MCP resources & prompts in Responses / Agent Builder (not just tools)

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Hi everyone :waving_hand:

I’m building a Django application with its own MCP server that exposes resources, prompts, and tools for read/write operations.

My goal is to use the recommended ChatKit integration:

  • Agent workflow in Agent Builder as the backend,
  • ChatKit in the frontend,
  • Workflow calling my MCP server for context + actions.

From the docs and ecosystem tools (FastMCP, forum posts, etc.), it looks like:

  • The Responses API / Agent Builder MCP integration currently only uses MCP tools (via tools/list & tools/call),
  • MCP prompts and resources are not surfaced to the model in this hosted path.

At the same time:

  • The Agents Python SDK already supports MCP prompts via list_prompts / get_prompt,
  • There is an open PR adding MCP resources support to the SDK (openai-agents-python #2125, linked to issue #544).

My questions:

  1. Is it correct that Agent Builder + Responses + hosted MCP currently only support tools, and not MCP resources / prompts?
  2. Will MCP resources and prompts be fully supported (not just tools) in Agent Builder / Responses / ChatKit workflows in the future?

Thanks!