Model Context Protocol specialists
Specialist work falls apart when it never leaves the demo stage. Anything in production still needs auth, data handling, monitoring, and an interface people can use.
Specialist features sit behind clear interfaces, so your core product stays stable while new capability gets added.
If that sounds like your situation, Arcode is set up for teams adopting agentic AI tooling. Custom MCP servers that connect AI agents to your tools, data, and workflows.
What you get
- Custom MCP server development
- Tool-calling integrations
- Secure agent access patterns
- Cursor and Claude-ready tooling
- One studio accountable for the result
- Design and engineering on the same schedule
- Support available after launch
How engagement works
As your MCP developer, we run a shared backlog, design reviews, and engineering sprints, and you keep one point of contact throughout.
- 01
Discover
Goals, constraints, data sources, and success metrics, all settled before we touch architecture or prompts. The work for teams in Asia stays tied to the outcome you asked for.
- 02
Design
System design, AI/tool boundaries, interface direction, and interaction prototypes. You see progress on the critical path every week.
- 03
Build
Modern stack, clean architecture, evaluated AI behavior, and iterative demos you can react to. Nothing here waits on a handover between separate teams.
- 04
Launch
Ship, monitor, harden, and keep improving models, tools, and product after go-live. On MCP development projects we favour practical architecture over trendy defaults.
How we build it, and why
The stack is chosen per project, not applied from a template. For MCP developer work these are the defaults, and the reason each one is on the list.
- MCP
- the Model Context Protocol, so your tools plug into Claude, Cursor, and other agent clients without a custom adapter for each
- TypeScript
- types across the whole stack, which catches the class of bug that only shows up in production
- Node.js
- one language across the stack, so context does not get lost at the boundary
- Claude
- long-context reasoning and reliable tool calling for agent work
- OpenAI
- a second model provider, so a single vendor's outage or price change is not your problem
What the first weeks look like
- Week 1
Spike the risky part
We build the thinnest possible version of custom mcp server development against your real data. If it is going to be a problem, it is better to know in week one than week six.
- Weeks 2-3
Harden the integration
Auth, rate limits, error paths, and the data contract. This is the work that separates a demo from something you can leave running.
- Weeks 4-6
Wire it into the product
The MCP development stops being a standalone service and becomes a feature people use, with the interface and permissions that implies.
- Ongoing
Evaluate and tune
Behaviour gets measured against cases you care about, and we tune from that rather than from impressions.
Weighing up your options
There are three realistic ways to get this built. Each is the right answer for someone.
A solo freelancer
Cheapest per hour and fine for a contained task. The risk on MCP development is breadth — one person covering design, backend, infrastructure, and launch usually means one of them is weak, and there is no cover when they are unavailable.
A local agency in Asia
Same timezone and a face to meet, which genuinely matters for some teams. You are also paying A wide mix, from Southeast Asian SaaS and fintech teams to South Asian businesses building their first serious product. rates for the whole team including the layers that never touch your MCP development, and a local shortlist is a small shortlist.
Arcode
A small senior team. The people who scope the MCP development write the code, you get weekly demos instead of status decks, and the engagement ends when the thing is live and handed over.
Work we have shipped
Note Assist
AI product · Next.js · Speech
AI meeting assistant with live speech-to-text, ChatGPT chat, and Firebase auth for transcription workflows.
Freelance AI product built with Next.js, Firebase, AssemblyAI, and ChatGPT for live meeting transcription and realtime chat around the transcript.
- · Live speech-to-text transcription
- · Realtime chat over meeting notes
- · Firebase authentication
- · AI-assisted follow-up on transcripts
Next.js · Firebase · AssemblyAI · ChatGPT · TypeScript
Better Health Solutions
Frontend · CMS
Clinic website for Dr. Khayami with patient resources, scheduling UX, and educational video.
Responsive chiropractic practice site built at Code Band with Next.js, Redux Toolkit, Video.js, and Strapi content management.
- · Responsive clinic experience
- · Appointment-oriented UX
- · Patient education video
- · CMS-managed content
Next.js · Tailwind · Redux Toolkit · Strapi · Video.js
Happy Kids Dental
Frontend · CMS
Pediatric dental site with services, patient resources, and appointment-focused UX.
Code Band clinic product using Next.js, Tailwind, Redux Toolkit, Video.js, and Strapi for content and scheduling flows.
- · Pediatric service pages
- · Patient resource content
- · Appointment scheduling UX
- · Strapi-managed content
Next.js · Tailwind · Redux Toolkit · Strapi · Video.js
Working with teams in Asia
A wide mix, from Southeast Asian SaaS and fintech teams to South Asian businesses building their first serious product. Work is remote-first (GST to JST), with written updates you can read in your own time. We usually collaborate in English.
How we work with Asia teams
Asia spans a wide time band, so what counts as overlap depends on where in the region you are: Singapore and Islamabad sit close to our own hours, Tokyo and Sydney are further out. We confirm the real overlap on the first call and set a standing time from there instead of assuming one schedule covers the whole continent.
What Asia clients usually need
Work from the region comes from two directions: fast-moving Southeast Asian SaaS and fintech teams in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Jakarta, and South Asian businesses in Pakistan and India getting a first serious website, app, or AI feature built properly.
Contracts, data, and compliance
Currency and compliance vary a lot across the region, so we confirm invoicing currency (USD by default) and any local requirements, PDPA in Singapore, data localization rules in parts of South Asia, before scoping starts.
