Specification
Specification
Overview
Utilities

Utilities

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) provides several utility features that enhance the functionality of servers and clients. These utilities enable autocompletion, logging, and pagination capabilities.

Utility Features Overview

The MCP specification defines several utility features:

  • Completion: Offer autocompletion suggestions for the arguments of prompts and resource templates
  • Logging: Send structured log messages to clients with configurable verbosity
  • Pagination: Support paginating list operations that may return large result sets

Explore these utility features in more detail below: