uv add mcp-client

import anyio

from mcp_client import Client


async def main() -> None:
    async with Client("http://localhost:8000/mcp") as client:
        tools = await client.list_tools()
        for tool in tools.tools:
            print(tool.name)


anyio.run(main)

Run this example against an MCP server listening at http://localhost:8000/mcp.

mcp-client provides the official Python SDK's clients, transports, OAuth support, and shared protocol machinery without installing Starlette, Uvicorn, sse-starlette, or python-multipart. It depends on the matching mcp-types release for protocol models.

mcp_client exports the high-level client API. Import OAuth support from mcp_client.client.auth and protocol models from mcp_types. The full mcp distribution preserves the existing mcp.client, mcp.shared, and mcp.os import paths as aliases to the same implementation.

Install mcp instead if you also build servers, use the CLI, or pass a server instance to Client(server) for in-process testing. It includes the matching mcp-client release and preserves existing imports such as from mcp import Client.

See the client documentation for usage and the repository for development instructions.