MCP Message Types: Complete MCP JSON-RPC Reference Guide
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The Model Context Protocol (MCP) employs JSON-RPC 2.0 for communication between clients and servers, facilitating tasks like server building, connection debugging, and AI assistant integration. This comprehensive guide outlines every MCP message type and provides practical JSON examples to aid developers in implementation. As MCP's adoption grows, challenges in authentication, tool access, and operational visibility have emerged, leading to the creation of the MCP Gateway—a centralized control layer for managing MCP agents. The protocol features three primary message types: requests, responses, and notifications, each with specific roles, such as tool execution and resource updates. MCP's flexibility is enhanced through capability negotiation, allowing clients and servers to mutually declare supported features, which prevents runtime errors and ensures smooth interactions. The guide also emphasizes the importance of advertising capabilities, checking sub-features, and maintaining message integrity for successful implementation and error handling.
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