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Clarify that Claude Desktop does not automatically use resources #59

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Expand Up @@ -7,8 +7,12 @@ Resources are a core primitive in the Model Context Protocol (MCP) that allow se

<Note>
Resources are designed to be **application-controlled**, meaning that the client application can decide how and when they should be used.
Different MCP clients may handle resources differently. For example:
- Claude Desktop currently requires users to explicitly select resources before they can be used
- Other clients might automatically select resources based on heuristics
- Some implementations may even allow the AI model itself to determine which resources to use

For example, one application may require users to explicitly select resources, while another could automatically select them based on heuristics or even at the discretion of the AI model itself.
Server authors should be prepared to handle any of these interaction patterns when implementing resource support. In order to expose data to models automatically, server authors should use a **model-controlled** primitive such as [Tools](./tools).
</Note>

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