A: Hey Dlee254,

That's an excellent and forward-thinking question!

While AgenticFlow itself is primarily an MCP client (meaning it's designed to consume tools and actions from existing MCP servers), the Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard.

This means YES, you absolutely can build your own MCP servers independently, host them wherever you like (e.g., on Vercel, Cloudflare Workers, AWS Lambda, or your own infrastructure), and then connect them to AgenticFlow for your agents to use.

Here's how it generally works and some resources:

1. Understanding MCP Server Development:

The official MCP documentation is the best place to start to understand the spec and how to build a compliant server:

MCP Quickstart & Docs: https://modelcontextprotocol.io/quickstart

2. Tools & Frameworks for Building MCP Servers:

Several platforms and open-source projects are emerging to make building MCP servers easier:

Vercel: Recently announced native MCP server support, making deployment simple: https://vercel.com/changelog/mcp-server-support-on-vercel

Cloudflare Workers: Also a great serverless environment for hosting MCP endpoints: https://blog.cloudflare.com/remote-model-context-protocol-servers-mcp/

AWS Labs: Provides examples for running MCP servers with AWS Lambda: https://github.com/awslabs/run-model-context-protocol-servers-with-aws-lambda

Open Source Libraries: Keep an eye on GitHub for libraries in various languages (Python, Node.js, etc.) that help you implement the MCP spec.

3. Connecting Your Custom MCP Server to AgenticFlow:

Once you have your custom MCP server built and hosted (exposing an endpoint that lists its available tools/actions according to the MCP spec), you simply:

Go to your AgenticFlow workspace settings.
Navigate to "MCP Servers."
Click "Add Server" and paste in the URL of your custom MCP server endpoint.

Your custom tools will then be available for your AgenticFlow agents to use!

So, AgenticFlow doesn't provide the tools to build the MCP server itself within our platform, but we fully embrace the open standard, allowing you to plug in any MCP-compliant server you or others create. This gives you ultimate flexibility to extend AgenticFlow's capabilities with your own custom tools and integrations.

It's a powerful way to go if you have specific internal systems or unique APIs you want your agents to interact with!

Best,
— Sean