A high-quality Rust implementation of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) SDK, maintaining full compatibility with the TypeScript SDK while leveraging Rust's performance and safety guarantees.
Code Name: Angel Rust
🎉 Claude Code Compatible! Version 1.4.0+ includes full JSON-RPC 2.0 compatibility, enabling seamless integration with Claude Code and all standard MCP clients. If you're experiencing connection issues, please upgrade to v1.4.1+.
- 🔍 Protocol Compliance: Validates JSON-RPC 2.0 and MCP protocol compliance
- 🌐 Multi-Transport Support: Tests HTTP, HTTPS, WebSocket, and stdio transports
- 📊 Comprehensive Diagnostics: Layer-by-layer connection troubleshooting
- 🎯 CI/CD Ready: JSON output for automated testing pipelines
- ✨ ToolResult Type Alias: Improved developer experience with
use pmcp::ToolResult - 📚 Comprehensive Documentation: Enhanced API docs with 4 complete usage examples
- 🧪 100% Test Coverage: Property tests, unit tests, and doctests for reliability
- 💯 Backward Compatible: Zero breaking changes, seamless upgrade experience
- 🤖 Tool-with-Sampling Server: Demonstrates LLM sampling integration for text processing
- 🔀 Multiple Parallel Clients: Shows concurrent client operations and error handling
- 🏗️ Structured Output Schemas: Advanced data validation and structured responses
- 📝 TDD Methodology: All examples developed using Test-Driven Development
- 📊 72% Line Coverage: Comprehensive test coverage with 100% function coverage
- 🎯 Zero Defects: All quality gates passing (lint + coverage)
- 🔍 Toyota Way Standards: Jidoka principles with zero tolerance for defects
- ✅ Full TypeScript SDK Compatibility: Complete feature parity verified
- 🌐 Complete WebSocket Server: Production-ready server implementation with connection management
- ⚡ HTTP/SSE Optimizations: 10x faster Server-Sent Events processing with connection pooling
- 🔗 Connection Pooling: Smart load balancing across multiple transport connections
- 🛡️ Advanced Middleware: Circuit breakers, rate limiting, compression, and metrics collection
- 🔄 Adaptive Retry: Intelligent retry strategies with jitter and exponential backoff
- 🏥 Health Monitoring: Automatic cascade failure detection and prevention
- 📊 Recovery Metrics: Comprehensive error recovery analytics and monitoring
- ⏱️ Deadline Management: Timeout-aware operations with deadline propagation
- 🔥 10.3x SSE Parsing Speedup: Vectorized Server-Sent Events processing
- 💻 CPU Feature Detection: Runtime AVX2/SSE4.2 optimization
- 📦 Batch Processing: Parallel JSON-RPC parsing with 119% efficiency gains
- 🧠 Smart Fallbacks: Automatic scalar fallback when SIMD unavailable
- 📊 PMAT Quality Analysis: Comprehensive code quality metrics with TDG scoring (0.76)
- 🎯 Quality Gates: Zero-tolerance defect policy with automated enforcement
- 🔍 Fuzzing Infrastructure: Comprehensive fuzz testing for protocol robustness
- ✅ Full TypeScript SDK v1.17.5+ Compatibility: 100% protocol compatibility verified
- 🚀 Performance: 16x faster than TypeScript SDK, 50x lower memory usage
- 🔄 Multiple Transports: stdio, HTTP/SSE, and WebSocket with auto-reconnection
- 🌐 WebSocket Server: Complete server-side WebSocket transport implementation
- 🔗 Connection Pooling: Smart load balancing with health monitoring
- ⚡ HTTP/SSE Optimizations: High-performance streaming with connection pooling
- 💾 Event Store: Connection resumability and event persistence for recovery
- 🔌 Middleware System: Circuit breakers, rate limiting, compression, metrics
- 🔄 Adaptive Retry: Intelligent retry strategies with jitter and exponential backoff
- 🏥 Health Monitoring: Automatic cascade failure detection and prevention
- ⏱️ Deadline Management: Timeout-aware operations with deadline propagation
- 📊 Recovery Metrics: Comprehensive error analytics and monitoring
- 🔥 SIMD Acceleration: 10.3x SSE parsing speedup with AVX2/SSE4.2 optimization
- 📦 Batch Processing: Parallel JSON-RPC parsing with 119% efficiency gains
- 🧠 Smart CPU Detection: Runtime feature detection with automatic fallbacks
- 💻 Zero-Copy Parsing: Efficient message handling with vectorized operations
- 🚀 Full Protocol Support: Complete implementation of MCP specification v1.0
- 🛡️ Type Safety: Compile-time protocol validation
- 🔐 Built-in Auth: OAuth 2.0, OIDC discovery, and bearer token support
- 🔗 URI Templates: Complete RFC 6570 implementation for dynamic URIs
- 📡 SSE Parser: Full Server-Sent Events support for streaming responses
- 🤖 LLM Sampling: Native support for model sampling operations
- 📦 Message Batching: Efficient notification grouping and debouncing
- 📬 Resource Subscriptions: Real-time resource change notifications
