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# MCP Go SDK v0.3.0
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***BREAKING CHANGES***
This version contains breaking changes.
See the [release notes](
https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/releases/tag/v0.3.0) for details.
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This repository contains an unreleased implementation of the official Go
software development kit (SDK) for the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
> [!WARNING]
> The SDK is not yet at v1.0.0 and may still be subject to incompatible API
> changes. We aim to tag v1.0.0 in September, 2025. See
> https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/issues/328 for details.
## 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
[issues](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/issues) (for concrete
proposals) or
[discussions](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/discussions) for
open-ended discussion. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](/CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.
## Package documentation
The SDK consists of three 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.
- The
[`github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/jsonrpc`](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/modelcontextprotocol/go-sdk/jsonrpc) package is for users implementing
their own transports.
## 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.Implementation{Name: "mcp-client", Version: "v1.0.0"}, nil)
// Connect to a server over stdin/stdout
transport := &mcp.CommandTransport{Command: exec.Command("myserver")}
session, err := client.Connect(ctx, transport, nil)
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.(*mcp.TextContent).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" jsonschema:"the name of the person to greet"`
}
func SayHi(ctx context.Context, req *mcp.CallToolRequest, args HiParams) (*mcp.CallToolResult, any, error) {
return &mcp.CallToolResult{
Content: []mcp.Content{&mcp.TextContent{Text: "Hi " + args.Name}},
}, nil, nil
}
func main() {
// Create a server with a single tool.
server := mcp.NewServer(&mcp.Implementation{Name: "greeter", Version: "v1.0.0"}, nil)
mcp.AddTool(server, &mcp.Tool{Name: "greet", Description: "say hi"}, SayHi)
// Run the server over stdin/stdout, until the client disconnects
if err := server.Run(context.Background(), &mcp.StdioTransport{}); err != nil {
log.Fatal(err)
}
}
```
The [`examples/`](/examples/) directory contains more example clients and servers.
## 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.