MCP Server in C# .NET(TransportType=SSE)-iaspnetcore.com

MCP是一个典型的C/S架构模式，即客户端和服务端，它们之间采用一种标准的消息格式（JSON-RPC）进行通信.

The MCP C# SDK has great samples of creating MCP server, MCP client

MCP Server in C# .NET

Simple MCP SSE Server Server in C#
Building MCP Client in C#-MCPSSEServer.Client

To get started MCP SSE Server:

Create a ASP.NET Core Web API project.
Dotnet add package "ModelContextProtocol.AspNetCore.
Update your Program.cs to set up the MCP SSE server.
Configure MCP SSE server to use the exit Tools.

Simple MCP SSE Server Server in C#

Step 1: Create a ASP.NET Core Web API project

创建一个.NET 8.0 ASP.NET WebAPI应用.基于ASP.NET Core web API的MCP SSE Server

Step 2: Add Required Packages MCP SDK

use the modelcontextprotocol / csharp-sdk library.This library provides a simple way to create an MCP server and now supports SSE.

dotnet add package "ModelContextProtocol.AspNetCore" Version="0.2.0-preview.1"

安装MCP SDK

<ItemGroup>
	<PackageReference Include="ModelContextProtocol.AspNetCore" Version="0.2.0-preview.1" />
	<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="9.0.5" />
</ItemGroup>

https://github.com/iaspnetcore/MCPServer/commit/fd50c9b5fd9c8d9e46b6dde9e4f99f7bac57d24f

The official C# SDK for Model Context Protocol servers and clients

ModelContextProtocol sdk

https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/csharp-sdk

Step 3: Define Tools

创建一个Tools目录，然后添加一个TimeTool.cs

src/McpServerConsole.Server/Tools/TimeTool.cs

using ModelContextProtocol.Server;
using System.ComponentModel;


namespace MCPSSEServer.Server.Tools
{

    /// <summary>
    /// 静态类型 不能用作 参数 WithTools<TimeTool>();
    /// </summary>
    [McpServerToolType]
    public  class TimeTool
    {
        [McpServerTool, Description("Get the current time for a city")]
        public static string GetCurrentTime(string city) =>
            $"It is {DateTime.Now.Hour}:{DateTime.Now.Minute} in {city}.";
    }
}

https://github.com/iaspnetcore/MCPServer/commit/1f94a3f1c78c2aac376cff24d9317df696806eb0

step 4. Update Program.cs - Update your Program.cs to set up the MCP SSE server

Update your Program.cs to set up the MCP SSE server

服务端配置（Program.cs）

using ModelContextProtocol.AspNetCore;
using System.ComponentModel;
using MCPSSEServer.Server.Tools;

namespace MCPSSEServer.Server
{
    public class Program
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Starting MCPSSEServer Server...");

            var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);

            builder.Services
                    // Add MCP Server to IoC
                   .AddMcpServer()
                   //SSE
                   .WithHttpTransport()
                   //  Register MCP Tool
                   .WithTools<TimeTool>();

            // Add services to the container.

            builder.Services.AddControllers();

            var app = builder.Build();

            //  Map Mcp endpoints
            app.MapMcp();


            // Configure the HTTP request pipeline.

            app.UseAuthorization();


            app.MapControllers();

            app.Run();


        }
    }
}

WithToolsFromAssembly扩展方法，会自动扫描程序集中添加了McpServerTool标签的类进行注册

https://github.com/iaspnetcore/MCPServer/commit/33e996ee7c6707871ba7441d3f78cabbe2d117b4

2.MCP includes two standard transport(Built-in Transport Types) implementations

Standard Input/Output (stdio)标准IO传输方式-> .WithStdioServerTransport

Server-Sent Events (SSE) SSE传输方式 ->

Note:
The SSE Transport has been deprecated as of MCP specification version 2025-03-26. Please use the HTTP Stream Transport instead, which implements the new Streamable HTTP transport specification.

step 5. run your MCP server

cd F:\developer_mcp\src\MCPSSEServer.Server

dotnet run

Starting MCPSSEServer Server...
info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[14]
      Now listening on: http://localhost:5159
info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
      Application started. Press Ctrl+C to shut down.
info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
      Hosting environment: Development
info: Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime[0]
      Content root path: F:\developer_mcp\src\MCPSSEServer.Server

Step 6.Test the server

test the server using any web browser.

http://localhost:5159/sse

output

event: endpoint
data: /message?sessionId=VoXW78yYf0lPCcaYcgUibQ

To use the MCP server, we can use Claude, Visual Studio Code, or any other client supporting MCP with SSE.

Building MCP Client in C#-MCPSSEServer.Client

use any MCP client to send requests to the MCPSSEServer server.

Step 1: Create a Console Application named with MCPSSEServer.Client

MCPSSEServer: create MCPSSEServer.Client Console APP

Step 2: Add Required Packages

dotnet add package ModelContextProtocol" Version="0.2.0-preview.1

step 3. Update your Program.cs to connect the MCP SSE server

step 4. List avalible tools

using ModelContextProtocol.Client; // 包含 McpClientFactory 和 McpClient 相关定义





Console.WriteLine("Now connecting client to MCPSSEServer.Server ");

try
{

    //1.Connect to an MCP server
    //创建一个 SSE（Server-Sent Events）客户端传输配置实例
    // 修改TransportType为SSE，指定SSE Server的BaseUrl
    var clientTransport = new SseClientTransport(

    // Method2:  TransportType = SSE 配置传输选项，指定服务端点（Endpoint）
    new SseClientTransportOptions()
    {
        // 设置远程服务器的 URI 地址  (记得替换真实的地址，从魔搭MCP广场获取)
        Endpoint = new Uri("http://localhost:5159/sse")
    }
    );




    //2. 使用配置创建 MCP 客户端实例 connect to the MCP server by providing the URL of the server. 
    await using var mcpClient = await McpClientFactory.CreateAsync(clientTransport);


    Console.WriteLine("Successfully connected!");


    //3.Get all available tools
    //调用客户端的 ListToolsAsync 方法，获取可用工具列表
    var listToolsResult = await mcpClient.ListToolsAsync();
    Console.WriteLine("功能列表:");

    // Get all available tools
    //遍历工具列表，并逐个输出到控制台
    foreach (var tool in listToolsResult)
    {
        Console.WriteLine($"  名称：{tool.Name}，说明：{tool.Description}");
    }


    //4.Execute a tool directly.
    //execute the tools we have defined and see the results
    var result = await mcpClient.CallToolAsync(
    "GetCurrentTime",
    new Dictionary<string, object?>() { ["city"] = "Chengdu" });

    Console.WriteLine(result.Content.First(c => c.Type == "text").Text);
}

catch (Exception ex)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"Host terminated unexpectedly : {ex.Message}");
}

F:\developer_mcp

https://github.com/iaspnetcore/MCPServer/tree/master/src/MCPSSEServer.Server

blog:https://www.iaspnetcore.com/blogpost-683471ea5fb02c067703a799-mcp-server-in-c-nettransporttypesse

https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/concepts/transports

1.https://www.cnblogs.com/edisonchou/p/-/introduction-to-mcp-csharp-sdk

2.https://anuraj.dev/blog/building-a-server-sent-events-sse-mcp-server-with-aspnetcore/

3.https://laurentkempe.com/2025/04/05/sse-powered-mcp-server-with-csharp-and-dotnet-in-157mb-executable/

https://github.com/laurentkempe/aiPlayground/blob/main/MCPSSEServer/Program.cs

https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/csharp-sdk/tree/main/samples/AspNetCoreSseServer

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