diff --git a/mcp_python/server/__init__.py b/mcp_python/server/__init__.py
index 375cbfe8d..581f259e7 100644
--- a/mcp_python/server/__init__.py
+++ b/mcp_python/server/__init__.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
     CompleteRequest,
     ErrorData,
     JSONRPCMessage,
+    ListPromptsRequest,
+    ListPromptsResult,
     ListResourcesRequest,
     ListResourcesResult,
     LoggingLevel,
@@ -57,8 +59,6 @@ def request_context(self) -> RequestContext:
         return request_ctx.get()
 
     def list_prompts(self):
-        from mcp_python.types import ListPromptsRequest, ListPromptsResult
-
         def decorator(func: Callable[[], Awaitable[list[Prompt]]]):
             logger.debug(f"Registering handler for PromptListRequest")
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def decorator(
 
             async def handler(req: GetPromptRequest):
                 prompt_get = await func(req.params.name, req.params.arguments)
-                messages = []
+                messages: list[SamplingMessage] = []
                 for message in prompt_get.messages:
                     match message.content:
                         case str() as text_content:
diff --git a/mcp_python/server/stdio.py b/mcp_python/server/stdio.py
index bfcc76c4d..b55df0ef5 100644
--- a/mcp_python/server/stdio.py
+++ b/mcp_python/server/stdio.py
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@
 
 from mcp_python.types import JSONRPCMessage
 
-
 @asynccontextmanager
 async def stdio_server(
-    stdin: anyio.AsyncFile | None = None, stdout: anyio.AsyncFile | None = None
+    stdin: anyio.AsyncFile[str] | None = None, stdout: anyio.AsyncFile[str] | None = None
 ):
     """
     Server transport for stdio: this communicates with an MCP client by reading from the current process' stdin and writing to stdout.
diff --git a/mcp_python/types.py b/mcp_python/types.py
index becc2b1fc..108752650 100644
--- a/mcp_python/types.py
+++ b/mcp_python/types.py
@@ -41,23 +41,23 @@ class Meta(BaseModel):
     This parameter name is reserved by MCP to allow clients and servers to attach additional metadata to their notifications.
     """
 
-
 RequestParamsT = TypeVar("RequestParamsT", bound=RequestParams)
 NotificationParamsT = TypeVar("NotificationParamsT", bound=NotificationParams)
+MethodT = TypeVar("MethodT", bound=str)
 
 
-class Request(BaseModel, Generic[RequestParamsT]):
+class Request(BaseModel, Generic[RequestParamsT, MethodT]):
     """Base class for JSON-RPC requests."""
 
-    method: str
+    method: MethodT
     params: RequestParamsT
     model_config = ConfigDict(extra="allow")
 
 
-class Notification(BaseModel, Generic[NotificationParamsT]):
+class Notification(BaseModel, Generic[NotificationParamsT, MethodT]):
     """Base class for JSON-RPC notifications."""
 
-    method: str
+    method: MethodT
     model_config = ConfigDict(extra="allow")
 
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e0cb38bbd..4d2258b14 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ packages = ["mcp_python"]
 
 [tool.pyright]
 include = ["mcp_python", "tests"]
-typeCheckingMode = "strict"
 venvPath = "."
 venv = ".venv"