---
title: "MCP resources"
canonical: "https://canmyagentuse.com/features/mcp-resources"
contentKind: "feature"
locale: "en"
description: "Read MCP resources as live context. Compatibility evidence is published only after review."
llmSummary: "MCP resources: Read MCP resources as live context. Unreviewed harness cells remain unknown until dated public evidence exists."
publishedAt: "2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z"
updatedAt: "2026-08-28T00:00:00.000Z"
verifiedAt: "2026-08-28"
tags: ["interfaces"]
---

# MCP resources

MCP resources: Read MCP resources as live context. Unreviewed harness cells remain unknown until dated public evidence exists.

- HTML: https://canmyagentuse.com/features/mcp-resources
- JSON: https://canmyagentuse.com/api/v1/features/mcp-resources.json
- Markdown: https://canmyagentuse.com/features/mcp-resources.md

Terminology basis: **MCP 2026-07-28** — https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2026-07-28/server/resources.

## Current support at a glance

MCP resources: 5 supported, 1 partial, 1 unsupported, 24 unreviewed across 31 cataloged products.

- Reviewed current products: 7 of 31
- Supported: 5
- Partial: 1
- Unsupported: 1
- Unreviewed: 24
- Not applicable: 0

Unknown or unreviewed means insufficient published evidence; it does not mean unsupported.

Read MCP resources as live context.

The matrix below lists published **web**, **desktop**, and **CLI** surfaces. Unreviewed cells remain **unknown** until a dated note and public source support a more specific status.

Use the Markdown and JSON twins if you are an agent reading this site.

## Catalog context

- Category: [interfaces](/categories/interfaces.md)
- Specification: [mcp](/specs/mcp.md) — revision 2026-07-28
- Aliases: resources/list, resources/read, MCP context resources
- Family: [Model Context Protocol](/features/mcp.md)
- Siblings: [MCP Apps](/features/mcp-apps.md), [MCP cancellation](/features/mcp-cancellation.md), [MCP client role](/features/mcp-client-role.md), [MCP elicitation](/features/mcp-elicitation.md), [MCP legacy HTTP and SSE](/features/mcp-legacy-sse.md), [MCP list-changed notifications](/features/mcp-list-changed.md), [MCP logging](/features/mcp-logging.md), [MCP OAuth authorization](/features/mcp-oauth.md), [MCP progress notifications](/features/mcp-progress.md), [MCP prompt-list notifications](/features/mcp-prompts-list-changed.md), [MCP prompts](/features/mcp-prompts.md), [MCP Registry metadata](/features/mcp-registry.md), [MCP resource subscriptions](/features/mcp-resource-subscriptions.md), [MCP revision compatibility](/features/mcp-revision.md), [MCP roots](/features/mcp-roots.md), [MCP sampling](/features/mcp-sampling.md), [MCP server instructions](/features/mcp-server-instructions.md), [MCP server role](/features/mcp-server-role.md), [MCP stdio transport](/features/mcp-stdio.md), [MCP Streamable HTTP](/features/mcp-streamable-http.md), [MCP task listing](/features/mcp-task-listing.md), [MCP tasks](/features/mcp-tasks.md), [MCP tools](/features/mcp-tools.md)

## Compatibility assertions

Unknown means insufficient published evidence; it does not mean unsupported.

### ChatGPT (web)

- Harness: [ChatGPT](/harnesses/chatgpt-web.md)
- current: **Unknown**
- preview: **Unknown**

### Claude (web)

- Harness: [Claude](/harnesses/claude-web.md)
- current: **Unknown**
- preview: **Unknown**

### Gemini (web)

- Harness: [Gemini](/harnesses/gemini-web.md)
- current: **Unknown**
- preview: **Unknown**

### Copilot (web)

- Harness: [Copilot](/harnesses/copilot-web.md)
- current: **Unknown**
- preview: **Unknown**

### Grok (web)

- Harness: [Grok](/harnesses/grok-web.md)
- current: **Unknown**
- preview: **Unknown**

