Test and interact with MCP servers.

This tool provides a complete MCP client implementation for testing and using MCP servers from within a Strands Agent.

Returns: Result dictionary with status and content

Examples: # Connect to HTTP server mcp_client( action="connect", connection_id="my-server", transport="http", server_url="http://localhost:8000/mcp" )

# Connect to stdio server
mcp_client(
    action="connect",
    connection_id="stdio-server",
    transport="stdio",
    command="python",
    args=["mcp_server_stdio.py"]
)

# List tools from connection
mcp_client(action="list_tools", connection_id="my-server")

# Call a tool
mcp_client(
    action="call_tool",
    connection_id="my-server",
    tool_name="calculator",
    tool_args={"expression": "2 + 2"}
)

# List all connections
mcp_client(action="list_connections")

# Disconnect
mcp_client(action="disconnect", connection_id="my-server")

Notes: - stdio transport: Server must be launchable as subprocess - HTTP transport: Server must be already running - Connections are maintained in global state for reuse

Greet someone with different styles.

Returns: str: A greeting message

Invoke the full strands-mcp-cli agent with a natural language prompt. Use this for complex queries that require reasoning across multiple tools or when you need a conversational response from the agent.