Split protocol types into a standalone mcp-types package (#2973)

examples/snippets/clients/completion_client.py

@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ uv run completion-client
 import asyncio
 import os
 
+from mcp_types import PromptReference, ResourceTemplateReference
+
 from mcp import ClientSession, StdioServerParameters
 from mcp.client.stdio import stdio_client
-from mcp.types import PromptReference, ResourceTemplateReference
 
 # Create server parameters for stdio connection
 server_params = StdioServerParameters(

examples/snippets/clients/pagination_client.py

@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@
 
 import asyncio
 
+from mcp_types import PaginatedRequestParams, Resource
+
 from mcp.client.session import ClientSession
 from mcp.client.stdio import StdioServerParameters, stdio_client
-from mcp.types import PaginatedRequestParams, Resource
 
 
 async def list_all_resources() -> None:

examples/snippets/clients/parsing_tool_results.py

@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 import asyncio
 
-from mcp import ClientSession, StdioServerParameters, types
+import mcp_types as types
+
+from mcp import ClientSession, StdioServerParameters
 from mcp.client.stdio import stdio_client
 
 

examples/snippets/clients/stdio_client.py

@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ uv run client
 import asyncio
 import os
 
-from mcp import ClientSession, StdioServerParameters, types
+import mcp_types as types
+
+from mcp import ClientSession, StdioServerParameters
 from mcp.client.context import ClientRequestContext
 from mcp.client.stdio import stdio_client
 

examples/snippets/clients/url_elicitation_client.py

@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@ import webbrowser
 from typing import Any
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
-from mcp import ClientSession, types
+import mcp_types as types
+from mcp_types import URL_ELICITATION_REQUIRED
+
+from mcp import ClientSession
 from mcp.client.context import ClientRequestContext
 from mcp.client.sse import sse_client
 from mcp.shared.exceptions import MCPError, UrlElicitationRequiredError
-from mcp.types import URL_ELICITATION_REQUIRED
 
 
 async def handle_elicitation(