Set up package publishing for daily, manual, and release builds

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
     branches: ["main"]
   pull_request:
     branches: ["main"]
+  workflow_call:
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -17,15 +18,15 @@ jobs:
         configuration: [Debug, Release]
       fail-fast: false
 
-    steps: 
+    steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
           fetch-depth: 0  # Shallow clones should be disabled for a better relevancy of analysis
-     
+
     - name: Setup .NET
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
       with:
-        dotnet-version: | 
+        dotnet-version: |
           9.0.x
           8.0.x
 
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-node@v3
       with:
         node-version: '20'
-    
+
     - name: Install dependencies for tests
       run: npm install @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything
 

.github/workflows/docs.yml

@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ permissions:
 concurrency:
   group: "pages"
   cancel-in-progress: false
-  
+
 jobs:
   publish-docs:
+    # Only publish from the modelcontextprotocol/csharp-sdk repository
+    if: ${{ github.repository == 'modelcontextprotocol/csharp-sdk' }}
     environment:
       name: github-pages
       url: ${{ steps.deployment.outputs.page_url }}
@@ -42,4 +44,4 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
       id: deployment
-      uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
+      uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -1,20 +1,44 @@
-# This workflow is triggered by new releases
-# It builds, tests, and publishes to the GitHub NuGet package registry
-name: Release package
+# Publish new package versions of ModelContextProtocol
+#
+# Daily and Manual Runs
+# - Triggered automatically at 07:00 UTC daily
+# - Triggered manually using GitHub Actions workflow_dispatch event
+# - Version prefix applied from /src/Directory.Build.props
+# - Version suffix set to `ci.{github.run_number}`
+# - Package published to GitHub package registry
+#
+# Official Releases
+# - Triggered after a GitHub Release is created
+# - Version prefix applied from /src/Directory.Build.props
+# - Version suffix applied from /src/Directory.Build.props
+# - Package published to GitHub package registry
+# - Package published to NuGet.org
+# - Version prefix and/or suffix should be updated after each release
+
+name: Release Publishing
 
 on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 7 * * *'
+
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
   release:
     types: [published]
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  run-ci:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci.yml
 
+  build-package:
     runs-on: windows-latest
+    needs: run-ci
+
+    env:
+      version_suffix_args: ${{ github.event_name != 'release' && format('--version-suffix "ci.{0}"', github.run_number) || '' }}
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0  # Shallow clones should be disabled for a better relevancy of analysis
 
       - name: Setup .NET
         uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v2
@@ -23,25 +47,11 @@ jobs:
             9.0.x
             8.0.x
 
-      - name: Set up Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: '20'
-
-      - name: Install dependencies for tests
-        run: npm install @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything
-
-      - name: Install dependencies for tests
-        run: npm install @modelcontextprotocol/server-memory
-
-      - name: Build
-        run: dotnet build --configuration Release
-
-      - name: Test
-        run: dotnet test --configuration Release --no-build --filter '(Execution!=Manual)'
-
       - name: Pack
-        run: dotnet pack --configuration Release --output "${{ github.workspace }}/artifacts/packages"
+        run: dotnet pack
+          ${{ env.version_suffix_args }}
+          --configuration Release
+          --output "${{ github.workspace }}/artifacts/packages"
 
       - name: Upload artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -50,20 +60,14 @@ jobs:
           name: build-artifacts
           path: ${{ github.workspace }}/artifacts
 
-  publish:
-    name: Publish Package
-    needs: build
+  publish-package:
+    needs: build-package
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
       - name: Setup .NET
         uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v2
         with:
-          dotnet-version: |
-            9.0.x
-            8.0.x
+          dotnet-version: 9.0.x
 
       - name: Download build artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -75,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: NuGet authentication for GitHub
+      - name: Authenticate to GitHub registry
         run: dotnet nuget add source
           "https://nuget.pkg.github.com/${{ github.repository_owner }}/index.json"
           --name "github"
@@ -89,3 +93,12 @@ jobs:
             --source "github"
             --api-key ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
             --skip-duplicate
+
+      - name: Publish to NuGet.org (Releases only)
+        # Only publish from the modelcontextprotocol/csharp-sdk repository
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'release' && github.repository == 'modelcontextprotocol/csharp-sdk' }}
+        run: dotnet nuget push
+            ${{github.workspace}}/build-artifacts/packages/*.nupkg
+            --source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json
+            --api-key ${{ secrets.NUGET_KEY_MODELCONTEXTPROTOCOL }}
+            --skip-duplicate

