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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 PowerShell Downloads
Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"
$success = $false
$mcp = New-Object Chilkat.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 -eq $false) {
$($mcp.LastErrorText)
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 = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$args.UpdateString("topic","azure-storage")
# Call the MCP prompts/get method for the named prompt. The prompt result is placed in the
# JsonObject.
$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$success = $mcp.GetPrompt("example-prompt",$args,$json)
if ($success -eq $false) {
$($mcp.LastErrorText)
exit
}
$json.EmitCompact = $false
$($json.Emit())
# JSON parsing code for this result can be generated at Chilkat's online tool:
# https://tools.chilkat.io/jsonParse