- ❌ Request Cancellation: Full async cancellation support with CancellationToken
- 📁 Roots Management: Directory/URI registration and management
- 📊 Comprehensive Testing: Property tests, fuzzing, and integration tests
- 🏗️ Quality First: Zero technical debt, no unwraps in production code
Add to your Cargo.toml:
[dependencies]
pmcp = "1.4"
⚠️ Important for Claude Code users: Version 1.4.0+ is required for Claude Code compatibility. Earlier versions use a different message format that is incompatible with standard MCP clients. See the Migration Guide if upgrading from < 1.4.0.
The SDK fully supports WebAssembly compilation for deployment to:
- Cloudflare Workers (wasm32-unknown-unknown)
- WASI Runtimes (wasm32-wasi)
- Browser Environments via wasm-bindgen
# Build for Cloudflare Workers
cargo build --target wasm32-unknown-unknown --no-default-features --features wasm
# Deploy SDK-based Worker
make cloudflare-sdk-deploy- WASM Target Guide - Detailed guide for different WASM targets
- WASM MCP Server Example - Write once, deploy everywhere (Cloudflare & Fermyon)
- WASM API Reference - WasmServerCore documentation
The comprehensive PMCP Guide provides detailed documentation with interactive examples:
📖 Read Online - Live documentation updated automatically
# Local development
make book-serve # Serve at http://localhost:3000
# Other book commands
make book # Build the book
make book-open # Build and open in browser
make book-clean # Clean build artifactsThe guide covers everything from basic concepts to advanced patterns:
- Getting Started - Installation, first server/client
- Core Concepts - Tools, resources, prompts, error handling
- Advanced Features - Auth, transports, middleware, performance
- Real-World Examples - Production patterns and best practices
- TypeScript Migration - Complete compatibility guide
The SDK includes comprehensive examples for all major features:
# Client initialization and connection
cargo run --example 01_client_initialize
# Basic server with tools
cargo run --example 02_server_basic
# Client tool usage
cargo run --example 03_client_tools
# Server with resources
cargo run --example 04_server_resources
# Client resource access
cargo run --example 05_client_resources
# Server with prompts
cargo run --example 06_server_prompts
# Client prompts usage
cargo run --example 07_client_prompts
# Logging
cargo run --example 08_logging
# Authentication (OAuth, Bearer tokens)
cargo run --example 09_authentication
# Progress notifications
cargo run --example 10_progress_notifications
# Request cancellation
cargo run --example 11_request_cancellation
# Error handling patterns
cargo run --example 12_error_handling
# WebSocket transport
cargo run --example 13_websocket_transport
# LLM sampling operations
cargo run --example 14_sampling_llm
# Middleware and interceptors
cargo run --example 15_middleware
# OAuth server with authentication
cargo run --example 16_oauth_server
# Completable prompts
cargo run --example 17_completable_prompts
# Resource watching with file system monitoring
cargo run --example 18_resource_watcher
# Input elicitation
cargo run --example 19_elicit_input
# OIDC discovery and authentication
cargo run --example 20_oidc_discovery
# Procedural macros for tools
cargo run --example 21_macro_tools --features macros
# Streamable HTTP server (stateful with sessions)
cargo run --example 22_streamable_http_server_stateful --features streamable-http
# Streamable HTTP server (stateless for serverless)
cargo run --example 23_streamable_http_server_stateless --features streamable-http
# Streamable HTTP client
cargo run --example 24_streamable_http_client --features streamable-http
# WASM client (browser-based) - see examples/wasm-client/README.md
cd examples/wasm-client && bash build.sh
# WebSocket server implementation with connection management
cargo run --example 25_websocket_server --features full
# MCP server tester - comprehensive testing tool for MCP servers
cargo run --example 26-server-tester -- test http://localhost:8080
# HTTP/SSE transport optimizations with connection pooling
cargo run --example 26_http_sse_optimizations --features full
# Connection pooling and load balancing demonstration
cargo run --example 27_connection_pooling --features full
# Advanced middleware system with circuit breakers and rate limiting
cargo run --example 28_advanced_middleware --features full
# Advanced error recovery with adaptive retry and health monitoring
cargo run --example 29_advanced_error_recovery --features full
# Complete advanced error recovery example with cascade detection
cargo run --example 31_advanced_error_recovery --features full
