php-sdk/CHANGELOG.md
Alex Rothberg fc456125e2
[Schema] Add resource_link content block (#400)
* Add resource_link content block

The spec's `resource_link` content type (protocol revision 2025-06-18,
still present in 2025-11-25) had no corresponding schema class: it lets a
tool result or prompt message reference a resource by URI/name without
embedding its full contents, the way `EmbeddedResource` does. Without it,
tools returning many or large resource references (e.g. search results
over a DAM) are stuck smuggling URIs through text/structured content.

Add `Mcp\Schema\Content\ResourceLink`, mirroring the spec's `Resource`
shape (uri, name, title, description, mimeType, annotations, size, icons,
_meta) with a fixed `type: "resource_link"`, following the conventions of
the sibling `EmbeddedResource`/`ResourceDefinition` classes.

Register it everywhere `resource` content blocks are (de)serialized by
type per the spec's `ContentBlock` union:
- `CallToolResult::fromArray()`
- `PromptMessage` (constructor type, `fromArray()`, phpstan types)
- `PromptResultFormatter` (typed-array and direct-instance paths)

`SamplingMessage`/`CreateSamplingMessageResult` are intentionally left
unchanged: the spec's `SamplingMessageContentBlock` does not include
`ResourceLink`.

Fixes #399

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

* Add resource_link example coverage to discovery-userprofile

Add a lookup_user tool to the discovery-userprofile example: given a
userId, it returns a short text summary plus a resource_link pointing
at the existing user://{userId}/profile resource template, instead of
embedding the profile. This mirrors the PR's motivating use case (a
tool referencing many/large resources by URI rather than inlining
them) and exercises resource_link through the example's own inspector
snapshot tests (tools_call-lookup_user[_not_found], tools_list).

Wiring this up surfaced a real bug: ToolReference::extractStructuredContent()
passed any raw array return value straight through as structuredContent,
even when it held Content instances (e.g. the TextContent/ResourceLink
pair above). That serializes to a JSON list, which fails the spec's
requirement that structuredContent be an object - the inspector's MCP
client rejected the tool call outright until fixed. Skip structuredContent
extraction whenever the raw result contains a Content item, since those
are already represented in `content` and were never meant to double as
structured data.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Alex Rothberg <51059+cancan101@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-08-14 23:20:56 +02:00

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Changelog

All notable changes to mcp/sdk will be documented in this file.

0.8.0

  • Always emit {} for empty tool schemas: Tool recursively normalizes every empty sub-schema — properties, items, additionalProperties, $defs, combinators and the other draft-07 to 2020-12 schema keywords — in the constructor, for both inputSchema and outputSchema, so an object position is never serialized as [].
  • Prompt generators returning content as typed arrays (['type' => 'text', ...] etc.) no longer lose the optional fields: annotations on every content type, and _meta and an explicit mimeType on embedded resource contents, now carry through to the resulting PromptMessage instead of being silently dropped. A missing resource mimeType still defaults to text/plain/application/octet-stream as before.
  • Add annotations support to ImageContent (constructor, fromArray(), fromFile(), fromString(), jsonSerialize()), matching TextContent and AudioContent.
  • Add client-side roots/list handler (ListRootsRequestHandler + RootsCallbackInterface) and Client::sendRootsListChanged(), plus server-side ClientGateway::listRoots() / supportsRoots() and ListRootsResult::fromArray().
  • Add Mcp\Schema\Content\ResourceLink for the spec's resource_link content block (protocol revision 2025-06-18+), letting tool results and prompt messages reference a resource by URI/name without embedding its contents. Accepted anywhere resource (EmbeddedResource) content is (de)serialized: CallToolResult::fromArray(), PromptMessage::fromArray(), and PromptResultFormatter.

