New in the Honeycomb Academy: Learn to Use the Honeycomb MCP

Engineers often face challenges when using the Honeycomb MCP with their AI assistant, primarily due to the "blank page problem" and uncertainty about trusting AI-generated answers without a structured investigative framework. The new Honeycomb MCP course at Honeycomb Academy addresses these issues by providing guidance on initiating queries and critically evaluating AI responses, ensuring that engineers gather evidence rather than just answers. The course begins with an orientation on MCP integration and verification, followed by three independent learning paths—debugging, exploring, and reliability/SLOs—each designed to develop the habit of treating AI output as a starting point for further verification. Participants learn to request details about queries and reasoning, which differentiates effective investigations from those that may be misguided. The course requires a Honeycomb account with telemetry and an AI assistant supporting MCP, and setup takes approximately 20 minutes before users can conduct real investigations with their data.