Model Context Protocol (MCP) · Schema

MCP Prompt

A templated prompt or workflow exposed by an MCP server for users to invoke. Prompts are listed via prompts/list and instantiated via prompts/get.

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Properties

Name	Type	Description
name	string
title	string
description	string
arguments	array
icons	array
_meta	object

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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-prompt-schema.json",
  "title": "MCP Prompt",
  "description": "A templated prompt or workflow exposed by an MCP server for users to invoke. Prompts are listed via prompts/list and instantiated via prompts/get.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["name"],
  "properties": {
    "name": { "type": "string" },
    "title": { "type": "string" },
    "description": { "type": "string" },
    "arguments": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": ["name"],
        "properties": {
          "name": { "type": "string" },
          "description": { "type": "string" },
          "required": { "type": "boolean" }
        }
      }
    },
    "icons": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object" } },
    "_meta": { "type": "object" }
  }
}