiveHint annotations to every tool so hosts can warn users before invoking.

All four hints declared on every tool

19/19 tools missing one or more hints — add (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); add (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); add (missing: readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint), +16 more. OpenAI's directory rejects tools where any of the four hints are missing or non-boolean.

For every tool, set all four hints (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint) to explicit true/false values that match the handler’s actual behaviour.

Tool inputs are validated

14/15 tool handlers declare input schemas (93%)

Declare an inputSchema with zod/joi/yup on every tool definition.

Tool handlers catch errors

Only 0/15 tool handlers wrap calls in try/catch (0%)

Wrap each tool handler body in try/catch and return a structured error response.

Tests exist

No test files found

Add tests that exercise each declared tool.

Secrets not logged

1 secret value sent to console.log

Redact or omit secret values from log output.

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