3 Things This Tutorial Covers
Unlock the power of remote MCP servers by leveraging Azure Functions’ new experimental preview—get your C#/.NET functions talking directly to AI tools in the cloud!
- 🏗️ Scaffold Your MCP-Enabled Azure Function:
- Install the
Microsoft.Azure.Functions.Worker.Extensions.McpNuGet package and tweak yourProgram.cswithbuilder.EnableMcpToolMetadata()so your function app broadcasts its MCP tooling metadata.
- Install the
- 🔌 Define MCP Tool Triggers & Bindings:
- Annotate your C# methods with
[McpToolTrigger], giving each a name (e.g.SaveSnippet,GetSnippet,HelloTool) and binding inputs/outputs to Azure Blob Storage for seamless snippet storage and retrieval.
- Annotate your C# methods with
- ☁️ Deploy & Integrate with VS Code:
- Use the
azd upcommand to spin up your remote MCP server in Azure—complete with storage accounts and networking—then register it in VS Code via “MCP: Add Server,” supplying the function URL and app key so GitHub Copilot (or any MCP-aware IDE) can discover and invoke your cloud tools.
- Use the
