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Installation

The Python SDK is available on PyPI as mcp so installation is as simple as:

=== "pip"

```bash
pip install mcp
```

=== "uv"

```bash
uv add mcp
```

The following dependencies are automatically installed:

  • httpx: HTTP client to handle HTTP Streamable and SSE transports.
  • httpx-sse: HTTP client to handle SSE transport.
  • pydantic: Types, JSON schema generation, data validation, and more.
  • starlette: Web framework used to build the HTTP transport endpoints.
  • python-multipart: Handle HTTP body parsing.
  • sse-starlette: Server-Sent Events for Starlette, used to build the SSE transport endpoint.
  • pydantic-settings: Settings management used in MCPServer.
  • uvicorn: ASGI server used to run the HTTP transport endpoints.
  • jsonschema: JSON schema validation.

This package has the following optional groups:

  • cli: Installs typer and python-dotenv for the MCP CLI tools.
  • stdio: Installs pywin32 on Windows for Job Object based subprocess cleanup in mcp.client.stdio.

Server-only Windows installs can use the base mcp package (or mcp[cli]) without pulling in pywin32. Add the stdio extra only if you want the additional Windows stdio cleanup integration.