Agentic AI in Practice: Google Antigravity, FastMCP, and Python

A 120-minute hands-on workshop. You will build a fully working stock-market MCP server from scratch using FastMCP and Python, and run it inside Google Antigravity, an agent-first IDE. The meta angle is intentional: you use an agentic tool to build agentic tools.

By the end of the workshop you will have:

• A running MCP server that exposes three stock-market tools, a dynamic resource, and a reusable prompt template.
• A reusable project scaffold you can extend for your own domain.
• Hands-on experience with the Model Context Protocol (MCP), MCP Inspector, and the Google Antigravity agent-first workflow.

Table of contents

1. Target audience and benefits
2. Prerequisites
3. Part 1. What is MCP?
4. Part 2. Set up Google Antigravity
5. Part 3. Project scaffold and first FastMCP server
6. Part 4. Tools, resources, and prompt templates
7. Part 5. Let Antigravity help you code
8. Part 6. Deploy and test the MCP server
9. Part 7. Handoff and next steps
10. Extra sources

Target audience and benefits

This workshop is designed for engineers and technical leads who want to master MCP to build discoverable, agent-ready tools using Python in a modern agent-first IDE.

You will gain:

1. Mastery of the industry-standard MCP protocol.
2. A fully functional MCP server you can deploy and customize.
3. Universal tool portability: any MCP-compatible agent can discover and call your tools.
4. Increased developer velocity using Google Antigravity's agent-assisted editing and terminal.

Prerequisites

1. A personal laptop or PC (mobile devices are not compatible with the workshop tools).
2. Google Antigravity installed from https://antigravity.google/download.
3. Python 3.10 or higher, accessible from your terminal:

   python --version
   

4. A package manager. This workshop uses pip. If you prefer uv, the equivalent commands are shown inline.
5. A personal Google account for signing in to Google Antigravity.

Part 1. What is MCP?

An AI agent is a system that uses a model to reason about and select the appropriate tools to achieve a specific goal.

flowchart LR
    Agent[Agent] --> Tools[Tools] 
    Agent[Agent] --> Model[Model]

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard for connecting AI agents to tools and data. An agent speaks to any MCP-compatible server through the same protocol, the same way a browser speaks HTTP to any web server.

An MCP server can expose three kinds of capabilities:

Capability	Purpose	Example in this workshop
Tool	An action the agent can call	get_stock_price("AAPL")
Resource	Read-only context the agent can load	stocks://watchlist
Prompt	A reusable prompt template	analyze_stock("AAPL")

The high-level flow:

flowchart LR
    User[User] --> Agent[AI Agent in Antigravity]
    Agent -->|MCP| Server[FastMCP stocks server]
    Server -->|HTTP| Yahoo[Yahoo Finance via yfinance]
    Yahoo --> Server
    Server --> Agent
    Agent --> User

Why it matters. Without MCP, every agent needs a custom integration for every tool. With MCP, you build the tool once and every compatible agent can use it.

Part 2. Set up Google Antigravity

Install Antigravity

Download and install Google Antigravity from https://antigravity.google/download.

For Windows operating system, you can check your system type (x64 vs ARM64) in the Settings > System > About:

Launch the Google Antigravity desktop application and sign in with your personal Google account (e.g., name.surname@gmail.com).

Quick tour

Antigravity is an agent-first IDE. The parts you will use today:

• Editor Agent — a chat panel that can read, write, and run code in your workspace.
• Agent Manager — orchestrates longer, multi-step agent tasks.
• Built-in terminal — the agent can execute shell commands here (with your approval).

Note: Git Bash for Windows.

Open the workshop folder

Create a new folder for the workshop (for example C:\Users\<you>\Documents\workshop) and open it in Antigravity via File > Open Folder….

Part 3. Project scaffold and first FastMCP server

Create a virtual environment

From the built-in terminal:

python -m venv .venv

Activate it.

On Windows (PowerShell):

.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1

Note: In case of the UnauthorizedAccess error, execute the following command:

Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process -ExecutionPolicy Bypass
.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1

On Windows (Git Bash for Windows):

source .venv/Scripts/activate

On macOS / Linux:

source .venv/bin/activate

Declare dependencies

Create a requirements.txt file:

fastmcp>=3.2.4
yfinance>=1.3.0

Install:

pip install -r requirements.txt

With uv instead:

uv pip install -r requirements.txt

Write the minimal MCP server

Create a stocks_server_min.py Python file:

from fastmcp import FastMCP

mcp = FastMCP("stocks")


@mcp.tool
def ping() -> str:
    """Return a simple health-check message."""
    return "stocks MCP server is alive"


if __name__ == "__main__":
    mcp.run()

Three things to notice:

1. FastMCP("stocks") creates a server named stocks. Agents will discover tools under this name.
2. @mcp.tool turns any Python function into an MCP tool. The docstring becomes the tool description that the agent sees.
3. mcp.run() defaults to the stdio transport, which is how local MCP clients like Antigravity talk to the server.

Run the server

python stocks_server_min.py

The server runs silently on stdio, waiting for an MCP client. Press Ctrl+C to stop it. You will connect it to a real client in Part 6.

