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Transport Layers
Learn how MCP clients and servers communicate via stdio and HTTP/SSE. Part of the free MCP Academy — every lesson below is open to everyone, no signup required.
3 lessons180 XP~21 min total100% free
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- 01The Stdio Transport6 min · 60 XP
Local Communication via Stdio The stdio (Standard Input/Output) transport is the most common way to run MCP servers locally. It is lightweight, extrem...
- 02Streamable HTTP & SSE8 min · 60 XP
Remote Connections (Current Spec) If you want to host an MCP Server in the cloud (e.g., on Vercel or AWS) so multiple clients can connect, use the tra...
- 03Managing Sessions7 min · 60 XP
Session When using HTTP transports, the connection is typically stateless. However, MCP 1.0 required a stateful session to keep track of capabilities...