modelcontextprotocol

MCP Python SDK — Development skill for Claude Code

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Python SDK for building MCP servers.

How to install MCP Python SDK

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What MCP Python SDK does

Python implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP)

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README

MCP Python SDK

Python implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP)

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[!NOTE] **This README documents v1.x of the MCP Python SDK (the current stable release).**

For v1.x code and documentation, see the [`v1.x` branch](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk/tree/v1.x). For the upcoming v2 documentation (pre-alpha, in development on `main`), see [`README.v2.md`](README.v2.md).