Build Your First MCP Server in Python

A hands-on workshop for GitHub Copilot Day on building MCP servers with Python and FastMCP, using GitHub Copilot as your coding agent.

Slides

https://pamelafox.github.io/github-copilot-mcp-tutorial/

Exercises

Exercise	Description
Exercise 1	Set up your environment and connect GitHub Copilot to a public MCP server
Exercise 2	Use the GitHub MCP server to find issues, implement fixes, and open pull requests
Exercise 3	Build your own MCP server from scratch with FastMCP