0.7.0

  • Add client-side elicitation support: ElicitationCallbackInterface, ElicitationRequestHandler, and ElicitationException let clients respond to server elicitation requests.
  • Defer element loading to the first registry read: loaders now run at request time (first has*/get* call) instead of eagerly at Builder::build(), fixing empty registries under persistent runtimes (e.g. FrankenPHP worker mode) where a loader's data source is not ready at build time. Adds Builder::setLazyLoading() (default on), a public Registry::load(), and an optional LoaderInterface constructor argument on Registry.
  • [BC Break] Element loading is lazy by default: loader failures now surface on the first request rather than at Builder::build(), and initialize advertises capabilities from the configured sources rather than the loaded registry. Call Builder::setLazyLoading(false) to restore eager build-time loading.
  • Allow [$instance, 'methodName'] as an element handler in Builder::addTool(), addResource(), addResourceTemplate(), and addPrompt(). Unblocks handlers with constructor dependencies that the container-less new $className() fallback cannot build.
  • Always emit an items schema for array tool parameters: untyped arrays get items: {} and nullable typed arrays (e.g. string[]|null) keep their element type. Fixes strict clients rejecting tools with "array type must have items" (#151).
  • Harden JSON-RPC input parsing: single-message vs batch is now decided from the decoded JSON type (object → single, list array → batch) instead of the raw first byte. Scalars, empty payloads, and non-object batch elements are surfaced as InvalidInputMessageException entries instead of triggering warnings or a TypeError.
  • Add maxBatchSize (default 100) to MessageFactory — oversized JSON-RPC batches are rejected before any message is constructed, guarding against amplification.
  • Add maxBodyBytes (default 4 MiB) to StreamableHttpTransport — POST bodies exceeding the cap are rejected with 413. Unknown-size/chunked bodies are read incrementally and stopped at the cap so they cannot exhaust memory.
  • Reject malformed Mcp-Session-Id headers with a 400 response: a repeated header or a value that is not a valid UUID is now rejected up front instead of surfacing as an uncaught Uuid::fromString() error.
  • Extract RFC 9728 metadata serving into ProtectedResourceMetadataHandler, a transport-neutral PSR-15 RequestHandlerInterface that can be mounted directly as a Symfony/Laravel controller; ProtectedResourceMetadataMiddleware now delegates to it (no BC break).

0.6.0

  • Add Builder::add(Tool|ResourceDefinition|ResourceTemplate|Prompt $definition, ElementHandlerInterface $handler) for explicit registration of elements whose schema is only known at runtime.
  • Add handler interfaces ToolHandlerInterface, ResourceHandlerInterface, ResourceTemplateHandlerInterface, PromptHandlerInterface, and the ElementHandlerInterface marker.
  • [BC Break] Renamed Mcp\Schema\Resource to Mcp\Schema\ResourceDefinition. No alias.
  • [BC Break] Renamed Mcp\Capability\Registry\Loader\ArrayLoader to Mcp\Capability\Registry\Loader\ReflectedElementLoader.
  • [BC Break] Bump default protocol version to 2025-11-25
  • Add support for MCP Apps extension in schema and server
  • Add extensions to ServerCapabilities and ClientCapabilities and Builder::enableExtension()
  • Allow overriding the default name pattern for Discovery
  • Add configurable session garbage collection (gcProbability/gcDivisor)
  • Add optional title field to ResourceDefinition and ResourceTemplate for MCP spec compliance
  • Add ChainLoader to compose multiple LoaderInterface implementations via explicit ordering.
  • Add RegistryInterface::unregisterTool(), unregisterResource(), unregisterResourceTemplate(), unregisterPrompt() — idempotent removals.
  • Add RegistryInterface::hasTool(), hasResource(), hasResourceTemplate(), hasPrompt() — by-name existence checks.
  • DiscoveryLoader now refreshes only its own previously written entries; manual registrations (via Builder::addTool() etc. or runtime $registry->registerTool() calls) survive rediscovery, and a same-name manual registration takes precedence over discovery on collision.
  • [BC Break] Removed ElementReference::$isManual public property and the bool $isManual parameter from all *Reference constructors. Origin tracking is no longer carried on the element; manual-over-discovered precedence is encoded by loader execution order.
  • [BC Break] RegistryInterface::registerTool(), registerResource(), registerResourceTemplate(), registerPrompt() lost their trailing bool $isManual = false parameter. Callers using positional arguments must drop the flag.
  • [BC Break] Removed RegistryInterface::clear(), getDiscoveryState(), setDiscoveryState(). Rediscovery now goes through DiscoveryLoader::load() directly.
  • Registry::register*() semantics changed to plain last-write-wins (overwrites silently) and the methods now return the stored *Reference. The previous "discovered registration is ignored when a manual one already exists" precedence rule still applies, but is now enforced by DiscoveryLoader via reference-identity tracking — and still emits a debug log when a discovery is skipped due to a conflicting registration.
  • Add optional title parameter to Builder::addResource() and Builder::addResourceTemplate() for MCP spec compliance
  • [BC Break] Builder::addResource() signature changed — $title parameter added between $name and $description. Callers using positional arguments must switch to named arguments.
  • [BC Break] Builder::addResourceTemplate() signature changed — $title parameter added between $name and $description. Callers using positional arguments must switch to named arguments.
  • Add CorsMiddleware, DnsRebindingProtectionMiddleware, and ProtocolVersionMiddleware for StreamableHttpTransport, composed automatically as the default stack via StreamableHttpTransport::defaultMiddleware()
  • [BC BREAK] StreamableHttpTransport constructor: $corsHeaders parameter removed; CORS is now configured via CorsMiddleware. The $middleware parameter is nullable — null (or omitted) installs the default stack; [] disables all defaults. Default Access-Control-Allow-Origin is no longer set (was *).
  • [BC Break] ResourceDefinition::__construct() signature changed — $title parameter added between $name and $description. Callers using positional arguments must switch to named arguments.
  • [BC Break] ResourceTemplate::__construct() signature changed — $title parameter added between $name and $description. Callers using positional arguments must switch to named arguments.
  • [BC Break] McpResource and McpResourceTemplate attribute signatures changed — $title parameter added between $name and $description. Callers using positional arguments must switch to named arguments.