# SIMD parsing performance demonstration with benchmarks
cargo run --example 32_simd_parsing_performance --features full
# NEW in v1.4.1 - Enhanced Examples with TypeScript SDK Parity
# Multiple parallel clients with concurrent operations and error handling
cargo run --example 47_multiple_clients_parallel --features full
# Structured output schemas with advanced data validation
cargo run --example 48_structured_output_schema --features full
# Tool with LLM sampling integration for text processing
cargo run --example 49_tool_with_sampling_server --features fullThe SDK includes a comprehensive testing tool for validating MCP server implementations. The tester ensures protocol compliance, validates capabilities, and provides detailed diagnostics.
- Protocol Compliance: Validates JSON-RPC 2.0 and MCP protocol compliance
- Multi-Transport Support: Tests HTTP, HTTPS, WebSocket, and stdio transports
- Comprehensive Diagnostics: Layer-by-layer connection troubleshooting
- Tool Testing: Discover and test individual tools with custom arguments
- CI/CD Ready: JSON output for automated testing pipelines
Pre-built binaries are available from releases:
mcp-tester-linux-x86_64(Linux)mcp-tester-macos-x86_64(macOS Intel/Apple Silicon via Rosetta)mcp-tester-windows-x86_64.exe(Windows)
Or build from source:
cargo build --release --package mcp-server-tester
# Binary will be at target/release/mcp-tester# Test an MCP server
mcp-tester test http://localhost:8080
# Test with tools validation
mcp-tester test http://localhost:8080 --with-tools
# Protocol compliance check
mcp-tester compliance http://localhost:8080 --strict
# Connection diagnostics
mcp-tester diagnose http://localhost:8080
# Compare two servers
mcp-tester compare http://server1:8080 http://server2:8080For detailed usage, see examples/26-server-tester/README.md.
See the examples directory for detailed documentation.
PMCP serves as the foundation for building background agents that provide continuous AI assistance. See our Background Agents Guide for examples including:
- PMAT - Continuous code quality monitoring with Toyota Way compliance
- Ruchy - Language server agent for the Ruchy programming language
- Build your own background agent using PMCP as the transport layer
- New:
ToolResulttype alias now available from crate root:use pmcp::ToolResult; - Compatibility: Fully compatible with existing
CallToolResult- they are the same type - Documentation: Comprehensive documentation with examples and usage patterns
- Testing: Full test coverage including unit tests, property tests, and doctests
- Examples: New
cargo run --example toolresult_usagedemonstrating all features
- Complete server-side WebSocket implementation with connection lifecycle management
- Automatic ping/pong keepalive and graceful connection handling
- WebSocket-specific middleware integration and error recovery
- Production-ready with comprehensive connection monitoring
- 10x performance improvement in Server-Sent Events processing
- Connection pooling with intelligent load balancing strategies
- Optimized SSE parser with reduced memory allocations
- Enhanced streaming performance for real-time applications
- Smart connection pooling with health monitoring and failover
- Load balancing strategies: round-robin, least-connections, weighted
- Automatic unhealthy connection detection and replacement
- Connection pool metrics and monitoring integration
- Advanced middleware chain with circuit breakers and rate limiting
- Compression middleware with configurable algorithms
- Metrics collection middleware with performance monitoring
- Priority-based middleware execution with dependency management
- Adaptive retry strategies with configurable jitter patterns
- Deadline-aware recovery with timeout propagation
- Bulk operation recovery with partial failure handling
- Health monitoring with cascade failure detection and prevention
- Recovery coordination with event-driven architecture
- 10.3x SSE parsing speedup using AVX2/SSE4.2 vectorization
- Runtime CPU feature detection with automatic fallbacks
- Parallel JSON-RPC batch processing with 119% efficiency gains
- Memory-efficient SIMD operations with comprehensive metrics
#[tool]attribute for automatic tool handler generation#[tool_router]for collecting tools from impl blocks- Automatic JSON schema generation from Rust types
- 70% reduction in boilerplate code
- Full WebAssembly support for browser environments
- Dual transport support: WebSocket and HTTP
- HTTP transport for stateless/serverless MCP servers (AWS Lambda, Vercel, etc.)
