feat: add ClientRequestContext type alias for client-side handlers

.github/actions/conformance/client.py

@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@
     PrivateKeyJWTOAuthProvider,
     SignedJWTParameters,
 )
+from mcp.client.context import ClientRequestContext
 from mcp.client.streamable_http import streamable_http_client
 from mcp.shared.auth import OAuthClientInformationFull, OAuthClientMetadata, OAuthToken
-from mcp.shared.context import RequestContext
 
 # Set up logging to stderr (stdout is for conformance test output)
 logging.basicConfig(
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ async def run_sse_retry(server_url: str) -> None:
 
 
 async def default_elicitation_callback(
-    context: RequestContext[ClientSession],
+    context: ClientRequestContext,
     params: types.ElicitRequestParams,
 ) -> types.ElicitResult | types.ErrorData:
     """Accept elicitation and apply defaults from the schema (SEP-1034)."""

README.md

@@ -2120,8 +2120,8 @@ import asyncio
 import os
 
 from mcp import ClientSession, StdioServerParameters, types
+from mcp.client.context import ClientRequestContext
 from mcp.client.stdio import stdio_client
-from mcp.shared.context import RequestContext
 
 # Create server parameters for stdio connection
 server_params = StdioServerParameters(
@@ -2133,7 +2133,7 @@ server_params = StdioServerParameters(
 
 # Optional: create a sampling callback
 async def handle_sampling_message(
-    context: RequestContext[ClientSession, None], params: types.CreateMessageRequestParams
+    context: ClientRequestContext, params: types.CreateMessageRequestParams
 ) -> types.CreateMessageResult:
     print(f"Sampling request: {params.messages}")
     return types.CreateMessageResult(

README.v2.md

@@ -2121,8 +2121,8 @@ import asyncio
 import os
 
 from mcp import ClientSession, StdioServerParameters, types
+from mcp.client.context import ClientRequestContext
 from mcp.client.stdio import stdio_client
-from mcp.shared.context import RequestContext
 
 # Create server parameters for stdio connection
 server_params = StdioServerParameters(
@@ -2134,7 +2134,7 @@ server_params = StdioServerParameters(
 
 # Optional: create a sampling callback
 async def handle_sampling_message(
-    context: RequestContext[ClientSession], params: types.CreateMessageRequestParams
+    context: ClientRequestContext, params: types.CreateMessageRequestParams
 ) -> types.CreateMessageResult:
     print(f"Sampling request: {params.messages}")
     return types.CreateMessageResult(

docs/migration.md

@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ The `RequestContext` class has been split to separate shared fields from server-
 **Before (v1):**
 
 ```python
+from mcp.client.session import ClientSession
 from mcp.shared.context import RequestContext, LifespanContextT, RequestT
 from mcp.shared.progress import ProgressContext
 
@@ -400,19 +401,19 @@ progress_ctx: ProgressContext[SendRequestT, SendNotificationT, SendResultT, Rece
 **After (v2):**
 
 ```python
-from mcp.shared.context import RequestContext
+from mcp.client.context import ClientRequestContext
+from mcp.client.session import ClientSession
+from mcp.server.context import ServerRequestContext, LifespanContextT, RequestT
 from mcp.shared.progress import ProgressContext
 
-# RequestContext with 1 type parameter
-ctx: RequestContext[ClientSession]
-
-# ProgressContext with 1 type parameter
-progress_ctx: ProgressContext[ClientSession]
+# For client-side context (sampling, elicitation, list_roots callbacks)
+ctx: ClientRequestContext
 
