# Client Roots
> Provide local context and resource boundaries to MCP servers.
export const VersionBadge = ({version}) => {
return `<code className="version-badge-container">`
`<p className="version-badge">`
`<span className="version-badge-label">`New in version:
`<code className="version-badge-version">`{version}`</code>`
`</p>`
`</code>`;
};
<VersionBadge version="2.0.0" />
Roots are a way for clients to inform servers about the resources they have access to. Servers can use this information to adjust behavior or provide more relevant responses.
## Setting Static Roots
Provide a list of roots when creating the client:
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```python Static Roots
from fastmcp import Client
client = Client(
"my_mcp_server.py",
roots=["/path/to/root1", "/path/to/root2"]
)
```
```python Dynamic Roots Callback
from fastmcp import Client
from fastmcp.client.roots import RequestContext
async def roots_callback(context: RequestContext) -> list[str]:
print(f"Server requested roots (Request ID: {context.request_id})")
return ["/path/to/root1", "/path/to/root2"]
client = Client(
"my_mcp_server.py",
roots=roots_callback
)
```
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