resources/list method returns all resources configured for the server. AI clients call this to discover what data content is available to read.
MCP Endpoint
Request
string
required
Must be
"2.0".integer | string
required
Arbitrary request identifier echoed back unchanged in the response.
string
required
Must be
"resources/list".object
Empty object
{}. No parameters accepted.Response
array
Array of resource objects. Each object contains:
uri— Unique identifier for the resource (used inresources/read)name— Human-readable display namedescription— What the resource contains; used by AI for discoverymimeType— Content type (e.g.,text/plain,text/markdown,application/json)
To retrieve the actual content of a resource, call
resources/read with the URI from this list.