Part 4. Tools, resources, and prompt templates

Now create the full server. Create a stocks_server.py file:

"""Stock market MCP server built with FastMCP and yfinance."""

import os

import yfinance as yf
from fastmcp import FastMCP

mcp = FastMCP("stocks")

WATCHLIST = ["AAPL", "MSFT", "GOOGL", "NVDA", "TSLA"]

Tool 1: get_company_info

@mcp.tool
def get_company_info(ticker: str) -> dict:
    """Return basic company information for the given ticker symbol."""
    info = yf.Ticker(ticker).info
    return {
        "ticker": ticker.upper(),
        "name": info.get("longName") or info.get("shortName"),
        "sector": info.get("sector"),
        "industry": info.get("industry"),
        "country": info.get("country"),
        "website": info.get("website"),
        "market_cap": info.get("marketCap"),
        "summary": info.get("longBusinessSummary"),
    }

FastMCP reads the type hints and docstring to generate the tool's JSON schema automatically. Keep return values JSON-serializable (dicts, lists, strings, numbers, booleans).

Tool 2: get_stock_price

@mcp.tool
def get_stock_price(ticker: str) -> dict:
    """Return the latest available stock price and currency for the ticker."""
    t = yf.Ticker(ticker)
    fast = t.fast_info
    return {
        "ticker": ticker.upper(),
        "price": float(fast["last_price"]),
        "currency": fast.get("currency"),
        "previous_close": float(fast.get("previous_close")),
    }

fast_info is a lightweight yfinance endpoint that is fast enough for an interactive agent call.

Tool 3: get_stock_history

@mcp.tool
def get_stock_history(ticker: str, days: int = 7) -> list[dict]:
    """Return daily OHLCV history for the last N days (default 7)."""
    period = f"{max(1, int(days))}d"
    df = yf.Ticker(ticker).history(period=period)
    df = df.reset_index()
    return [
        {
            "date": row["Date"].strftime("%Y-%m-%d"),
            "open": float(row["Open"]),
            "high": float(row["High"]),
            "low": float(row["Low"]),
            "close": float(row["Close"]),
            "volume": int(row["Volume"]),
        }
        for _, row in df.iterrows()
    ]

Default parameter values are exposed to the agent as optional arguments.

Static resource: stocks://watchlist

@mcp.resource("stocks://watchlist")
def watchlist() -> list[str]:
    """Return the default watchlist of ticker symbols."""
    return WATCHLIST

Resources are read-only context: the agent loads them when it needs background data, not as an action.

Resource template: stocks://{ticker}/summary

@mcp.resource("stocks://{ticker}/summary")
def ticker_summary(ticker: str) -> dict:
    """Return a short summary (name, sector, latest price) for a ticker."""
    info = get_company_info(ticker)
    price = get_stock_price(ticker)
    return {
        "ticker": ticker.upper(),
        "name": info["name"],
        "sector": info["sector"],
        "price": price["price"],
        "currency": price["currency"],
    }

The {ticker} placeholder turns this into a resource template the agent can parameterize.

Prompt template: analyze_stock

@mcp.prompt
def analyze_stock(ticker: str) -> str:
    """Reusable prompt template that asks the agent to analyze a stock."""
    return (
        f"Analyze the stock {ticker.upper()}.\n\n"
        "Use the MCP tools to gather:\n"
        "1. Company information (get_company_info)\n"
        "2. Current price (get_stock_price)\n"
        "3. 30-day price history (get_stock_history with days=30)\n\n"
        "Then write a concise report covering: business overview, recent "
        "price trend, and one risk and one opportunity for an investor."
    )

Prompts are reusable templates the user (or agent) can invoke. They are ideal for multi-tool workflows you want to standardize.

Transport switch

End the file with a __main__ block that lets you pick the transport at runtime:

if __name__ == "__main__":
    transport = os.getenv("MCP_TRANSPORT", "stdio").lower()
    if transport == "http":
        mcp.run(transport="http", host="127.0.0.1", port=8000)
    else:
        mcp.run()

You now have a complete MCP server: 3 tools, 1 static resource, 1 resource template, 1 prompt.

Part 5. Let Antigravity help you code

Time to use the agent-first features of Antigravity.

Exercise: add a fourth tool

Open the Editor Agent and ask:

Add a fourth MCP tool get_dividends(ticker) to stocks_server.py that returns the last 12 months of dividend payments as a list of {date, amount} dicts. Use yf.Ticker(ticker).dividends. Follow the style of the other tools.

The agent will:

1. Read stocks_server.py.
2. Propose a diff.
3. Wait for your approval before applying it.

Review the diff before accepting. The agent is fast, but you are still the author of record.

@mcp.tool
def get_dividends(ticker: str) -> list[dict]:
    """Return the last 12 months of dividend payments for the ticker."""
    divs = yf.Ticker(ticker).dividends
    if divs.empty:
        return []

    start_date = pd.Timestamp.now(tz=divs.index.tz) - pd.DateOffset(months=12)
    recent_divs = divs[divs.index >= start_date]

    return [
        {
            "date": date.strftime("%Y-%m-%d"),
            "amount": float(amount),
        }
        for date, amount in recent_divs.items()
    ]

Exercise: improve a docstring

Ask the agent:

Rewrite the docstring of get_stock_history so an AI agent understands exactly when to call it versus get_stock_price.

