addMcpServer

Connect the agent to an external Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. Tools are discovered via the MCP protocol at session start and automatically registered as SWAIG functions. Optionally, the server’s resources can be fetched into the agent’s global data.

This method connects your agent to an MCP server as a client. To expose your agent’s own tools as an MCP server, use enableMcpServer().

Parameters

url

stringRequired

MCP server HTTP endpoint URL.

opts

object

Optional configuration.

opts.headers

Record<string, string>

HTTP headers sent with every request to the MCP server (e.g., { Authorization: 'Bearer sk-xxx' }).

opts.resources

boolean

Whether to fetch the server’s resources into the agent’s global_data.

opts.resourceVars

Record<string, string>

Variables for URI template substitution when fetching resources. Supports SignalWire call variables such as ${caller_id_number}.

Returns

AgentBase — Returns this for method chaining.

Example

1 import { AgentBase } from '@signalwire/sdk';
2 
3 const agent = new AgentBase({ name: 'assistant', route: '/assistant' });
4 agent.setPromptText('You are a helpful assistant.');
5 agent.addMcpServer('https://mcp.example.com/sse', {
6   headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer sk-xxx' },
7   resources: true,
8   resourceVars: { caller_id: '${caller_id_number}' },
9 });
10 await agent.serve();

1	import { AgentBase } from '@signalwire/sdk';
2
3	const agent = new AgentBase({ name: 'assistant', route: '/assistant' });
4	agent.setPromptText('You are a helpful assistant.');
5	agent.addMcpServer('https://mcp.example.com/sse', {
6	headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer sk-xxx' },
7	resources: true,
8	resourceVars: { caller_id: '${caller_id_number}' },
9	});
10	await agent.serve();