mcp-agent is a Python framework for building, deploying, and serving AI agents that interact with the Model Context Protocol (MCP). In production, it provides a library and CLI toolkit that allows developers to compose agents using configurable LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure, Bedrock, Ollama, Google), connect to any MCP server (stdio, SSE, Websocket, Streamable HTTP), and orchestrate multi-step workflows with patterns like parallel fan-out/fan-in, router, orchestrator-worker, evaluator-optimizer, and swarm. The framework is architecture-agnostic, supporting both asyncio in-process execution and durable execution via Temporal for long-running, fault-tolerant agent loops. The system ships with a feature-rich CLI (mcp-agent) for local scaffolding, configuration, and cloud deployment to MCP Agent Cloud, including secret management, log tailing, and OAuth integration. Key entry points include the main application bootstrap (MCPApp), the Agent class (managing MCP server connections and LLM), workflow implementations in src/mcp_agent/workflows/, and the server module that exposes agents as MCP servers via FastMCP. The codebase is well-structured with clean abstractioons (ContextDependent, AugmentedLLM base), extensive testing (over 100 test files), and comprehensive observability through OpenTelemetry tracing, token counting, and structured logging. Use cases range from simple chat agents to complex research assistants, real estate analyts, and customer service desks with swarm routing. The framework is actively maintained with frequent commits, a large community, and is built to production standards.