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Tools, Resources and Prompts in MCP: what is the difference?

The three MCP server primitives, when to use each and how to distinguish similar scenario answers.

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Put it into practice

Distinguish actions, data and instruction templates. For each scenario, identify whether the user needs an operation, contextual data or a prompt template. Compare your choice with the Tools & MCP lesson and explain why the alternatives do not fit.

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