A clearer docstring improves tool discovery because MCP clients send docstrings to the underlying LLM as part of the tool schema.

"""Return daily OHLCV history for the last N days (default 7).
  
Use this tool when you need to analyze price trends, volatility, or historical 
performance over a period of time. Do NOT use this tool if you only need the 
current or latest price; use `get_stock_price` instead.
"""

Part 6. Deploy and test the MCP server

Option A. Local stdio with MCP Inspector

Download the Windows installer (e.g., node-v24.15.0-x64.msi file) from nodejs.org (LTS, currently Node v24.15.0).

Run it with the default options — it adds node, npm, and npx to your PATH.

Close and reopen Google Antigravity (PATH changes are not picked up in existing shells).

Verify:

node --version
npm --version
npx --version

The fastest way to inspect the server is with the MCP Inspector shipped with FastMCP:

fastmcp dev inspector stocks_server.py

This command:

1. Starts your server on stdio.
2. Launches MCP Inspector in your browser.
3. Connects the two automatically.

In the Inspector you can:

• List tools, resources, and prompts that your server advertises.
• Call get_stock_price with ticker="AAPL" and see the response.
• Read the stocks://watchlist resource.
• Render the analyze_stock prompt with ticker="MSFT".

Stop with Ctrl+C in your Google Antigravity terminal when you are done.

Option B. HTTP transport

To expose the server over the network (still local for the workshop), set the transport env var and run the same file:

On Windows (PowerShell):

$env:MCP_TRANSPORT = "http"
python stocks_server.py

On macOS / Linux:

MCP_TRANSPORT=http python stocks_server.py

The server now listens on http://127.0.0.1:8000/mcp/.

To inspect the HTTP endpoint, start the Inspector on its own and point it at the URL:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector

In the Inspector UI:

1. Set Transport Type to Streamable HTTP.
2. Set URL to http://127.0.0.1:8000/mcp/.
3. Click Connect.

You should see the same tools, resources, and prompt as in Option A.

Option C. Connect the server to Google Antigravity

Antigravity reads C:/Users/<you>/.gemini/antigravity/mcp_config.json configuration to register MCP servers.

In Google Antigravity, select Additional Options (…) in the top right corner. Select MCP Servers:

Select Manage MCP Servers:

Select View raw config 🗋 in the Manage MCPs:

Copy and paste the following stocks block.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stocks": {
      "command": "C:/Users/<you>/Documents/agentic-ai-in-practice-dawts-2026/.venv/Scripts/python.exe",
      "args": ["C:/Users/<you>/Documents/agentic-ai-in-practice-dawts-2026/stocks_server.py"],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "stdio"
      }
    }
  }
}

Adjust the path in both command and args to match your own workshop folder.

Click the Refresh 🔄 button in the Manage MCPs:

In case, you will face the following error:

Error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\<you>\Documents\agentic-ai-in-practice-dawts-2026\stocks_server.py", line 11, in <module> import yfinance as yf ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'yfinance' : calling "initialize": EOF.

That means Google Antigravity is starting the server with global Python, not the interpreter from your project virtual environment. Dependencies such as fastmcp and yfinance may already be installed in the venv, but they are not visible to the Python on your PATH. Point the MCP server command at your venv's executable (on Windows, typically …/.venv/Scripts/python.exe) instead of global Python, or otherwise ensure that the same dependencies are installed for global Python too.

Then, in the Editor Agent chat, ask a natural-language question:

What is the current price of Apple stock, and how did it move over the last 5 trading days?

Antigravity will:

1. Discover your MCP server.
2. Call get_stock_price("AAPL") and get_stock_history("AAPL", days=5).
3. Summarize the result.

You have now built, deployed, and used a real MCP server.

Part 7. Handoff and next steps

Ideas to extend the server after the workshop:

• Caching. Wrap yfinance calls in a small TTL cache (for example functools.lru_cache plus a timestamp) to avoid rate limits.
• More tools. get_dividends, get_earnings_dates, search_ticker.
• Authentication. FastMCP supports bearer-token auth for HTTP transport; useful when you expose the server outside localhost.
• Packaging. Turn the file into a PyPI package so others can pip install and mcp run your-package.
• Typed outputs. Replace dict return types with pydantic.BaseModel or TypedDict for richer schemas.

Practical tips

• Keep tool names verb-shaped. get_stock_price beats stock_price_tool.
• Write docstrings for the agent, not for yourself. State when to call the tool and what it returns.
• Return small, structured JSON. Agents handle dicts and short lists better than long free-form strings.
• Never block on user input inside a tool. Tools must return quickly and deterministically.

Extra sources

1. FastMCP documentation
2. Model Context Protocol specification
3. MCP Inspector on GitHub
4. yfinance on GitHub
5. Google Antigravity