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.

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.JsonObject;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Mcp;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Mcp mcp = new 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.
        try {
            mcp.connect("https://learn.microsoft.com/api/mcp");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // 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.
        JsonObject args_ = new JsonObject();
        args_.updateString("topic", "azure-storage");

        // Call the MCP prompts/get method for the named prompt.  The prompt result is placed in the
        // JsonObject.
        JsonObject json = new JsonObject();
        try {
            mcp.getPrompt("example-prompt", args_, json);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        json.setEmitCompact(false);
        System.out.println(json.emit());
        // JSON parsing code for this result can be generated at Chilkat's online tool:
        // https://tools.chilkat.io/jsonParse
    }
}