Building MCP Applications with Spring AI

AI applications are evolving beyond simple text chats to interact with real tools, APIs, and external systems. This hands-on workshop teaches Java developers how to build end-to-end tool-enabled applications using Spring AI and the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

Starting from a basic Spring Boot service, participants will:

• Connect local LLMs using Spring AI’s ChatClient
• Implement a custom MCP server in Java and expose enterprise functions as discoverable MCP tools
• Build an MCP-enabled client that dynamically discovers and executes tools
• Utilize Ubuntu’s devpack-for-spring for a preconfigured, zero-friction developer setup

No prior LLM development experience is required — just standard Java and Spring Boot knowledge!