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MCP APPS: EXTENDING SERVERS WITH INTERACTIVE USER INTERFACES

blog.modelcontextprotocol.io11 min read

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The MCP Apps Extension (SEP-1865) standardizes support for interactive user interfaces in the Model Context Protocol. It addresses one of the most requested features from the MCP community: the ability for MCP servers to deliver interactive user interfaces to hosts. The extension introduces a standardized pattern for declaring UI resources, linking them to tools, and enabling bidirectional communication between embedded interfaces and the host application.