Mandatory/Recommended Tool/Resource called Instructions/ReadMe?

[rwjdk]

Pre-submission Checklist

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Your Idea

Has it been considered to perhaps have a mandatory/recommended tool with the name 'instructions' or 'readme' in all MCP servers that could be a standard for an MCP server to "introduce" itself to an LLM on how it is used best? Right now such instructions need to be partly in AI Rule files and the name/description of the tool, but if "every" MCP Client could be generally instructed to always call the 'instructions' tool before other tools and in that way reduce the need for user-based rules to be added/updated

Scope

• Protocol Specification
• SDK Features
• Documentation
• Developer Experience
• Other

[olaservo]

@rwjdk is this similar to what you're asking for here? modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol#1208

[rwjdk]

@olaservo Yes, this is the same (and I also currently use the same workaround)... But nice to know that there also is an Instructions field in the spec... Let hope the clients will begin to use it