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Jonah Katz

@katz_jonah

Co-Founder & CEO @ Layer

Build an MCP server for your API

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I'm the CEO of a startup that builds MCP servers for customers. People assume we saw the MCP hype and pivoted to the space. But the reality is we've been doing the same thing for the last year and half. We started off building VS code extensions, then added Copilot extensions,

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Our MCP webinar is exactly 2 weeks away. We'll be sharing best practices with MCP and diving into some real-world use cases. Sign up here 🎉us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

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I was setting up Intuit QuickBooks the other day and copy-pasted a screenshot into ChatGPT to ask for help. ChatGPT answered my question and then said “would you like me to help you set up QuickBooks?”. I got excited for a minute, and said, “Yes, can you do it for me?” only to have it

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MCP is a distribution play. Hundreds of millions of people use AI every day. Whether that's ChatGPT, Windsurf, Copilot, or something else... doesn't matter. Companies can and will find ways to sell their products to this massive user base.

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Our MCP webinar is tomorrow at 1 pm EST Sign up below to hear from Andrew Hamilton (CTO at Layer), Zeno Rocha (CEO at Resend), and Kenneth Auchenberg đź›  (Partner at AlleyCorp) We'll be diving into real-world use cases for MCP, what each of us are seeing in the market, and

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MCP servers can be discovered in 3 ways: - Registries - Marketing announcements - Docs and platforms I think the last one is the most interesting -- people discovering your MCP server directly through your documentation or platform. This discovery flow will become a standard

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My co-founder wrote a blog last week about how MCP will be used to sell people more products. It's an interesting exploration of how the way products were bought and sold has evolved over the last few hundred thousand years. From bartering --> telemarketing --> cloud

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MCP Manager will become a common job title. Similar to how the AI boom created the new job of Prompt Engineer. The MCP Manager will be responsible for deciding what context is important to include in a company's MCP server and managing the experience to make sure product

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Anyone who is serious about MCP should watch this talk from Andrew Hamilton at the apidays Global conference on the 5 rules for building great MCP servers. youtube.com/watch?v=ENHgsI…

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There are three ways to distribute MCP servers: 1. Registries: When MCP servers started coming out, companies like Smithery and glama started building registries that make it easy for MCP enthusiasts to find and try out servers. 2. Docs and PR: The includes linking

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One more great clip from Andrew Hamilton's talk about how to design the architecture for your MCP server and why it should exist as a standalone entity (i.e. separate from your API).

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For anyone still getting up to speed on MCP, our new blog introduces what MCP is, why it matters, how it works, and more. Here's a breakdown of what we cover: MCP is quickly becoming the standard way for AI models to interact with external tools, data, and services. Here's why

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We just launched a new blog on our top 5 rules for building an MCP server: docs.buildwithlayer.com/blog/Rules_For…

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We're giving a lesson on MCP at Fractal Tech in Brooklyn next Thursday. Andrew Hamilton and our team have built over 100 MCP servers and will be teaching the audience about what MCP is, why it's important, and showing them how to build their own MCP server live following best