Model Context Protocol (MCP) · Schema
MCP tools/call Request and Result
Invokes a tool exposed by an MCP server. The server returns a CallToolResult containing one or more content blocks.
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JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "https://api-evangelist.github.io/mcp/json-schema/mcp-call-tool-schema.json",
"title": "MCP tools/call Request and Result",
"description": "Invokes a tool exposed by an MCP server. The server returns a CallToolResult containing one or more content blocks.",
"oneOf": [
{ "$ref": "#/$defs/CallToolRequest" },
{ "$ref": "#/$defs/CallToolResult" }
],
"$defs": {
"CallToolRequest": {
"type": "object",
"required": ["jsonrpc", "id", "method", "params"],
"properties": {
"jsonrpc": { "const": "2.0" },
"id": { "oneOf": [{ "type": "string" }, { "type": "integer" }] },
"method": { "const": "tools/call" },
"params": {
"type": "object",
"required": ["name"],
"properties": {
"name": { "type": "string" },
"arguments": { "type": "object" },
"_meta": { "type": "object" }
}
}
}
},
"CallToolResult": {
"type": "object",
"required": ["content"],
"properties": {
"content": {
"type": "array",
"items": { "$ref": "#/$defs/ContentBlock" }
},
"structuredContent": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Optional structured output matching the tool's outputSchema."
},
"isError": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "True when the tool returned an application-level error rather than a JSON-RPC transport error."
},
"_meta": { "type": "object" }
}
},
"ContentBlock": {
"oneOf": [
{ "$ref": "#/$defs/TextContent" },
{ "$ref": "#/$defs/ImageContent" },
{ "$ref": "#/$defs/AudioContent" },
{ "$ref": "#/$defs/EmbeddedResource" },
{ "$ref": "#/$defs/ResourceLink" }
]
},
"TextContent": {
"type": "object",
"required": ["type", "text"],
"properties": {
"type": { "const": "text" },
"text": { "type": "string" },
"annotations": { "type": "object" }
}
},
"ImageContent": {
"type": "object",
"required": ["type", "data", "mimeType"],
"properties": {
"type": { "const": "image" },
"data": { "type": "string", "contentEncoding": "base64" },
"mimeType": { "type": "string" }
}
},
"AudioContent": {
"type": "object",
"required": ["type", "data", "mimeType"],
"properties": {
"type": { "const": "audio" },
"data": { "type": "string", "contentEncoding": "base64" },
"mimeType": { "type": "string" }
}
},
"EmbeddedResource": {
"type": "object",
"required": ["type", "resource"],
"properties": {
"type": { "const": "resource" },
"resource": { "type": "object" }
}
},
"ResourceLink": {
"type": "object",
"required": ["type", "uri"],
"properties": {
"type": { "const": "resource_link" },
"uri": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" },
"name": { "type": "string" },
"mimeType": { "type": "string" }
}
}
}
}