The Client: One Link Per Server
How a host spins up a dedicated client for each server.
What Is a Client?
Inside the host lives the client. It is the piece that actually speaks the MCP protocol to a server. The host runs the show; the client does the talking.
One Client Per Server
Here is the key rule: the host creates one client for every server it connects to. Three servers means three separate clients running side by side.
All lessons in this course
- The Host: Claude Desktop & IDEs
- The Client: One Link Per Server
- The Server: Where Tools Live
- Tracing a Request End to End