# mcp

> Model Context Protocol SDK

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## Declared
- publisher: Model Context Protocol a Series of LF Projects, LLC.
- homepage: https://py.sdk.modelcontextprotocol.io/
- repository: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/issues
- version: 2.3.0
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: automation, llm, mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mcp

### Description (declared)

# MCP Python SDK

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<strong>Python implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP)</strong>

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## Documentation

**The documentation lives at <https://py.sdk.modelcontextprotocol.io/>.**

It has a [Get started guide](https://py.sdk.modelcontextprotocol.io/get-started/), [What's new in v2](https://py.sdk.modelcontextprotocol.io/whats-new/), the [API reference](https://py.sdk.modelcontextprotocol.io/api/mcp/), and the [migration guide](https://py.sdk.modelcontextprotocol.io/migration/).

## What is MCP?

The [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) lets you build servers that expose data and functionality to LLM applications in a secure, standardized way. Think of it like a web API, but designed for LLM interactions. With this SDK you can:

- **Build MCP servers** that expose tools, resources, and prompts to any MCP host
- **Build MCP clients** that connect to any MCP server
- Speak every standard transport: stdio, Streamable HTTP, and SSE

## Requirements

Python 3.10+.

## Installation

```bash
uv add "mcp[cli]"      # or: pip install "mcp[cli]"
```

The `cli` extra adds the `mcp` command-line tool (`mcp dev`, `mcp run`, `mcp install`) on top of the SDK; install plain `mcp` if you don't need it. For one-off commands, `uv run --with "mcp[cli]" mcp ...` works without a project.

## A server in 15 lines

Create a `server.py`:

<!-- snippet-source docs_src/index/tutorial001.py -->
```python
from mcp.server import MCPServer

mcp = MCPServer("Demo")

@mcp.tool()
def add(a: int, b: int) -> int:
    """Add two numbers."""
    return a + b

@mcp.resource("greeting://{name}")
def greeting(name: str) -> str:
    """Greet someone by name."""
    return f"Hello, {name}!"
```

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## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T00:23:06.783Z)

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