MCP Apps with Claude Code: Build an Interactive Analytics Dashboard

This is the repository for the LinkedIn Learning course `MCP Apps with Claude Code: Build an Interactive Analytics Dashboard’. The full course is available from LinkedIn Learning.

MCP Apps add graphical interfaces to the connective power of the Model Context Protocol (MCP). In this course, author and data science leader Lillian Pierson teaches you how to build an MCP App that renders an interactive analytics dashboard inside a Claude Code MCP host while enforcing enterprise-style governance patterns. Rather than focusing on generic chat-to-SQL workflows, Lillian shows you how to architect a controlled AI layer in front of business data systems. By the end of this course, you’ll have created a functioning MCP server, a UI resource that renders inside the MCP host, an interactive analytics dashboard, role-based data access enforcement, and an audit log of tool usage. The dashboard analyzes simulated enterprise data provided as CSV files (CRM, billing, product usage, and support), representing exports from real-world business systems.

Learning objectives

• Design approved, schema-based analytics tools that expose metrics instead of raw queries, aligned with enterprise governance patterns.
• Implement role-aware permissions that control which metrics, filters, and drill-downs users can access.
• Render a true MCP App UI with metric selection, filters, and consistent chart outputs driven by tool results.
• Enable interactive drill-downs while logging every tool invocation for transparency, traceability, and compliance.

Instructor

Lillian Pierson, P.E.

Helping professionals build leaner business with AI and data science

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