{"slug": "vercel-mcp-now-supports-the-2026-07-28-mcp-specification", "title": "Vercel MCP now supports the 2026-07-28 MCP specification", "summary": "Vercel MCP now supports the 2026-07-28 MCP specification, enabling newer clients to use a stateless request model and updated authorization behavior without client-side changes. Both protocol versions are served from the same endpoint via the official MCP SDK v2 and mcp-handler 2.x, ensuring backward compatibility for clients built for the 2025 protocol.", "body_md": "[Vercel MCP](https://mcp.vercel.com) now supports the 2026-07-28 MCP specification, giving newer clients a stateless request model and updated authorization behavior without any change on the client side.\n\nClients built for the 2025 protocol keep working exactly as before, and clients that understand the new specification pick it up automatically.\n\nBoth protocol versions are served from the same endpoint through the official MCP SDK v2 and `mcp-handler`\n\n2.x, which [added support for the latest spec](https://vercel.com/changelog/latest-mcp-spec-now-supported-in-mcp-handler), so a single connection handles either protocol.\n\nNothing about setup changes. Add the server the same way you always have.\n\n`npx add-mcp https://mcp.vercel.com`\n\nYou can also run `vercel mcp`\n\n. See the [Vercel MCP documentation](https://vercel.com/docs/agent-resources/vercel-mcp) to connect your client. For the full list of protocol changes, read the [2026 specification changelog](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2026-07-28/changelog) and the [authorization announcement](https://blog.modelcontextprotocol.io/posts/2026-07-28-release-candidate/).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/vercel-mcp-now-supports-the-2026-07-28-mcp-specification", "canonical_source": "https://vercel.com/changelog/vercel-mcp-now-supports-the-2026-07-28-mcp-specification", "published_at": "2026-07-31 00:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-31 19:14:15.429188+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Vercel", "MCP", "mcp-handler"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/vercel-mcp-now-supports-the-2026-07-28-mcp-specification", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/vercel-mcp-now-supports-the-2026-07-28-mcp-specification.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/vercel-mcp-now-supports-the-2026-07-28-mcp-specification.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/vercel-mcp-now-supports-the-2026-07-28-mcp-specification.jsonld"}}