docs/python-sdk/fastmcp-utilities-components.mdx
fastmcp.utilities.componentsget_fastmcp_metadata <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/utilities/components.py#L26" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>get_fastmcp_metadata(meta: dict[str, Any] | None) -> FastMCPMeta
Extract FastMCP metadata from a component's meta dict.
Handles both the current fastmcp namespace and the legacy _fastmcp
namespace for compatibility with older FastMCP servers.
FastMCPMeta <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/utilities/components.py#L20" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>FastMCPComponent <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/utilities/components.py#L74" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>Base class for FastMCP tools, prompts, resources, and resource templates.
Methods:
make_key <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/utilities/components.py#L125" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>make_key(cls, identifier: str) -> str
Construct the lookup key for this component type.
Args:
identifier: The raw identifier (name for tools/prompts, uri for resources)Returns:
key <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/utilities/components.py#L139" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>key(self) -> str
The globally unique lookup key for this component.
Format: "{key_prefix}:{identifier}@{version}" or "{key_prefix}:{identifier}@" e.g. "tool:my_tool@v2", "tool:my_tool@", "resource:file://x.txt@"
The @ suffix is ALWAYS present to enable unambiguous parsing of keys (URIs may contain @ characters, so we always include the delimiter).
Subclasses should override this to use their specific identifier. Base implementation uses name.
Prefer .key over ad-hoc name or uri or uri_template logic for any
cross-component identity work (dedupe, grouping, collision detection,
lookup tables). It encodes type, identifier, and version, so variants
of the same component don't falsely collide with each other, and
cross-type identifiers (e.g. a tool and a resource both named "foo")
can't clash.
get_meta <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/utilities/components.py#L161" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>get_meta(self) -> dict[str, Any]
Get the meta information about the component.
Returns a dict that always includes a fastmcp key containing:
tags: sorted list of component tagsversion: component version (only if set)Internal keys (prefixed with _) are stripped from the fastmcp namespace.
enable <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/utilities/components.py#L209" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>enable(self) -> None
Removed in 3.0. Use server.enable(keys=[...]) instead.
disable <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/utilities/components.py#L216" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>disable(self) -> None
Removed in 3.0. Use server.disable(keys=[...]) instead.
copy <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/utilities/components.py#L223" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>copy(self) -> Self
Create a copy of the component.
register_with_docket <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/utilities/components.py#L227" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>register_with_docket(self, docket: Docket) -> None
Register this component with docket for background execution.
No-ops if task_config.mode is "forbidden". Subclasses override to register their callable (self.run, self.read, self.render, or self.fn).
add_to_docket <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/utilities/components.py#L235" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>add_to_docket(self, docket: Docket, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Execution
Schedule this component for background execution via docket.
Subclasses override this to handle their specific calling conventions:
The **kwargs are passed through to docket.add() (e.g., key=task_key).
get_span_attributes <sup><a href="https://github.com/PrefectHQ/fastmcp/blob/main/src/fastmcp/utilities/components.py#L257" target="_blank"><Icon icon="github" style="width: 14px; height: 14px;" /></a></sup>get_span_attributes(self) -> dict[str, Any]
Return span attributes for telemetry.
Subclasses should call super() and merge their specific attributes.