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MCP server guides

Building Model Context Protocol servers that survive contact with production.

How to build an MCP server in Python

From zero to a working stdio server with tools — and the production gaps to close next.

How to build an MCP server in TypeScript

A typed MCP server with the official SDK, plus the resilience layer the quickstart skips.

The MCP server production checklist

Auth, rate limiting, stderr logging, graceful shutdown, health checks — the full pre-ship list.

Why your MCP server's logs are corrupting the protocol

The stdout-vs-stderr gotcha that silently breaks stdio transports, explained and fixed.

Deploying an MCP server to a VPS

Dockerize, run as a non-root service, add health checks and survive reboots.

Skip the setup

Everything in these guides — auth, rate limiting, backoff, stderr logging, graceful shutdown, health checks, hardened Docker — is already wired up and tested in the Plinth MCP Server Starter Kit for Python and TypeScript.

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