Step 2 of 8

Create Your Server

Start a temporary Guide Runtime workspace and establish the named MCP server boundary you will configure.

Begin with a named server boundary. The name becomes part of the server identity shown to clients and the downloaded project package.

Use a lowercase, hyphenated name. The default weather-server is deliberately descriptive and portable.

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Weather template

Create the server boundary

Name the MCP server that will own the tools, resources, and prompts you configure in this Guide.

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Switch to Code after creating the server. The generated source should already contain a current SDK v2 server factory even though it exposes no capabilities yet.

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