AI engineering glossary · Agents tools MCP
What is MCP prompt?
MCP prompt: A reusable prompt template that an MCP server offers to clients, with named arguments that the user fills in. Prompts are typically triggered by the user, for example through a slash command, and standardise common workflows.
MCP prompt: an example
A code review server offers a prompt 'review_pull_request' that takes a repository and PR number.
Related terms
More Agents tools MCP terms
- MCP resource
- MCP roots
- MCP sampling
- MCP server
- MCP tool
- MCP transport
- Memory consolidation
- Memory retrieval
Where you learn it
MCP prompt is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.