Specification · Protocol · Tool and data integration
Model Context Protocol
A client–server protocol for connecting AI applications to tools, resources, prompts, and external context.
- Status
- Published
- Version
- 2026-07-28
- Steward
- Model Context Protocol project
- Licenses
- Apache License 2.0 · MIT License · Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
- Standardizes
- Capability negotiation, lifecycle, JSON-RPC messages, tools, resources, prompts, sampling, and related client–server features.
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