model context protocol

mcp - https://modelcontextprotocol.io/introduction

• a communication layer that provides AI with context and tools without requiring us to write a bunch of tedious integration code!
• mcp - transport agnostic communication meaning can communicate in standard IO, http, websockets, various other networks protocols

• we can use the official python sdk mcp to write mcp servers easily
• the sdk uses decorators to define tools so instead of writing JSON schemas manually, we can use python type hints and field descriptions.
• the sdk automatically generates the schema that claude understands

Key Benefits of the SDK Approach

• No manual JSON schema writing required
• Type hints provide automatic validation
• Clear parameter descriptions help Claude understand tool usage
• Error handling integrates naturally with Python exceptions
• Tool registration happens automatically through decorators

Resources in MCP

• allows server to expose info that can be directly included in prompts rather than requiring tool calls to access data

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