The pytest-style
testing framework for MCP

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If you know pytest, you know MCP Test Harness. Same conventions, same discovery, same feel. The harness handles server lifecycle, MCP handshake, and session injection.

# tests/test_my_server.py
from mcp_test_harness import assert_tool_call, assert_capabilities

async def test_server_has_tools(mcp_server):
    """Verify the server advertises tool capabilities."""
    await assert_capabilities(mcp_server, {"tools": {}})

async def test_echo_tool(mcp_server):
    """Call the echo tool and check it works."""
    result = await assert_tool_call(
        mcp_server, "echo", {"message": "hello"}
    )
    assert result is not None

async def test_echo_latency(mcp_server):
    """Ensure echo responds within 200ms at p95."""
    await assert_latency(
        mcp_server, "echo", {"message": "hi"},
        p95_ms=200, iterations=20, warmup=3
    )