{"product_id":"nlweb-and-mcp-a-hands-on-guide-to-building-secure-scalable-and-high-performance-ai-powered-conversational-interfaces-9798291875452","title":"NLWeb and MCP: A Hands on Guide to Building Secure, Scalable, and High-Performance AI-Powered Conversational Interfaces","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Samuel E. Barnard\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: User Interfaces\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuild scalable, secure, and intelligent chatbots and voice assistants using NLWeb's advanced natural language understanding (NLU) platform and MCP's robust delivery pipeline. This guide walks you through designing, building, testing, deploying, and iterating on AI-driven conversational systems that perform reliably across web, mobile, and voice channels. 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