 # For server-specific context with lifespan and request types
-from mcp.server.context import ServerRequestContext, LifespanContextT, RequestT
-
 server_ctx: ServerRequestContext[LifespanContextT, RequestT]
+
+# ProgressContext with 1 type parameter
+progress_ctx: ProgressContext[ClientSession]
 ```
 
 ### Resource URI type changed from `AnyUrl` to `str`

examples/clients/simple-task-interactive-client/mcp_simple_task_interactive_client/main.py

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 
 import click
 from mcp import ClientSession
+from mcp.client.context import ClientRequestContext
 from mcp.client.streamable_http import streamable_http_client
-from mcp.shared.context import RequestContext
 from mcp.types import (
     CallToolResult,
     CreateMessageRequestParams,
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 
 async def elicitation_callback(
-    context: RequestContext[ClientSession],
+    context: ClientRequestContext,
     params: ElicitRequestParams,
 ) -> ElicitResult:
     """Handle elicitation requests from the server."""
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ async def elicitation_callback(
 
 
 async def sampling_callback(
-    context: RequestContext[ClientSession],
+    context: ClientRequestContext,
     params: CreateMessageRequestParams,
 ) -> CreateMessageResult:
     """Handle sampling requests from the server."""

examples/snippets/clients/stdio_client.py

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 import os
 
 from mcp import ClientSession, StdioServerParameters, types
+from mcp.client.context import ClientRequestContext
 from mcp.client.stdio import stdio_client
-from mcp.shared.context import RequestContext
 
 # Create server parameters for stdio connection
 server_params = StdioServerParameters(
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 # Optional: create a sampling callback
 async def handle_sampling_message(
-    context: RequestContext[ClientSession], params: types.CreateMessageRequestParams
+    context: ClientRequestContext, params: types.CreateMessageRequestParams
 ) -> types.CreateMessageResult:
     print(f"Sampling request: {params.messages}")
     return types.CreateMessageResult(

examples/snippets/clients/url_elicitation_client.py

@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 from mcp import ClientSession, types
+from mcp.client.context import ClientRequestContext
 from mcp.client.sse import sse_client
-from mcp.shared.context import RequestContext
 from mcp.shared.exceptions import MCPError, UrlElicitationRequiredError
 from mcp.types import URL_ELICITATION_REQUIRED
 
 
 async def handle_elicitation(
-    context: RequestContext[ClientSession],
+    context: ClientRequestContext,
     params: types.ElicitRequestParams,
 ) -> types.ElicitResult | types.ErrorData:
     """Handle elicitation requests from the server.

src/mcp/client/__init__.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from mcp.client._transport import Transport
 from mcp.client.client import Client
+from mcp.client.context import ClientRequestContext
 from mcp.client.session import ClientSession
 
-__all__ = ["Client", "ClientSession", "Transport"]
+__all__ = ["Client", "ClientRequestContext", "ClientSession", "Transport"]

src/mcp/client/context.py

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""Request context for MCP client handlers."""
+
+from mcp.client.session import ClientSession
+from mcp.shared._context import RequestContext
+
+ClientRequestContext = RequestContext[ClientSession]
+"""Context for handling incoming requests in a client session.
+
+This context is passed to client-side callbacks (sampling, elicitation, list_roots) when the server sends requests
+to the client.
+
+Attributes:
+    request_id: The unique identifier for this request.
+    meta: Optional metadata associated with the request.
+    session: The client session handling this request.
+"""

src/mcp/client/experimental/task_handlers.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from pydantic import TypeAdapter
 
 import mcp.types as types
-from mcp.shared.context import RequestContext
+from mcp.shared._context import RequestContext
 from mcp.shared.session import RequestResponder
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:

src/mcp/client/session.py

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import mcp.types as types
 from mcp.client.experimental import ExperimentalClientFeatures
 from mcp.client.experimental.task_handlers import ExperimentalTaskHandlers
-from mcp.shared.context import RequestContext
+from mcp.shared._context import RequestContext
 from mcp.shared.message import SessionMessage
 from mcp.shared.session import BaseSession, ProgressFnT, RequestResponder
 from mcp.shared.version import SUPPORTED_PROTOCOL_VERSIONS

src/mcp/server/context.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 from mcp.server.experimental.request_context import Experimental
 from mcp.server.session import ServerSession
-from mcp.shared.context import RequestContext
+from mcp.shared._context import RequestContext
 from mcp.shared.message import CloseSSEStreamCallback
 
 LifespanContextT = TypeVar("LifespanContextT")

src/mcp/shared/progress.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
-from mcp.shared.context import RequestContext, SessionT
