MCP Python SDK

Official Python SDK for Model Context Protocol servers and clients

The official Python SDK for the Model Context Protocol provides a high-level server API for exposing tools, resources, and prompts, plus client libraries and transports for connecting to MCP servers.

Key features

High-level server API with decorators
Client library for MCP servers
stdio and Streamable HTTP transports
Development tooling via the mcp CLI

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