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 "repo_url": "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk",
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 "title": "Serve an MCP server over HTTP and call it from Python",
 "page_title": "How to serve an MCP server over HTTP and call it from Python with Python SDK",
 "summary": "Run your server with Streamable HTTP and connect the SDK's Client to it with a URL.",
 "who": "An engineer preparing to deploy an MCP server rather than run it as a local subprocess.",
 "problem": "Local stdio servers are fine for one laptop, but a shared server needs an HTTP transport and a client to test it.",
 "outcome": "A server reachable at a URL and a short Python client that calls its tools and prints structured results.",
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  "Install with `uv add \"mcp[cli]\"`",
  "Serve your server with `uv run mcp run server.py --transport streamable-http`",
  "Write a client that opens Client(\"http://localhost:8000/mcp\") and calls call_tool, as in the README",
  "Read result.structured_content for the output",
  "See the Clients docs to launch a local server as a stdio subprocess instead"
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 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "20 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The README example runs on localhost with no authentication; add auth before exposing a server beyond your machine.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "python",
 "requirements": [
  "Python 3.11 or later",
  "uv or pip",
  "The cli extra for the mcp command-line tool",
  "Optional: the MCP Inspector, which mcp dev opens"
 ],
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 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
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