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title: "Prompt: definition and example | Agent MCP Directory"
description: "Prompt: A templated message or workflow an MCP server offers to users. Defined with a sourced example. Read 4 November 2026."
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# Prompt: definition and example | Agent MCP Directory

> Prompt: A templated message or workflow an MCP server offers to users. Defined with a sourced example. Read 4 November 2026.

Source: https://agentmcpdirectory.com/glossary/mcp-prompt
Site: Agent MCP Directory
Last reviewed: 2026-11-04

# Prompt

Prompt: A templated message or workflow an MCP server offers to users. Example: Cloudflare portals can hide or alias individual prompts. Next in the glossary is Protected Resource Metadata: The RFC 9728 document an MCP server MUST publish to name its authorization servers and scopes.

## Definition

A templated message or workflow an MCP server offers to users.

## Example, with source

Cloudflare portals can hide or alias individual prompts. ([developers.cloudflare.com](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/access-controls/ai-controls/mcp-portals/), read 4 November 2026)

## Where it appears on this site

-   [MCP](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/standards/mcp/)
-   [Hosts and gateways compared](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/hosts/)

## Neighbouring terms

-   [NLWeb](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/glossary/nlweb/): Microsoft's open project giving sites a natural-language ask method with Schema.org JSON responses; each instance is an MCP server.
-   [Protected Resource Metadata](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/glossary/protected-resource-metadata/): The RFC 9728 document an MCP server MUST publish to name its authorization servers and scopes.
-   [Remote MCP server](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/glossary/remote-mcp-server/): An MCP server reached over the network, today through Streamable HTTP, rather than launched locally.

Edition

4 November 2026

Method

[How rows are verified](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/method/)

Data

[CSV and JSON](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/data/)

Markdown

[This page as markdown](https://agentmcpdirectory.com/glossary/mcp-prompt/index.md)

## Sources

-   [Source for the Prompt example](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/access-controls/ai-controls/mcp-portals/), read 4 November 2026

Last reviewed 4 November 2026