Add a pluggable server extension API with MCP Apps (#3003)

Co-authored-by: Max Isbey <224885523+maxisbey@users.noreply.github.com>

docs_src/apps/report.html

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+<!doctype html>
+<title>Report</title>
+<p>Quarterly numbers render here.</p>

docs_src/apps/tutorial001.py

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+from mcp import Client
+from mcp.server.apps import APP_MIME_TYPE, EXTENSION_ID, Apps, client_supports_apps
+from mcp.server.mcpserver import MCPServer
+from mcp.server.mcpserver.context import Context
+
+CLOCK_HTML = """\
+<!doctype html>
+<title>Clock</title>
+<h1 id="now">...</h1>
+<script>
+  window.addEventListener("message", (event) => {
+    const text = event.data?.result?.content?.[0]?.text;
+    if (text) document.getElementById("now").textContent = text;
+  });
+</script>
+"""
+
+apps = Apps()
+
+
+@apps.tool(resource_uri="ui://clock/app.html", description="The current time.")
+def get_time(ctx: Context) -> str:
+    now = "2026-06-26T12:00:00Z"
+    if not client_supports_apps(ctx):
+        return f"The time is {now}."
+    return now
+
+
+apps.add_html_resource("ui://clock/app.html", CLOCK_HTML, title="Clock")
+
+mcp = MCPServer("clock", extensions=[apps])
+
+
+async def main() -> None:
+    async with Client(mcp, extensions={EXTENSION_ID: {"mimeTypes": [APP_MIME_TYPE]}}) as client:
+        result = await client.call_tool("get_time", {})
+        print(result.content)
+        # [TextContent(text='2026-06-26T12:00:00Z')]

docs_src/apps/tutorial002.py

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+from mcp.server.apps import Apps, ResourceCsp, ResourcePermissions
+from mcp.server.mcpserver import MCPServer
+
+DASHBOARD_HTML = "<!doctype html><title>Dashboard</title><canvas id='chart'></canvas>"
+
+apps = Apps()
+
+
+@apps.tool(resource_uri="ui://dashboard/app.html", visibility=["app"])
+def refresh_dashboard() -> str:
+    """Refresh the dashboard data."""
+    return "refreshed"
+
+
+apps.add_html_resource(
+    "ui://dashboard/app.html",
+    DASHBOARD_HTML,
+    title="Dashboard",
+    csp=ResourceCsp(connect_domains=["https://api.example.com"]),
+    permissions=ResourcePermissions(clipboard_write={}),
+    domain="dashboard.example.com",
+    prefers_border=True,
+)
+
+mcp = MCPServer("dashboard", extensions=[apps])

docs_src/apps/tutorial003.py

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+from pathlib import Path
+
+from mcp.server.apps import Apps
+from mcp.server.mcpserver import MCPServer
+from mcp.server.mcpserver.resources import FileResource
+
+REPORT_HTML = Path(__file__).parent / "report.html"
+
+apps = Apps()
+
+
+@apps.tool(resource_uri="ui://report/app.html")
+def refresh_report() -> str:
+    """Refresh the report data."""
+    return "report refreshed"
+
+
+apps.add_resource(FileResource(uri="ui://report/app.html", name="report", path=REPORT_HTML))
+
+mcp = MCPServer("report", extensions=[apps])

docs_src/extensions/tutorial001.py

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+from mcp.server.apps import Apps
+from mcp.server.mcpserver import MCPServer
+
+mcp = MCPServer("demo", extensions=[Apps()])

docs_src/extensions/tutorial002.py

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+from mcp.server.extension import Extension
+
+
+class Stamps(Extension):
+    identifier = "com.example/stamps"

docs_src/extensions/tutorial003.py

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+from collections.abc import Sequence
+from typing import Any
+
+from mcp import Client
+from mcp.server.extension import Extension, ToolBinding
+from mcp.server.mcpserver import MCPServer
+
+
+def stamp(text: str) -> str:
+    """Stamp a message with the office seal."""
+    return f"[stamped] {text}"
+
+
+class Stamps(Extension):
+    """A purely additive extension: one tool, one capability entry."""
+
+    identifier = "com.example/stamps"
+
+    def settings(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        return {"sealed": True}
+
+    def tools(self) -> Sequence[ToolBinding]:
+        return [ToolBinding(fn=stamp)]
+
+
+mcp = MCPServer("post-office", extensions=[Stamps()])
+
+
+async def main() -> None:
+    async with Client(mcp) as client:
+        print(client.server_capabilities.extensions)
+        # {'com.example/stamps': {'sealed': True}}
+        result = await client.call_tool("stamp", {"text": "hello"})
+        print(result.content)
+        # [TextContent(text='[stamped] hello')]

docs_src/extensions/tutorial004.py

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+from collections.abc import Sequence
+from typing import Any, Literal, cast
+
+import mcp_types as types
+from pydantic import Field
+
+from mcp import Client
+from mcp.server.context import ServerRequestContext
+from mcp.server.extension import Extension, MethodBinding
+from mcp.server.mcpserver import MCPServer, require_client_extension
+
+EXTENSION_ID = "com.example/search"
+
+
+class SearchParams(types.RequestParams):
+    query: str
+    limit: int = Field(default=10, ge=1, le=100)
+
+
+class SearchResult(types.Result):
+    items: list[str]
+
+
+class SearchRequest(types.Request[SearchParams, Literal["com.example/search"]]):
+    method: Literal["com.example/search"] = "com.example/search"
+    params: SearchParams
+
+
+async def search(ctx: ServerRequestContext[Any, Any], params: SearchParams) -> SearchResult:
+    require_client_extension(ctx, EXTENSION_ID)
+    return SearchResult(items=[f"{params.query}-{n}" for n in range(params.limit)])
+
+
+class Search(Extension):
+    """An extension that serves its own request method."""
+
+    identifier = EXTENSION_ID
+
+    def methods(self) -> Sequence[MethodBinding]:
+        return [
+            MethodBinding(
+                "com.example/search",
+                SearchParams,
+                search,
+                protocol_versions=frozenset({"2026-07-28"}),
+            )
+        ]
+
+
+mcp = MCPServer("catalog", extensions=[Search()])
+
+
+async def main() -> None:
+    async with Client(mcp, extensions={EXTENSION_ID: {}}) as client:
+        request = SearchRequest(params=SearchParams(query="mcp", limit=3))
+        result = await client.session.send_request(cast("types.ClientRequest", request), SearchResult)
+        print(result.items)
+        # ['mcp-0', 'mcp-1', 'mcp-2']

docs_src/extensions/tutorial005.py

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+import logging
+from typing import Any
+
+from mcp_types import CallToolRequestParams
+
+from mcp.server.context import CallNext, HandlerResult, ServerRequestContext
+from mcp.server.extension import Extension
+from mcp.server.mcpserver import MCPServer
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class AuditLog(Extension):
+    """Observe every tools/call without touching its result."""
+
+    identifier = "com.example/audit"
+
+    async def intercept_tool_call(
+        self,
+        params: CallToolRequestParams,
+        ctx: ServerRequestContext[Any, Any],
+        call_next: CallNext,
+    ) -> HandlerResult:
+        logger.info("tool %r called", params.name)
+        return await call_next(ctx)
+
+
+mcp = MCPServer("audited", extensions=[AuditLog()])
+
+
+@mcp.tool()
+def add(a: int, b: int) -> int:
+    """Add two numbers."""
+    return a + b