MCP Apps: Extending servers with interactive user interfaces

Today we’re introducing the proposal for the MCP Apps Extension ( SEP-1865 ) to standardize support for interactive user interfaces in the Model Context Protocol. This extension addresses one of the most requested features from the MCP community and builds on proven work from MCP-UI and OpenAI Apps SDK - the ability for MCP servers to deliver interactive user interfaces to hosts . MCP Apps Extension introduces a standardized pattern for declaring UI resources, linking them to tools, and enabling bidirectional communication between embedded interfaces and the host application. The SEP was autho