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# custom-methods
Register and call a vendor-prefixed JSON-RPC method that is not part of the
MCP spec. The server uses the low-level `Server.add_request_handler` (there is
no `MCPServer` surface for this, so `server.py` is lowlevel-native and there is
no `server_lowlevel.py` sibling); the client drops to `client.session` to send
it.
## Run it
```bash
# stdio (default — the client spawns the server as a subprocess)
uv run python -m stories.custom_methods.client
# HTTP — the client self-hosts the server on a free port, runs, then tears it down
uv run python -m stories.custom_methods.client --http
```
## What to look at
- `client.py` `main` — the body opens with `Client(target, mode=mode)`. The
vendor request rides whichever protocol era `mode` selects; nothing else in
the story changes between eras.
- `server.py` `SearchParams` — subclasses `types.RequestParams` so `_meta`
(and on a 2026-07-28 connection, the reserved `io.modelcontextprotocol/*`
envelope keys) parse uniformly without extra code.
- `server.py` `add_request_handler("acme/search", SearchParams, search)` — the
method string is the wire `method`; use a vendor prefix so it can never
collide with a future spec method.
- `client.py` `client.session.send_request(...)``Client` only exposes spec
verbs, so vendor methods go through the underlying `ClientSession`.
`send_request` accepts any `types.Request` subclass.
## Caveats
- The TypeScript SDK's equivalent example also shows a custom server→client
**notification** (`acme/searchProgress`). The Python client can observe
vendor notifications via `NotificationBinding` (see
`docs/advanced/extensions.md`). That half is omitted here because the
lowlevel server has no surface for emitting vendor notifications yet.
## Spec
[Requests — basic protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25/basic#requests)
(JSON-RPC request shape; vendor method names live outside the spec's reserved
set).
## See also
`serve_one/` (the per-exchange driver that runs registered handlers),
`middleware/` (wrapping every registered handler, including vendor methods).