+from mcp.shared._context import RequestContext, SessionT
 from mcp.types import ProgressToken
 
 

tests/client/test_list_roots_callback.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from mcp.client.session import ClientSession
 from mcp.server.mcpserver import MCPServer
 from mcp.server.mcpserver.server import Context
-from mcp.shared.context import RequestContext
+from mcp.shared._context import RequestContext
 from mcp.types import ListRootsResult, Root, TextContent
 
 

tests/client/test_sampling_callback.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from mcp import Client
 from mcp.client.session import ClientSession
 from mcp.server.mcpserver import MCPServer
-from mcp.shared.context import RequestContext
+from mcp.shared._context import RequestContext
 from mcp.types import (
     CreateMessageRequestParams,
     CreateMessageResult,

tests/client/test_session.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import mcp.types as types
 from mcp.client.session import DEFAULT_CLIENT_INFO, ClientSession
-from mcp.shared.context import RequestContext
+from mcp.shared._context import RequestContext
 from mcp.shared.message import SessionMessage
 from mcp.shared.session import RequestResponder
 from mcp.shared.version import SUPPORTED_PROTOCOL_VERSIONS

tests/experimental/tasks/client/test_capabilities.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from mcp import ClientCapabilities
 from mcp.client.experimental.task_handlers import ExperimentalTaskHandlers
 from mcp.client.session import ClientSession
-from mcp.shared.context import RequestContext
+from mcp.shared._context import RequestContext
 from mcp.shared.message import SessionMessage
 from mcp.types import (
     LATEST_PROTOCOL_VERSION,

tests/experimental/tasks/client/test_handlers.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 import mcp.types as types
 from mcp.client.experimental.task_handlers import ExperimentalTaskHandlers
 from mcp.client.session import ClientSession
-from mcp.shared.context import RequestContext
+from mcp.shared._context import RequestContext
 from mcp.shared.experimental.tasks.in_memory_task_store import InMemoryTaskStore
 from mcp.shared.message import SessionMessage
 from mcp.shared.session import RequestResponder

tests/experimental/tasks/test_elicitation_scenarios.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from mcp.server import Server
 from mcp.server.experimental.task_context import ServerTaskContext
 from mcp.server.lowlevel import NotificationOptions
-from mcp.shared.context import RequestContext
+from mcp.shared._context import RequestContext
 from mcp.shared.experimental.tasks.helpers import is_terminal
 from mcp.shared.experimental.tasks.in_memory_task_store import InMemoryTaskStore
 from mcp.shared.message import SessionMessage

tests/server/mcpserver/test_elicitation.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from mcp.client.session import ClientSession, ElicitationFnT
 from mcp.server.mcpserver import Context, MCPServer
 from mcp.server.session import ServerSession
-from mcp.shared.context import RequestContext
+from mcp.shared._context import RequestContext
 from mcp.types import ElicitRequestParams, ElicitResult, TextContent
 
 

tests/server/mcpserver/test_integration.py

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 from mcp.client.session import ClientSession
 from mcp.client.sse import sse_client
 from mcp.client.streamable_http import streamable_http_client
-from mcp.shared.context import RequestContext
+from mcp.shared._context import RequestContext
 from mcp.shared.session import RequestResponder
 from mcp.types import (
     ClientResult,

tests/server/mcpserver/test_url_elicitation.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from mcp.server.elicitation import CancelledElicitation, DeclinedElicitation, elicit_url
 from mcp.server.mcpserver import Context, MCPServer
 from mcp.server.session import ServerSession
-from mcp.shared.context import RequestContext
+from mcp.shared._context import RequestContext
 from mcp.types import ElicitRequestParams, ElicitResult, TextContent
 
 

tests/shared/test_progress_notifications.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 from mcp.server.lowlevel import NotificationOptions
 from mcp.server.models import InitializationOptions
 from mcp.server.session import ServerSession
-from mcp.shared.context import RequestContext
+from mcp.shared._context import RequestContext
 from mcp.shared.message import SessionMessage
 from mcp.shared.progress import progress
 from mcp.shared.session import RequestResponder

tests/shared/test_streamable_http.py

@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@
 )
 from mcp.server.streamable_http_manager import StreamableHTTPSessionManager
 from mcp.server.transport_security import TransportSecuritySettings
+from mcp.shared._context import RequestContext
 from mcp.shared._httpx_utils import (
     MCP_DEFAULT_SSE_READ_TIMEOUT,
     MCP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
     create_mcp_http_client,
 )
-from mcp.shared.context import RequestContext
 from mcp.shared.message import ClientMessageMetadata, ServerMessageMetadata, SessionMessage
 from mcp.shared.session import RequestResponder
 from mcp.types import InitializeResult, JSONRPCRequest, TextContent, TextResourceContents, Tool