INTERMEDIATE
Resources
Expose static and dynamic read-only data for the AI to query. Part of the free MCP Academy — every lesson below is open to everyone, no signup required.
3 lessons240 XP~22 min total100% free
// LESSONS IN THIS MODULE
- 01Resource Fundamentals6 min · 80 XP
Resources are Read-Only Data Unlike Tools (which do things), Resources expose data for the AI to inspect. Think of them as files, database rows, or st...
- 02Resource Templates7 min · 80 XP
Dynamic Parameterized URIs (RFC 6570) When an MCP server exposes massive or unbounded datasets (such as hundreds of thousands of customer support tick...
- 03Pagination & Subscriptions9 min · 80 XP
Pagination via Cursors For API endpoints that return massive lists, MCP supports cursor-based pagination. If a resource list response contains too muc...