MCP Tunnels

Lesson in the Claude Code Roadmap · Stage 13: Connecting Tools with MCP

Last updated 14 September 2026

What is MCP Tunnels?

MCP Tunnels let you connect Claude to MCP servers running inside your private network without opening inbound firewall ports or exposing services to the public internet. Traffic flows over an outbound-only encrypted connection, meaning your internal tools and data sources stay fully private while still being accessible to Claude. This makes it practical to build agents that interact with internal databases, APIs, or services that you would never expose publicly.

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Free resources to learn MCP Tunnels

Official docsMCP Tunnels
VideoHow to connect enterprise MCP servers to Claude via Anthropic MCP Tunnels

MCP Tunnels: common questions

Can I learn MCP Tunnels in Hindi?

This lesson is written in English. Once you sign in, open it in the interactive course and ask the AI tutor to explain MCP Tunnels in Hindi or Hinglish. The tutor answers from this lesson’s own text, so it stays on the syllabus, and it runs on your own Google, OpenAI or Anthropic key.

Is this MCP Tunnels tutorial for beginners?

It is lesson 97 of 109 in the free Claude Code roadmap, in stage 13, Connecting Tools with MCP. If you are new to Claude Code, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.