Build Your Own MCP Server for Network Automation Using FastMCP

If you’ve been following the AI space lately, you’ve probably heard the term MCP thrown around a lot. Model Context Protocol. It sounds complicated and enterprise-y, like something that requires a team of developers and a Jira board to set up. It doesn’t. And if you’re already doing network automation with Python, Ansible, and NetBox, I’ve got news for you: you’re already halfway there. In this post, I’m going to walk you through building your own MCP server using FastMCP that exposes real network tools directly to an AI like Claude....

March 14, 2025 · 8 min · David Henderson