- Cross-platform runtime abstraction
- Interactive browser example with modern UI
- CORS-enabled streamable HTTP servers
- TypeScript definitions for seamless integration
- Stateful mode with session management for traditional deployments
- Stateless mode optimized for serverless (AWS Lambda, Vercel Functions)
- Server-Sent Events (SSE) support for real-time streaming
- Automatic protocol version negotiation
- Built-in CORS support for browser clients
- Examples for both client and server implementations
- Type-safe parameter handling with compile-time validation
- Automatic error conversion and handling
- Improved documentation with 200+ examples
- Property-based testing for all new features
- Full OpenID Connect discovery implementation
- Automatic retry on CORS/network errors
- Token exchange with explicit JSON accept headers
- Comprehensive auth client module
- Unique transport IDs prevent cross-transport response routing
- Enhanced protocol safety for multiple concurrent connections
- Request-response correlation per transport instance
- 135+ doctests with real-world examples
- Complete property test coverage
- New OIDC discovery example (example 20)
Full WebSocket support with automatic reconnection, exponential backoff, and keep-alive ping/pong.
HTTP transport with Server-Sent Events for real-time notifications and long-polling support.
Native support for model sampling operations with the createMessage API:
let result = client.create_message(CreateMessageRequest {
messages: vec![SamplingMessage {
role: Role::User,
content: Content::Text { text: "Hello!".to_string() },
}],
..Default::default()
}).await?;Powerful middleware chain for request/response processing:
use pmcp::{MiddlewareChain, LoggingMiddleware, AuthMiddleware};
let mut chain = MiddlewareChain::new();
chain.add(Arc::new(LoggingMiddleware::default()));
chain.add(Arc::new(AuthMiddleware::new("token".to_string())));Optimize notification delivery with batching and debouncing:
use pmcp::{MessageBatcher, BatchingConfig};
let batcher = MessageBatcher::new(BatchingConfig {
max_batch_size: 10,
max_wait_time: Duration::from_millis(100),
..Default::default()
});use pmcp::{Client, StdioTransport, ClientCapabilities};
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
// Create client with stdio transport
let transport = StdioTransport::new();
let mut client = Client::new(transport);
// Initialize connection
let server_info = client.initialize(ClientCapabilities::default()).await?;
println!("Connected to: {}", server_info.server_info.name);
// List available tools
let tools = client.list_tools(None).await?;
for tool in tools.tools {
println!("Tool: {} - {:?}", tool.name, tool.description);
}
// Call a tool
let result = client.call_tool("get-weather", serde_json::json!({
"location": "San Francisco"
})).await?;
Ok(())
}use pmcp::{Server, ServerCapabilities, ToolHandler};
use async_trait::async_trait;
use serde_json::Value;
struct WeatherTool;
#[async_trait]
impl ToolHandler for WeatherTool {
async fn handle(&self, args: Value) -> pmcp::Result<Value> {
let location = args["location"].as_str()
.ok_or_else(|| pmcp::Error::validation("location required"))?;
// Implement weather fetching logic
Ok(serde_json::json!({
"temperature": 72,
"condition": "sunny",
"location": location
}))
}
}
#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
let server = Server::builder()
.name("weather-server")
.version("1.0.0")
.capabilities(ServerCapabilities::tools_only())
.tool("get-weather", WeatherTool)
.build()?;
// Run with stdio transport
server.run_stdio().await?;
Ok(())
}let transport = StdioTransport::new();use pmcp::{StreamableHttpTransport, StreamableHttpTransportConfig};
let config = StreamableHttpTransportConfig {
url: "http://localhost:3000".parse()?,
enable_sse: true, // Use SSE for real-time updates
session_id: Some("my-session".to_string()),
..Default::default()
};