0.5.0

  • Add built-in authentication middleware for HTTP transport using OAuth
  • Add client component for building MCP clients
  • Add Builder::setReferenceHandler() to allow custom ReferenceHandlerInterface implementations (e.g. authorization decorators)
  • Add elicitation enum schema types per SEP-1330: TitledEnumSchemaDefinition, MultiSelectEnumSchemaDefinition, TitledMultiSelectEnumSchemaDefinition
  • [BC break] Make Symfony Finder component optional. Users would need to install symfony/finder now themselves
  • Add LenientOidcDiscoveryMetadataPolicy for identity providers that omit code_challenge_methods_supported (e.g. FusionAuth, Microsoft Entra ID)
  • Add OAuth 2.0 Dynamic Client Registration middleware (RFC 7591)
  • Add optional title field to Prompt and McpPrompt for MCP spec compliance
  • [BC Break] Builder::addPrompt() signature changed — $title parameter added between $name and $description. Callers using positional arguments for $description must switch to named arguments.
  • Add optional title field to Tool and McpTool for MCP spec compliance
  • [BC Break] Tool::__construct() signature changed — $title parameter added between $name and $inputSchema. Callers using positional arguments must switch to named arguments or pass null for $title.
  • [BC Break] McpTool attribute signature changed — $title parameter added between $name and $description. Callers using positional arguments for $description must switch to named arguments.
  • [BC Break] Builder::addTool() signature changed — $title parameter added between $name and $description. Callers using positional arguments for $description must switch to named arguments.

0.4.0

  • Rename Mcp\Server\Session\Psr16StoreSession to Mcp\Server\Session\Psr16SessionStore
  • Add missing handlers for resource subscribe/unsubscribe and persist subscriptions via session
  • Introduce SessionManager to encapsulate session handling (replaces SessionFactory) and move garbage collection logic from Protocol.

0.3.0

  • Add output schema support to MCP tools
  • Add validation of the input parameters given to a Tool.
  • Rename Mcp\Capability\Registry\ResourceReference::$schema to Mcp\Capability\Registry\ResourceReference::$resource.
  • Introduce SchemaGeneratorInterface and DiscovererInterface to allow custom schema generation and discovery implementations.
  • Remove DocBlockParser::getSummary() method, use DocBlockParser::getDescription() instead.

0.2.2

  • Throw exception when trying to inject parameter with the unsupported names $_session or $_request.
  • Throwable objects are passed to log context instead of the exception message.

0.2.1

  • Add RunnerControl for StdioTransport to allow break out from continuously listening for new input.
  • Open range of supported Symfony versions to include v5.4

0.2.0

  • Make Protocol stateless by decouple if from TransportInterface. Removed Protocol::getTransport().
  • Change signature of Builder::addLoaders(...$loaders) to Builder::addLoaders(iterable $loaders).
  • Removed ClientAwareInterface in favor of injecting a RequestContext with argument injection.
  • The ClientGateway cannot be injected with argument injection anymore. Use RequestContext instead.
  • Removed ClientAwareTrait
  • Removed Protocol::getTransport()
  • Added parameter for TransportInterface to Protocol::processInput()

0.1.0

  • First tagged release of package
  • Support for implementing MCP server