mcp-http-client-example

MCP HTTP Client Example

Simple example client demonstrating how to connect to Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers over HTTP using Server-Sent Events (SSE) transport.

Uses the official MCP Python SDK to handle protocol communication and server interactions.

Features

• Connects to MCP servers over SSE transport
• Lists available tools, resources and prompts
• Properly handles connection lifecycle with async context managers

Requirements

• uv

Usage

Clone this repository, then run the example client:

uv run -- main.py <server_url>

For example:

uv run -- main.py http://localhost:8000/sse

The client will:

1. Connect to the specified MCP server
2. List its available capabilities
3. Print them as JSON

Documentation

• MCP Specification
• MCP Python SDK