Getting Started
Recommended first readOverview, quick-start request shape, token efficiency, and reading order for the draft.
This library organizes source material from the MCPAQL repositories into a protocol-site shape: core specification, quick start, core semantics, structured errors, safety model, conformance, adapter contracts, implementation profiles, and release-status context.
Each track is mapped to canonical source repositories and intended launch visibility.
Overview, quick-start request shape, token efficiency, and reading order for the draft.
Normative request/response model, endpoint semantics, introspection contract, and operation model.
Structured error envelope, machine-readable codes, and current alignment gaps between draft and implementations.
Gatekeeper boundaries, confirmation tokens, danger handling, and safety-loop alignment.
Compatibility baseline, validation posture, and planned validator tooling.
Boundary between canonical specification and practical production profile behavior.
Adapter schema, plugin contract, generator-output, and example-surface expectations across the implementation toolchain.
Phase-based protocol and ecosystem trajectory with current focus areas.
Recent draft changes that affect public messaging, launch framing, and docs coverage priorities.
Public-facing readiness checklist and launch-scope guardrails.
The docs library now has a deeper sibling section generated from the canonical spec repo, so the website itself carries the fuller protocol material.
These docs pages still provide fast, curated entry points for launch framing, implementation posture, and topic overviews.
The generated reference mirrors the deeper content from MCPAQL/spec/docs, including versioned drafts and supporting material.
Implementation guidance from the reference adapter repo is mirrored on-site too, so adapter architecture and practical build guides live alongside the protocol docs.
The website now hosts the reference adapter architecture docs, development and testing guides, migration walkthrough, and implementation ADRs.
Start with pattern selection to pick the right target-system shape, then drop into the mirrored implementation docs for the runtime details.
The website now mirrors the major categories from the spec docs index so public readers can browse both summaries and the fuller reference without opening the repository first.
| Spec source | Website surface | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| README.md | Getting Started | Repository-level protocol summary, token efficiency, and quick-start framing |
| spec mirror | Repo-Synced Spec Reference | Website-hosted full mirror of versioned and topical specification documents |
| versions/v1.0.0-draft.md | Protocol Core | Normative request shape, endpoint rules, operation semantics, and routing |
| error-codes.md | Error Model | Structured errors, machine-readable codes, current gaps |
| plugin-contracts.md | Adapter Contracts | Plugin responsibilities, schema contracts, generator outputs |
| mcpaql-adapter mirror | Reference Adapter Docs | Website-hosted mirror of runtime architecture, implementation guides, and ADRs |
| CHANGELOG.md | Release Notes | Recent draft changes and launch-relevant deltas |
The site intentionally reflects all primary MCPAQL repositories and their documentation role.
| Repository | Website Role | Primary Surface |
|---|---|---|
| MCPAQL/spec | Normative authority | Protocol definitions and conformance requirements |
| MCPAQL/mcpaql-adapter | Reference implementation guidance | Architecture, runtime, plugin, and dispatch documentation |
| MCPAQL/examples | Example patterns | Reference adapter configuration examples |
| MCPAQL/adapter-generator | Generation policy | Output licensing and provenance constraints |
| MCPAQL/tools | Validator/tooling track | Conformance CLI and on-spec validator workstream |
| MCPAQL/website | Public docs delivery | Readable/searchable protocol website |