Module 04 of 8~16 minPro
Case Study Teardown: Five Servers I Run in Production
A ranked teardown of five real servers (n8n, LightRAG, ServiceNow, Playwright, OBS): what each unlocks, the one hard lesson it taught, and when that class of server is worth building.
§ You will learn
- Map each of five production MCP server classes (workflow automation, graph RAG, read-only enterprise REST, browser automation, streaming control) to the specific capability it unlocks for an agent
- Extract the single hard-won operational lesson from each server type so you avoid the same bite when you build your own this week
- Decide when a given class of MCP server is worth building versus when a simpler integration or a thinner tool surface wins
- Recognize cross-cutting patterns (tool-count bloat, read-only scoping, statefulness, idempotency) that show up across every server you will ship
§ Sealed entry
This module is part of the Pro record.
4 sections · ~16 min · objectives above are the preview