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....