Welcome
MCP Description (mcpdesc) is a portable, machine-readable format that declares
everything an MCP server offers — its tools, resources, prompts, transports, security, and
metadata — in a single static document, much like OpenAPI does for REST APIs.
New to mcpdesc? Start with Getting started or the format overview.
Tools that use the mcpdesc format
Section titled “Tools that use the mcpdesc format”The tools catalog lists open-source tools that read or write mcpdesc documents.
Each tool’s reference documentation lives in its own repository.
The first tool suite built around the format is MCP Toolkit — an open-source project initiated by Cisco DevNet, maintained at cisco-open.
The format
Section titled “The format”MCP Description (mcpdesc) is a portable, machine-readable format that declares
everything an MCP server offers (tools, resources, prompts, transports, security), much like
OpenAPI does for REST APIs. Read the full
MCP Description specification (v0.7.0) on this site.
Explore all tools that build on the format.