Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx agentmods add instructions/microsoft/mcp-for-beginners/agents-mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/mcp-for-beginnersWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/instructions/microsoft/mcp-for-beginners/agents-md)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/microsoft/mcp-for-beginners/agents-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/microsoft/mcp-for-beginners/agents-md.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5 | $0.03238 | $0.03238 |
| Opus 5 | $0.01619 | $0.01619 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00648 | $0.00648 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00324 | $0.00324 |
Grade A, and why
mcp-for-beginners AGENTS.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 4d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 396 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
AGENTS.md
Project Overview
MCP for Beginners is an open-source educational curriculum for learning the Model Context Protocol (MCP) - a standardized framework for interactions between AI models and client applications. This repository provides comprehensive learning materials with hands-on code examples across multiple programming languages.
Key Technologies
- Programming Languages: C#, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Rust
- Frameworks & SDKs:
- MCP SDK (
@modelcontextprotocol/sdk) - Spring Boot (Java)
- FastMCP (Python)
- LangChain4j (Java)
- MCP SDK (
- Databases: PostgreSQL with pgvector extension
- Cloud Platforms: Azure (Container Apps, OpenAI, Content Safety, Application Insights)
- Build Tools: npm, Maven, pip, Cargo
- Documentation: Markdown with automated multi-language translation (48+ languages)
Architecture
- 11 Core Modules (00-11): Sequential learning path from fundamentals to advanced topics
- Hands-on Labs: Practical exercises with complete solution code in multiple languages
- Sample Projects: Working MCP server and client implementations
- Translation System: Automated GitHub Actions workflow for multi-language support
- Image Assets: Centralized images directory with translated versions
Setup Commands
This is a documentation-focused repository. Most setup occurs within individual sample projects and labs.
Repository Setup
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/microsoft/mcp-for-beginners.git
cd mcp-for-beginners
Working with Sample Projects
Sample projects are located in:
03-GettingStarted/samples/- Language-specific examples03-GettingStarted/01-first-server/solution/- First server implementations03-GettingStarted/02-client/solution/- Client implementations11-MCPServerHandsOnLabs/- Comprehensive database integration labs
Each sample project contains its own setup instructions:
TypeScript/JavaScript Projects
cd <project-directory>
npm install
npm start
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 4d ago First seen · 396 lines · 3,238 tokens per session scan A 5b82ed757909
mcp-for-beginners AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository microsoft/mcp-for-beginners (17,115 stars, last pushed 7d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 3,238 tokens to every session, about $0.0162 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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AGENTS.md instructions for alexmmatos/arthur-mcp, covering agents.md, product, stack, structure and commands.
arthur-mcp CLAUDE.md
Claude Code instructions for alexmmatos/arthur-mcp, covering claude.md, quick reference, commands, topic-scoped conventions and non-negotiables (always apply).
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AGENTS.md instructions for vercel/ai, covering agents.md, project overview, repository structure, key directories and core package dependencies.
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