Resources

A resource is readable content an MCP server publishes at a URI. Where a tool does something and a prompt asks something, a resource simply is something a client can list and fetch: a settings document, a customer record, a log, the file currently open in the editor. TTMSMCPResource covers the whole surface: direct resources at a fixed URI, template resources that cover a whole family of URIs, text and base64 binary content, per-instance MIME types, display titles and icons, runtime listing, list-changed notifications, and per-URI subscriptions that tell a client its copy is stale.

Documentation

Start here	Use when
Getting started	You want a readable resource on a server quickly.
User guide	You want task-oriented chapters grouped by feature area.
API reference	You want exact class, property, method, and event contracts.

Key classes

Class	Role
`TTMSMCPResource`	A single resource: name, URI or URI template, MIME type, title, icons, and the reader that produces its content.
`TTMSMCPResources`	The collection of resources owned by a server. Register, add, and look up resources here.
`TTMSMCPResourceContent`	What a reader returns: a URI, a MIME type, and either text or a base64 blob.
`TTMSMCPResourceBuilder`	Fluent builder for declaring a resource in a single expression.

Minimal example

procedure TForm1.RegisterSettingsResource;
begin
  { Server is a TTMSMCPServer dropped on the form. }
  Server.Resources.RegisterDirectResource(
    'app_settings',
    'config://application/settings',
    'Current application settings',
    'application/json',
    function(const URI: string): TTMSMCPResourceContent
    begin
      { Create a fresh content object per read. The framework serializes
        it and frees it - do not free it here and do not cache it. }
      Result := TTMSMCPResourceContent.FromText(URI, 'application/json',
        SettingsAsJSON);
    end);
end;

// The anonymous method of the Delphi API is an interface in C++Builder.
class TSettingsReader : public TCppInterfacedObject<TTMSMCPResourceMethod>
{
public:
  TTMSMCPResourceContent* __fastcall Invoke(const System::UnicodeString URI)
  {
    // Create a fresh content object per read. The framework serializes
    // it and frees it - do not free it here and do not cache it.
    return TTMSMCPResourceContent::FromText(URI, "application/json",
      SettingsAsJSON());
  }
};

void __fastcall TForm1::RegisterSettingsResource()
{
  // Server is a TTMSMCPServer dropped on the form.
  Server->Resources->RegisterDirectResource(
    "app_settings",
    "config://application/settings",
    "Current application settings",
    "application/json",
    _di_TTMSMCPResourceMethod(new TSettingsReader()));
}

API map

Role	Types
Resource and collection	`TTMSMCPResource`, `TTMSMCPResources`
Content	`TTMSMCPResourceContent`
Fluent construction	`TTMSMCPResourceBuilder`
Reader callbacks	`TTMSMCPResourceMethod`, `TTMSMCPResourceMethodEvent`
Server integration	`TTMSMCPResourceListEvent`
Shared base	`TTMSMCPBase`

Guides

Guide	Covers
Declaring resources	Direct resources, URI templates and how they are matched, the fluent builder, titles and icons, and runtime listing.
Resource content and updates	Text and binary content, MIME types, reader ownership, error reporting, subscriptions, and change notifications.