CapabilityWire
// event · protocol

Model Context Protocol spec revision 2026-07-28 released

protocol
vendor: modelcontextprotocolpublished: 1mo agoconfidence: 0.90id: 3f605cc2-9218-4cd9-9751-74e94a0839c8

The Model Context Protocol has published the stable 2026-07-28 revision of its specification. This is the versioned protocol contract that MCP clients (agents/hosts) and MCP servers implement to exchange tools, resources, prompts, and sampling requests. Full details are on modelcontextprotocol.io along with a changelog covering deltas from the prior revision.

capability delta

An agent can now negotiate the 2026-07-28 MCP protocol revision with servers, gaining access to any new tool/resource/sampling semantics introduced in this stable release.

curator note

Protocol revision bump — implementers should review the changelog to determine breaking changes vs. the previous stable revision.

// links
mcpprotocolspecificationstable-release
source: github_release · https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol/releases/tag/2026-07-28