MCPResource

A data resource exposed by an MCP server, accessible to AI agent clients for reading context.

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
uri	string	Unique URI identifying this resource.
name	string	Human-readable name of the resource.
description	string	Human-readable description of the resource's contents.
mimeType	string	MIME type of the resource content.
size	integer	Size of the resource in bytes.

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JSON Schema

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/agentic-ai-foundation/refs/heads/main/json-schema/agentic-ai-foundation-mcp-resource-schema.json",
  "title": "MCPResource",
  "description": "A data resource exposed by an MCP server, accessible to AI agent clients for reading context.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "uri": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "Unique URI identifying this resource.",
      "example": "file:///home/user/documents/report.pdf"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Human-readable name of the resource.",
      "example": "Quarterly Report"
    },
    "description": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Human-readable description of the resource's contents.",
      "example": "Q1 2026 financial report in PDF format."
    },
    "mimeType": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "MIME type of the resource content.",
      "example": "application/pdf"
    },
    "size": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Size of the resource in bytes.",
      "example": 204800
    }
  },
  "required": ["uri", "name"]
}