Get a Prompt from an MCP Server

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Demonstrates Mcp.GetPrompt, which calls the MCP prompts/get method for a named prompt, passing a JSON arguments object and receiving the prompt result.

Tip: Code to parse the returned JSON can be generated with Chilkat's online tool at https://tools.chilkat.io/jsonParse.

Dim success As Boolean = False

Dim mcp As ChilkatMcp
mcp.Initialize("mcp")

'  Connect to a public MCP (Model Context Protocol) server over its Streamable HTTP endpoint.  The
'  Microsoft Learn MCP server is public and requires no authentication.
success = mcp.Connect("https://learn.microsoft.com/api/mcp")
If success = False Then
    Log(mcp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Build the prompt's arguments (pass an empty object for a prompt that takes no arguments).  The
'  prompt name and its arguments come from the "prompts" array returned by ListPrompts.
Dim args As ChilkatJsonObject
args.Initialize
args.UpdateString("topic", "azure-storage")

'  Call the MCP prompts/get method for the named prompt.  The prompt result is placed in the
'  JsonObject.
Dim json As ChilkatJsonObject
json.Initialize
success = mcp.GetPrompt("example-prompt", args, json)
If success = False Then
    Log(mcp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


json.EmitCompact = False
Log(json.Emit)
'  JSON parsing code for this result can be generated at Chilkat's online tool:
'  https://tools.chilkat.io/jsonParse