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CallToolParams.Arguments is any.

Clients can send whatever they want.

Tool authors who create their own ToolHandler (bypassing NewTool)
will receive the arguments as a map[string]any which has been
validated against the input schema.

Tool authors who call NewTool can choose the type that the arguments
unmarshal into.

There is no double-unmarshaling and no downcasting.

There is no way for tool authors to avoid the unmarshal, and no way to
avoid the validation unless the omit an input schema, which is probably
bad for LLMs. If tool authors want this optimization, we can provide
it later.

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# MCP SDK prototype
[![PkgGoDev](https://pkg.go.dev/badge/golang.org/x/tools)](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/mcp)
# Contents
1. [Installation](#installation)
1. [Quickstart](#quickstart)
1. [Design](#design)
1. [Testing](#testing)
1. [Code of Conduct](#code-of-conduct)
1. [License](#license)
The mcp package provides a software development kit (SDK) for writing clients
and servers of the [model context
protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/introduction). It is unstable, and
will change in breaking ways in the future. As of writing, it is a prototype to
explore the design space of client/server transport and binding.
# Installation
The mcp package is currently internal and cannot be imported using `go get`.
# Quickstart
Here's an example that creates a client that talks to an MCP server running
as 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"},
}
if res, err := session.CallTool(ctx, params); err != nil {
log.Printf("CallTool failed: %v", err)
} else {
if res.IsError {
log.Print("tool failed")
}
for _, c := range res.Content {
log.Print(c.Text)
}
}
}
```
Here is an example of the corresponding server, connected over stdin/stdout:
```go
package main
import (
"context"
"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[string], error) {
return &mcp.CallToolResultFor[string]{
Content: []*mcp.Content{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.NewTool("greet", "say hi", SayHi))
// Run the server over stdin/stdout, until the client disconnects
_ = server.Run(context.Background(), mcp.NewStdIOTransport())
}
```
# Design
See [design.md](./design/design.md) for the SDK design. That document is
canonical: given any divergence between the design doc and this prototype, the
doc reflects the latest design.
# Testing
To test your client or server using stdio transport, you can use an in-memory
transport. See [example](server_example_test.go).
To test your client or server using sse transport, you can use the [httptest](https://pkg.go.dev/net/http/httptest)
package. See [example](sse_example_test.go).
# Code of Conduct
This project follows the [Go Community Code of Conduct](https://go.dev/conduct).
If you encounter a conduct-related issue, please mail conduct@golang.org.
# License
Unless otherwise noted, the Go source files are distributed under the BSD-style
license found in the [LICENSE](../../LICENSE) file.
Upon a potential move to the
[modelcontextprotocol](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol) organization,
the license will be updated to the MIT License, and the license header will
reflect the Go MCP SDK Authors.