Day 20

Using MCP Tools

Go beyond the terminal — let Claude read real data from your databases, GitHub, and the web.

0 / 6 tasks

Working with GitHub MCP

bash

claude
> Use the GitHub MCP to:
> 1. List the 5 most recently updated repos in my org
> 2. For each, show the open issue count
> 3. Find all PRs opened in the last 7 days across all repos
> 4. Identify which repos have no activity in 30+ days

Working with database MCP

bash

claude
> Connect to the SQLite database at db/app.db
> 1. Show me the schema of all tables
> 2. Find the 10 most recently created users
> 3. Count orders per user for the top 5 users
> 4. Identify any orphaned records (orders with no matching user)

Practice Tasks

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Query GitHub via MCP medium

Have Claude use the GitHub MCP to generate a weekly summary of your org's activity.

Query a database medium

Have Claude analyze your local database: find patterns, anomalies, or generate a summary report.

Web research task medium

Give Claude a research task that requires web search. Have it synthesize findings from 3+ sources.

Cross-tool task hard

Combine two MCP sources: e.g. search the web for API docs, then write code using those docs.

Handle auth errors medium

Deliberately use an expired token. Observe how Claude handles the error and guides you to fix it.

Build a report hard

Use MCP tools to gather data from 2+ sources and have Claude write a structured report.

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