MCP MOC

This map provides a comprehensive traversal of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) ecosystem, optimized for agentic tool integration and developer reference.

Fundamentals

• mcp-architecture: Host, Client, and Server relationship.
• mcp-primitives: Resources, Prompts, and Tools.
• mcp-transport: Stdio and HTTP with SSE.
• mcp-versioning: Protocol evolution and compatibility.

Building MCP Components

• mcp-server-development: Creating servers to expose data and tools.
• mcp-client-development: Integrating MCP support into applications.
• mcp-sdks: Official libraries for python, TypeScript, and more.
• rust-mcp-patterns: Implementation blueprint for rust-based servers.
• mcp-server-features: Detailed guide on server capabilities.
• mcp-client-features: Detailed guide on client-side logic.
• lit-mcp-advanced-patterns - Progressive discovery, programmatic tool calling, and agent skill patterns.

Deployment & Security

• mcp-local-connections: Connecting to local servers via stdio.
• mcp-remote-connections: Connecting to remote servers via HTTP.
• mcp-security: Production hardening and trust models.
• mcp-authorization: Managing permissions and user consent (OAuth 2.1).
• lit-chatgpt-web-mcp-guidance - Verified ChatGPT web MCP constraints and deployment guidance.
• spec-chatgpt-web-mcp-wrapper - Remote wrapper design for ChatGPT web access to the vault.
• lit-mcp-authorization - Literature: MCP Authorization Specification (OAuth 2.1, RFC 9728, audience binding, step-up flow)
• lit-mcp-security-best-practices - Literature: MCP Security Best Practices (confused deputy, token passthrough, SSRF, session hijacking, scope minimization)

Operations & Tooling

• mcp-debugging: Tools and strategies for protocol troubleshooting.
• lit-mcp-connections-and-debugging - Literature grounding for connection modes and debugging workflow.
• mcp-inspector: The interactive testing tool for MCP servers.
• mcp-best-practices: Optimization and security implementation guidelines.

Examples & Use Cases

• mcp-example-servers: Reference implementations of MCP servers.
• mcp-example-clients: Reference implementations of MCP hosts.
• lit-mcp-ecosystem-examples - Literature grounding for reference clients, servers, and ecosystem implementations.
• mcp-agent-skills: Using MCP to power autonomous agent behaviors.

See Also

• agentic-frameworks-moc
• hybrid-retrieval-spec
• community-protocol-trust-substrate
• agentic-protocols - Unified Communication Protocols
• lit-mcp-connections-and-debugging - Connection lifecycle and debugging reference
• lit-mcp-authorization - Specification-level grounding for OAuth 2.1 authorization
• lit-mcp-security-best-practices - Threat model and mitigations (attack-vector level)

Protocol Extensions & Patterns

Session Types & Formal Proofs

• session-types - Theory of typed communication channels.
• session-types-in-rust - Implementing formal contracts in the Rust SDK.
• session-types-mcp-mapping - Mapping session types to MCP transport state machines.