let transport = StreamableHttpTransport::new(config);use pmcp::{StreamableHttpTransport, StreamableHttpTransportConfig};
let config = StreamableHttpTransportConfig {
url: "http://localhost:8081".parse()?,
enable_sse: false, // Simple request/response
session_id: None, // No session management
..Default::default()
};
let transport = StreamableHttpTransport::new(config);use pmcp::{WebSocketTransport, WebSocketConfig};
let config = WebSocketConfig {
url: "ws://localhost:8080".parse()?,
auto_reconnect: true,
..Default::default()
};
let transport = WebSocketTransport::new(config);// For WebSocket in browser
use pmcp::{WasmWebSocketTransport};
let transport = WasmWebSocketTransport::connect("ws://localhost:8080").await?;
// For HTTP in browser
use pmcp::{WasmHttpTransport, WasmHttpConfig};
let config = WasmHttpConfig {
url: "https://api.example.com/mcp".to_string(),
extra_headers: vec![],
};
let transport = WasmHttpTransport::new(config);- Rust 1.80.0 or later
- Git
# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/paiml/rust-pmcp
cd rust-pmcp
# Install development tools
make setup
# Run quality checks
make quality-gateThis project maintains Toyota Way and PMAT-level quality standards:
- Zero Technical Debt: TDG score 0.76, production-ready with minimal technical debt
- Toyota Way Principles: Jidoka (stop the line), Genchi Genbutsu (go and see), Kaizen (continuous improvement)
- Quality Gates: PMAT quality gates enforce complexity limits and detect SATD
- No
unwrap(): All errors handled explicitly with comprehensive error types - 100% Documentation: Every public API documented with examples
- Property Testing: Comprehensive invariant testing with quickcheck
- Benchmarks: Performance regression prevention with criterion
- SIMD Optimizations: High-performance parsing with reduced complexity
# Run all tests
make test-all
# Run property tests (slower, more thorough)
make test-property
# Generate coverage report
make coverage
# Run mutation tests
make mutants- Fork the repository
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature) - Ensure all quality checks pass (
make quality-gate) - Commit your changes (following conventional commits)
- Push to the branch (
git push origin feature/amazing-feature) - Open a Pull Request
pmcp/
├── src/
│ ├── client/ # Client implementation
│ ├── server/ # Server implementation
│ ├── shared/ # Shared transport/protocol code
│ ├── types/ # Protocol type definitions
│ └── utils/ # Utility functions
├── tests/
│ ├── integration/ # Integration tests
│ └── property/ # Property-based tests
├── benches/ # Performance benchmarks
└── examples/ # Example implementations
| Feature | TypeScript SDK | Rust SDK |
|---|---|---|
| Protocol Versions | 2024-10-07+ | 2024-10-07+ |
| Transports | stdio, SSE, WebSocket | stdio, SSE, WebSocket |
| Authentication | OAuth 2.0, Bearer | OAuth 2.0, Bearer |
| Tools | ✓ | ✓ |
| Prompts | ✓ | ✓ |
| Resources | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sampling | ✓ | ✓ |
- SSE parsing: 10.3x speedup (336,921 vs 32,691 events/sec)
- JSON-RPC parsing: 195,181 docs/sec with 100% SIMD utilization
- Batch processing: 119.3% parallel efficiency with vectorized operations
- Memory efficiency: 580 bytes per document with optimized allocations
- Overall performance: 16x faster than TypeScript SDK
- Message parsing: < 1μs (sub-microsecond with SIMD)
- Round-trip latency: < 100μs (stdio)
- Memory usage: 50x lower baseline (< 10MB)
- Base64 operations: 252+ MB/s throughput
Run benchmarks:
make bench # General benchmarks
cargo run --example 32_simd_parsing_performance # SIMD-specific benchmarksThis project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
- Model Context Protocol specification
- TypeScript SDK for reference implementation
- PAIML MCP Agent Toolkit for quality standards
- Alternative implementation - official rust sdk - created before I knew this existed.
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