diff --git a/mcp/content.go b/mcp/content.go
index 84ac60e..668dfb6 100644
--- a/mcp/content.go
+++ b/mcp/content.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package mcp
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 )
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ type Content struct {
 	Type        string            `json:"type"`
 	Text        string            `json:"text,omitempty"`
 	MIMEType    string            `json:"mimeType,omitempty"`
-	Data        []byte            `json:"data,omitzero"`
+	Data        []byte            `json:"data,omitempty"`
 	Resource    *ResourceContents `json:"resource,omitempty"`
 	Annotations *Annotations      `json:"annotations,omitempty"`
 }
@@ -68,8 +69,34 @@ func NewResourceContent(resource ResourceContents) Content {
 type ResourceContents struct {
 	URI      string `json:"uri,"`
 	MIMEType string `json:"mimeType,omitempty"`
-	Text     string `json:"text,omitempty"`
-	Blob     []byte `json:"blob,omitzero"`
+	Text     string `json:"text"`
+	Blob     []byte `json:"blob,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (r ResourceContents) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	if r.URI == "" {
+		return nil, errors.New("ResourceContents missing URI")
+	}
+	if r.Blob == nil {
+		// Text. Marshal normally.
+		type wireResourceContents ResourceContents
+		return json.Marshal((wireResourceContents)(r))
+	}
+	// Blob.
+	if r.Text != "" {
+		return nil, errors.New("ResourceContents has non-zero Text and Blob fields")
+	}
+	// r.Blob may be the empty slice, so marshal with an alternative definition.
+	br := struct {
+		URI      string `json:"uri,omitempty"`
+		MIMEType string `json:"mimeType,omitempty"`
+		Blob     []byte `json:"blob"`
+	}{
+		URI:      r.URI,
+		MIMEType: r.MIMEType,
+		Blob:     r.Blob,
+	}
+	return json.Marshal(br)
 }
 
 func NewTextResourceContents(uri, mimeType, text string) ResourceContents {
diff --git a/mcp/content_test.go b/mcp/content_test.go
index 512c7d3..0f43eeb 100644
--- a/mcp/content_test.go
+++ b/mcp/content_test.go
@@ -57,3 +57,46 @@ func TestContent(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestResourceContents(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tt := range []struct {
+		rc   mcp.ResourceContents
+		want string // marshaled JSON
+	}{
+		{
+			mcp.ResourceContents{URI: "u", Text: "t"},
+			`{"uri":"u","text":"t"}`,
+		},
+		{
+			mcp.ResourceContents{URI: "u", MIMEType: "m", Text: "t"},
+			`{"uri":"u","mimeType":"m","text":"t"}`,
+		},
+		{
+			mcp.ResourceContents{URI: "u", Text: "", Blob: nil},
+			`{"uri":"u","text":""}`,
+		},
+		{
+			mcp.ResourceContents{URI: "u", Blob: []byte{}},
+			`{"uri":"u","blob":""}`,
+		},
+		{
+			mcp.ResourceContents{URI: "u", Blob: []byte{1}},
+			`{"uri":"u","blob":"AQ=="}`,
+		},
+	} {
+		data, err := json.Marshal(tt.rc)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if got := string(data); got != tt.want {
+			t.Errorf("%#v:\ngot  %s\nwant %s", tt.rc, got, tt.want)
+		}
+		var urc mcp.ResourceContents
+		if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &urc); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.rc, urc); diff != "" {
+			t.Errorf("mismatch (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
+		}
+	}
+}