### Grok Bot (desktop)

- Harness: [Grok Bot](/harnesses/grok-bot-desktop.md)
- current: **Unknown**

### Perplexity (web)

- Harness: [Perplexity](/harnesses/perplexity-web.md)
- current: **Unknown**
- preview: **Unknown**

### Le Chat (web)

- Harness: [Le Chat](/harnesses/le-chat.md)
- current: **Unknown**
- preview: **Unknown**

### Devin (web)

- Harness: [Devin](/harnesses/devin-web.md)
- current: **Unknown**
- preview: **Unknown**

### Replit Agent (web)

- Harness: [Replit Agent](/harnesses/replit-agent.md)
- current: **Unknown**
- preview: **Unknown**

### ChatGPT (desktop)

- Harness: [ChatGPT](/harnesses/chatgpt-desktop.md)
- current: **Unknown**
- preview: **Unknown**

### Claude (desktop)

- Harness: [Claude](/harnesses/claude-desktop.md)
- current: **Unknown**
- preview: **Unknown**

### Cursor (desktop)

- Harness: [Cursor](/harnesses/cursor.md)
- current: **Supported**
  - Target: dated-documentation — current Cursor MCP documentation observed 2026-08-28; observed 2026-08-28
  - Environment: local-default
  - Constraint (runtime): exact resource availability, URI schemes, and media types depend on the connected server
  - Evidence: [Cursor — Model Context Protocol](https://prod.cursor.com/docs/mcp) — documented; observed 2026-08-28
  - Qualification note 4: Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Cursor's protocol capability table explicitly lists MCP Resources as supported structured data sources that can be read and referenced.
- preview: **Unknown**

### OpenWork Desktop (desktop)

- Harness: [OpenWork Desktop](/harnesses/openwork-desktop.md)
- current: **Unknown**

### Copilot Chat (desktop)

- Harness: [Copilot Chat](/harnesses/vscode-copilot.md)
- current: **Supported**
  - Target: dated-documentation — current VS Code MCP documentation; observed 2026-08-28
  - Environment: local-default
  - Constraint (host-role): claim is scoped to GitHub Copilot's local VS Code agent surface, not every Copilot product surface
  - Evidence: [Visual Studio Code — MCP developer guide](https://code.visualstudio.com/api/extension-guides/ai/mcp) — documented; observed 2026-08-28
  - Qualification note 2: Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Microsoft's VS Code MCP developer guide states that VS Code implements MCP tools, prompts, and resources; the end-user skill is scoped to GitHub Copilot's local VS Code agent surface.
- preview: **Unknown**

### Chrome WebMCP origin trial (desktop)

- Harness: [Chrome WebMCP origin trial](/harnesses/chrome-webmcp-preview.md)
- current: **Unknown**

### Windsurf (desktop)

- Harness: [Windsurf](/harnesses/windsurf.md)
- current: **Unknown**
- preview: **Unknown**

### Zed Agent (desktop)

- Harness: [Zed Agent](/harnesses/zed-agent.md)
- current: **Unsupported**
  - Target: dated-documentation — current Zed MCP documentation observed 2026-08-28; observed 2026-08-28
  - Environment: local-default
  - Constraint (host-role): status is scoped to Zed Agent's direct use of Zed-configured MCP servers
  - Evidence: [Zed — Model Context Protocol](https://zed.dev/docs/ai/mcp) — documented; observed 2026-08-28
  - Qualification note 7: Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Zed's current MCP documentation explicitly limits supported server features to Tools and Prompts, so MCP Resources are not supported on the reviewed Zed Agent path.
- preview: **Unknown**

