go-sdk/README.md
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mcp: move to 2025-06-18 schema (#8)
* mcp: move to 2025-06-18 schema

Add types and fields for the latest MCP schema.

The main challenge here was dealing with the presence of _meta fields
on many types, like Tool, Prompt and Resource.

- Distinguish between the _meta field of a request's params, which
  includes a progress token, from the _meta field on other types,
  which is simply a map.

- Redefine GetMeta to return a pointer to the map. We wanted to avoid
  that, but I don't see a clean way to do so. An alternative would be
  to have GetMeta return a map, and SetMeta to set it.

- Provide GetProgressToken for requests only (not notifications or other
  types).

- Still to do: deal with the meta and annotation fields of ContentBlock,
  which are currently duplicated for Resource and ResourceContents.

* Meta and progress token redesign
2025-06-25 09:48:33 -04:00

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# MCP Go SDK
<!-- TODO: update pkgsite links here to point to the modelcontextprotocol
module, once it exists. -->
[![PkgGoDev](https://pkg.go.dev/badge/golang.org/x/tools)](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk)
This repository contains an implementation of the official Go software
development kit (SDK) for the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
**WARNING**: The SDK is currently unstable and subject to breaking changes.
Please test it out and file bug reports or API proposals. The [TODO](#todo)
section below outlines outstanding release blockers. We aim to release a stable
version of the SDK in August, 2025.
## Package documentation
The SDK consists of two importable packages:
- The
[`github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/mcp`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/mcp)
package defines the primary APIs for constructing and using MCP clients and
servers.
- The
[`github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/jsonschema`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/jsonschema)
package provides an implementation of [JSON
Schema](https://json-schema.org/), used for MCP tool input and output schema.
## Example
In this example, an MCP client communicates with an MCP server running in a
sidecar process:
```go
package main
import (
"context"
"log"
"os/exec"
"github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/mcp"
)
func main() {
ctx := context.Background()
// Create a new client, with no features.
client := mcp.NewClient("mcp-client", "v1.0.0", nil)
// Connect to a server over stdin/stdout
transport := mcp.NewCommandTransport(exec.Command("myserver"))
session, err := client.Connect(ctx, transport)
if err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
defer session.Close()
// Call a tool on the server.
params := &mcp.CallToolParams{
Name: "greet",
Arguments: map[string]any{"name": "you"},
}
res, err := session.CallTool(ctx, params)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("CallTool failed: %v", err)
}
if res.IsError {
log.Fatal("tool failed")
}
for _, c := range res.Content {
log.Print(c.Text)
}
}
```
Here's an example of the corresponding server component, which communicates
with its client over stdin/stdout:
```go
package main
import (
"context"
"log"
"github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/mcp"
)
type HiParams struct {
Name string `json:"name"`
}
func SayHi(ctx context.Context, cc *mcp.ServerSession, params *mcp.CallToolParamsFor[HiParams]) (*mcp.CallToolResultFor[any], error) {
return &mcp.CallToolResultFor[any]{
Content: []*mcp.ContentBlock{mcp.NewTextContent("Hi " + params.Name)},
}, nil
}
func main() {
// Create a server with a single tool.
server := mcp.NewServer("greeter", "v1.0.0", nil)
server.AddTools(mcp.NewServerTool("greet", "say hi", SayHi))
// Run the server over stdin/stdout, until the client disconnects
if err := server.Run(context.Background(), mcp.NewStdioTransport()); err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
}
```
The `examples/` directory contains more example clients and servers.
## TODO
The following TODOs block the release of this SDK:
- Better support for resumability in the Streamable HTTP transport: a
server-side event store and client-side retry configuration.
- OAuth support (or examples of implementing OAuth using middleware).
- Support for the changes in the
[2025-06-18](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-06-18/changelog)
version of the MCP spec.
- More examples and documentation.
## Design
The design doc for this SDK is at [design.md](./design/design.md), which was
initially reviewed at
[modelcontextprotocol/discussions/364](https://github.com/orgs/modelcontextprotocol/discussions/364).
Further design discussion should occur in GitHub issues. See CONTRIBUTING.md
for details.
## Acknowledgements
Several existing Go MCP SDKs inspired the development and design of this
official SDK, notably [mcp-go](https://github.com/mark3labs/mcp-go), authored
by Ed Zynda. We are grateful to Ed as well as the other contributors to mcp-go,
and to authors and contributors of other SDKs such as
[mcp-golang](https://github.com/metoro-io/mcp-golang) and
[go-mcp](https://github.com/ThinkInAIXYZ/go-mcp). Thanks to their work, there
is a thriving ecosystem of Go MCP clients and servers.
## License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](./LICENSE)
file for details.