Perl Requires Chilkat v11.6.0+
Perl
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.
Background. The prompt name and its expected arguments come from the
prompts array returned by ListPrompts. Pass an empty arguments object for a prompt that takes none.Chilkat Perl Downloads
use chilkat();
$success = 0;
$mcp = chilkat::CkMcp->new();
# 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 == 0) {
print $mcp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
exit;
}
# 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.
$args = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$args->UpdateString("topic","azure-storage");
# Call the MCP prompts/get method for the named prompt. The prompt result is placed in the
# JsonObject.
$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$success = $mcp->GetPrompt("example-prompt",$args,$json);
if ($success == 0) {
print $mcp->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
exit;
}
$json->put_EmitCompact(0);
print $json->emit() . "\r\n";
# JSON parsing code for this result can be generated at Chilkat's online tool:
# https://tools.chilkat.io/jsonParse