Context Is King: Two Days to AI Mastery with MCP & RAG

Two-day training session on Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) facilitated by Aleksander Stensby from GritAI. This training gives you the foundation to build intelligent knowledge bases and improve your interaction with large language models.

Nov 11
Rebel Oslo
2 days
08:00 - 16:00 UTC
Aleksander Stensby
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This hands-on workshop will equip you with practical skills to implement your own MCP servers, clients and MCP-enabled knowledge bases, connecting your organizational knowledge to advanced AI models in a controlled, secure manner.

Key Topics

Day 1: Foundations

Introduction to Model Context Protocol and its business applications
Core MCP concepts: Server/client architecture, agents, resources, and tool calling
MCPs in your development workflow
RAG fundamentals and architecture patterns
Hands-on exercises: Building a local MCP server and RAG pipeline

Day 2: Production Implementation

Exposing knowledge bases with MCP
Implementing solutions in AWS Bedrock Knowledge Bases
Preparing for production: Security considerations and optimization strategies
Remote MCPs
Final exercise: Connecting MCP servers to Bedrock Knowledge Bases

Prerequisites

Basic Python or JavaScript programming knowledge
Familiarity with AI/ML concepts (helpful but not required)
Laptop with necessary development environment

This training is targeted at developers and people with a medium+ technical skill level and interest for AI.

Aleksander Stensby

Founder @ GritAI Studio | Making AI Accessible & Practical for Everyone

After almost two decades of leading digital transformation and building technology solutions at scale, I've embarked on a new mission: making AI a force for good by making it accessible to anyone ready to build, learn, and grow.