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Model Context Protocol Spec

The official specification of the Model Context Protocol.

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Authoritative reference covering the protocol's primitives, lifecycle, transport, and capabilities. The starting point for any server author.

What it does

  • The official Model Context Protocol specification — the normative reference for MCP
  • Versioned documents (this entry links the 2026-07-28 spec)
  • Defines transports, lifecycle, tools/resources/prompts primitives, and security model

When to use it

Read this when implementing an MCP server or client, or when any other doc disagrees — the spec is the tiebreaker.

Getting started

No install — it's a specification document. Open the link and pick the spec version matching your SDK.

Things to know

Spec versions move fast; always match the version to the SDK you're coding against.

Repository

modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol

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