AI engineering glossary · Agents tools MCP
What is Streamable HTTP?
Streamable HTTP: An MCP transport for remote servers in which the client sends requests over HTTP and the server can reply either with a single response or with a stream of events. It lets one hosted server serve many clients and works with normal web infrastructure.
Streamable HTTP: an example
A company hosts one MCP server at https://mcp.example.com and all employees' assistants connect to it.
Related terms
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Where you learn it
Streamable HTTP is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.