IBM Zero-dependency C/C++ MCP SDK for the edge

[ericrkass-coder]

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Dear MCP community,

Due to the apparent lack of a native C/C++ SDK for MCP, we went ahead and built our own because we needed it for edge execution at IBM/SAP.

We specifically required a framework with zero external dependencies (no Python, no Node) and high performance for our kernel environments, so we wrote it in native C/C++ using a battle-tested queue-based asynchronous runtime.

IBM has just open-sourced the SDK which implements the full MCP suite including tools, prompting, notifications, and sampling under an MIT license:

Repository: https://github.com/IBM/tsar-mcp
Implementation Guide: TSAR-MCP Aspect Guide

If there is interest in formalizing a C/C++ SDK track, I would be glad to discuss the architecture. Either way, we hope it proves useful for anyone else building AI integration in constrained environments.

Cheers,
... Eric

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Repository: https://github.com/IBM/tsar-mcp
Implementation Guide: TSAR-MCP Aspect Guide