PHP Extension Requires Chilkat v11.6.0+

List the Tools Offered by an MCP Server

Demonstrates Mcp.ListTools, which calls the MCP tools/list method and places the server's result (a tools array describing each tool and its input schema) into a JsonObject.

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

Background. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) lets a client interact with a server's tools, resources, and prompts over a standard JSON-RPC interface. This example connects to the public, no-authentication Microsoft Learn MCP server at https://learn.microsoft.com/api/mcp over Streamable HTTP.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

$mcp = new CkMcp();

//  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) {
    print $mcp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

//  Call the MCP tools/list method.  On success, the server's result object -- containing a "tools"
//  array describing each available tool and its input schema -- is placed in the JsonObject.
$json = new CkJsonObject();
$success = $mcp->ListTools($json);
if ($success == false) {
    print $mcp->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$json->put_EmitCompact(false);
print $json->emit() . "\n";
//  JSON parsing code for this result can be generated at Chilkat's online tool:
//  https://tools.chilkat.io/jsonParse

?>