### Continue (desktop)

- Harness: [Continue](/harnesses/continue.md)
- current: **Supported**
  - Target: dated-documentation — Continue source commit 5522c6f44ca0 observed 2026-08-28; observed 2026-08-28
  - Environment: local-default
  - Constraint (runtime): Continue currently accepts text resource contents only; its resource-template path is experimental and supports a query placeholder
  - Evidence: [Continue source — MCP desktop client at 5522c6f](https://github.com/continuedev/continue/blob/5522c6f44ca0ac3528b37244818fbfa39b5af470/core/context/mcp/MCPConnection.ts) — documented; observed 2026-08-28
  - Evidence: [Continue source — MCP context provider at 5522c6f](https://github.com/continuedev/continue/blob/5522c6f44ca0ac3528b37244818fbfa39b5af470/core/context/providers/MCPContextProvider.ts) — documented; observed 2026-08-28
  - Qualification note 6: Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Continue's pinned desktop client lists resources, reads a selected resource, and injects text contents through its MCP context provider; non-text contents are rejected and resource-template support is experimental.
- preview: **Unknown**

### Cline (desktop)

- Harness: [Cline](/harnesses/cline.md)
- current: **Partial**
  - Target: dated-documentation — Cline source commit 27350f243c2a observed 2026-08-28; observed 2026-08-28
  - Environment: local-default
  - Constraint (runtime): the reviewed desktop client lists resources and resource templates for display but does not evidence resources/read or resource-content injection into agent context
  - Evidence: [Cline source — MCP desktop client at 27350f2](https://github.com/cline/cline/blob/27350f243c2a31c97b4e38fa700e009a2f61adae/apps/vscode/src/services/mcp/McpHub.ts) — documented; observed 2026-08-28
  - Qualification note 5: Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Cline's pinned desktop client requests `resources/list` and displays resource metadata, but the reviewed MCP client surface does not read resource contents into agent context.
- preview: **Unknown**

### JetBrains AI (desktop)

- Harness: [JetBrains AI](/harnesses/jetbrains-ai.md)
- current: **Unknown**
- preview: **Unknown**

### Warp (desktop)

- Harness: [Warp](/harnesses/warp.md)
- current: **Unknown**
- preview: **Unknown**

### Claude CLI (cli)

- Harness: [Claude CLI](/harnesses/claude-cli.md)
- current: **Supported**
  - Target: dated-documentation — current Claude Code MCP documentation; observed 2026-08-28
  - Environment: local-default
  - Constraint (runtime): resource availability and media types depend on the connected server
  - Evidence: [Anthropic — Connect Claude Code to tools via MCP](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/mcp) — documented; observed 2026-08-28
  - Qualification note 1: Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Claude Code lists and reads MCP resources, exposes them through `@` mentions, and fetches referenced resources into conversation context.
- preview: **Unknown**

### ChatGPT CLI (cli)

- Harness: [ChatGPT CLI](/harnesses/chatgpt-cli.md)
- current: **Unknown**
- preview: **Unknown**

### Codex CLI (cli)

- Harness: [Codex CLI](/harnesses/codex-cli.md)
- current: **Unknown**
- preview: **Unknown**

### OpenCode (cli)

- Harness: [OpenCode](/harnesses/opencode.md)
- current: **Unknown**
- preview: **Unknown**

### Gemini CLI (cli)

- Harness: [Gemini CLI](/harnesses/gemini-cli.md)
- current: **Supported**
  - Target: dated-documentation — Gemini CLI MCP documentation updated 2026-06-18; observed 2026-08-28
  - Environment: local-default
  - Constraint (runtime): exact resource availability, URI schemes, and media types depend on the connected server
  - Evidence: [Google — MCP servers with Gemini CLI](https://geminicli.com/docs/tools/mcp-server/) — documented; observed 2026-08-28
  - Qualification note 3: Evidence checked 2026-08-28: Gemini CLI fetches `resources/list`, exposes resource URIs through `@` completion, calls `resources/read`, and injects the result into conversation context.
- preview: **Unknown**

### Aider (cli)

- Harness: [Aider](/harnesses/aider.md)
- current: **Unknown**
- preview: **Unknown**

### Goose (cli)

- Harness: [Goose](/harnesses/goose.md)
- current: **Unknown**
- preview: **Unknown**

### Copilot CLI (cli)

- Harness: [Copilot CLI](/harnesses/copilot-cli.md)
- current: **Unknown**
- preview: **Unknown**

### Amp (cli)

- Harness: [Amp](/harnesses/amp-cli.md)
- current: **Unknown**
- preview: **Unknown**