Directory.Build.props

@@ -5,15 +5,32 @@
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
-    <PackageVersion>0.1.0-preview</PackageVersion>
-    <Authors>Microsoft</Authors>
-    <Copyright>© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.</Copyright>
-    <RepoRoot>$([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)'))</RepoRoot>
-    <VSTestLogger>trx%3bLogFileName=$(MSBuildProjectName).$(TargetFramework).$(OS).trx</VSTestLogger>
-    <VSTestResultsDirectory>$(RepoRoot)/artifacts/TestResults</VSTestResultsDirectory>
     <WarnOnPackingNonPackableProject>false</WarnOnPackingNonPackableProject>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <RepoRoot>$([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath('$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)'))</RepoRoot>
+    <ArtifactsDir Condition="'$(ArtifactsDir)' == ''">$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(RepoRoot)', 'artifacts'))</ArtifactsDir>
+    <ArtifactsObjDir>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(ArtifactsDir)', 'obj'))</ArtifactsObjDir>
+    <ArtifactsBinDir>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(ArtifactsDir)', 'bin'))</ArtifactsBinDir>
+    <ArtifactsTestResultsDir>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(ArtifactsDir)', 'TestResults', '$(Configuration)'))</ArtifactsTestResultsDir>
+    <ArtifactsPackagesDir>$([MSBuild]::NormalizeDirectory('$(ArtifactsDir)', 'packages', '$(Configuration)'))</ArtifactsPackagesDir>
+    <OutDirName>$(MSBuildProjectName)</OutDirName>
+
+    <BaseIntermediateOutputPath>$([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath('$(ArtifactsObjDir)$(OutDirName)\'))</BaseIntermediateOutputPath>
+    <IntermediateOutputPath>$(BaseIntermediateOutputPath)$(Configuration)\</IntermediateOutputPath>
+
+    <BaseOutputPath>$([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath('$(ArtifactsBinDir)$(OutDirName)\'))</BaseOutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>$(BaseOutputPath)$(Configuration)\</OutputPath>
+
+    <PackageOutputPath>$(ArtifactsPackagesDir)</PackageOutputPath>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <VSTestLogger Condition="'$(VSTestLogger)' == ''">trx%3bLogFileName=$(MSBuildProjectName).$(TargetFramework).$(OS).trx</VSTestLogger>
+    <VSTestResultsDirectory Condition="'$(VSTestResultsDirectory)' == ''">$(ArtifactsTestResultsDir)</VSTestResultsDirectory>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(GITHUB_ACTIONS)' == 'true'">
     <ContinuousIntegrationBuild>true</ContinuousIntegrationBuild>
   </PropertyGroup>

README.MD → README.md

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 The official C# SDK for the [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/), enabling .NET applications, services, and libraries to implement and interact with MCP clients and servers. Please visit our [API documentation](https://modelcontextprotocol.github.io/csharp-sdk/api/ModelContextProtocol.html) for more details on available functionality.
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> This repo is still in preview, breaking changes can be introduced without prior notice.
+> This project is in preview; breaking changes can be introduced without prior notice.
 
 ## About MCP
 

src/Directory.Build.props

@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/csharp-sdk</PackageProjectUrl>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/csharp-sdk</RepositoryUrl>
     <RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>
+    <VersionPrefix>0.1.0</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionSuffix>preview.2</VersionSuffix>
+    <Authors>ModelContextProtocolOfficial</Authors>
+    <Copyright>© Anthropic and Contributors.</Copyright>
     <PackageTags>ModelContextProtocol;mcp;ai;llm</PackageTags>
     <PackageLicenseExpression>MIT</PackageLicenseExpression>
     <PackageIcon>logo.png</PackageIcon>
     <IncludeSymbols>true</IncludeSymbols>
     <SymbolPackageFormat>snupkg</SymbolPackageFormat>
-    <PackageOutputPath>$(RepoRoot)artifacts/</PackageOutputPath>
     <EmbedUntrackedSources>true</EmbedUntrackedSources>
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>$(RepoRoot)\Open.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
@@ -23,4 +26,4 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="$(RepoRoot)\logo.png" Pack="true" PackagePath="\" />
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>

src/ModelContextProtocol/ModelContextProtocol.csproj

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <None Include="README.md" pack="true" PackagePath="." />
+    <None Include="README.md" pack="true" PackagePath="\" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>

tests/ModelContextProtocol.Tests/ModelContextProtocol.Tests.csproj

@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <Content Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('Windows'))" Include="..\ModelContextProtocol.TestServer\bin\$(Configuration)\net8.0\TestServer.exe">
+    <Content Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('Windows'))" Include="$([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath('$(ArtifactsBinDir)ModelContextProtocol.TestServer\$(Configuration)'))\$(TargetFramework)\TestServer.exe">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
-    <Content Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('Linux'))" Include="..\ModelContextProtocol.TestServer\bin\$(Configuration)\net8.0\TestServer.dll">
+    <Content Condition="$([MSBuild]::IsOSPlatform('Linux'))" Include="$([System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath('$(ArtifactsBinDir)ModelContextProtocol.TestServer\$(Configuration)'))\$(TargetFramework)\TestServer.dll">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
   </ItemGroup>