Statefulness in Model Context Protocol tools is a design convention carried in ordinary tool arguments and results rather than a protocol mechanism.

inference · verified 2026-09-05

Vendor
Model Context Protocol project
Product
Model Context Protocol
Subsystem
protocol
Deployment
not restricted
Region
not restricted
Release range
specification revision 2026-07-28
Status
inference
Confidence
0.60
Verified
2026-09-05

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WarmTransfer. (2026, September 5). Stateful tools in the Model Context Protocol: claim statetool-statefulness-is-a-convention. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/statetool-statefulness-is-a-convention

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@misc{warmtransfer-claim-statetool-statefulness-is-a-convention,
  title  = {Stateful tools in the Model Context Protocol: claim statetool-statefulness-is-a-convention},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/statetool-statefulness-is-a-convention},
  note   = {Claim statetool-statefulness-is-a-convention, verified 2026-09-05}
}

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