Missing prompt-level _meta support in MCPServer.prompt() and Prompt model
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100
- Issue type
- Feature
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Activity status
- Active
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- api, backend-api-design
Research direction
Start at MCPServer.prompt and the high-level Prompt model, then trace how list_prompts serializes prompt fields. Confirm how @mcp.tool accepts meta and how its list operation emits _meta; done means @mcp.prompt accepts the metadata without a TypeError and list_prompts returns it as _meta.
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Release line
2.x (current stable)
Description
Description
The 2026-07-28 specification defines the optional _meta field on the Prompt schema. While other decorators like @mcp.tool support meta and pass it down as _meta on serialization (e.g., in MCPServer.list_tools). The @mcp.prompt decorator and the high-level Prompt classes are missing support for meta.
Expected Behavior
Including meta on @mcp.prompt does not incur a type error and returns _meta for the prompt on list_prompts.
Example Code
from mcp.server.mcpserver import MCPServer
# ATTEMPTING TO USE METADATA ON PROMPTS
mcp = MCPServer("MetaTestServer")
# This currently raises a TypeError because meta is not a parameter in @mcp.prompt
@mcp.prompt(name="code_review",title="Code Review",
description="Review code with specific metadata rules",
meta={"strictness": "high"})
def review_code(code: str) -> str:
return f"Review this: {code}"
# 2. EXPECTED BEHAVIOR
# If the decorator parameter was supported, list_prompts should return prompt with _meta:
# listed_prompts = await mcp.list_prompts()
# assert listed_prompts[0].meta == {"audience": "strictness": "high"}
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