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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)
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.
if content, err := session.CallTool(ctx, "greet", map[string]any{"name": "you"}, nil); err != nil {
log.Printf("CallTool failed: %v", err)
} else {
log.Printf("CallTool returns: %v", content)
}
}
```
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 *HiParams) ([]*mcp.Content, error) {
return []*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 diconnects
_ = 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.