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McpClient: MCP Client

Description

Connect to and communicate with an MCP server process.

Arguments

Public fields

process

The processx process object

server_info

Information about the connected server

capabilities

Server capabilities

Methods

Method new()

Create a new MCP Client

Usage

McpClient$new(command, args = character(), env = NULL)

Arguments

command

The command to run (e.g., "npx", "python")

args

Command arguments (e.g., c("-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"))

env

Environment variables as a named character vector

Returns

A new McpClient object

Method list_tools()

List available tools from the MCP server

Usage

McpClient$list_tools()

Returns

A list of tool definitions

Method call_tool()

Call a tool on the MCP server

Usage

McpClient$call_tool(name, arguments = list())

Arguments

name

The tool name

arguments

Tool arguments as a named list

Returns

The tool result

Method list_resources()

List available resources from the MCP server

Usage

McpClient$list_resources()

Returns

A list of resource definitions

Method read_resource()

Read a resource from the MCP server

Usage

McpClient$read_resource(uri)

Arguments

uri

The resource URI

Returns

The resource contents

Method is_alive()

Check if the MCP server process is alive

Usage

McpClient$is_alive()

Returns

TRUE if alive, FALSE otherwise

Method close()

Close the MCP client connection

Usage

McpClient$close()

Method as_sdk_tools()

Convert MCP tools to SDK Tool objects

Usage

McpClient$as_sdk_tools()

Returns

A list of Tool objects

Method clone()

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage

McpClient$clone(deep = FALSE)

Arguments

deep

Whether to make a deep clone.

Details

Manages connection to an external MCP server via stdio.