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11# Pagination

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53The Model Context Protocol (MCP) supports paginating list operations that may return

64large result sets. Pagination allows servers to yield results in smaller chunks rather

75than all at once.

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108internet, but also useful for local integrations to avoid performance issues with large

119data sets.

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13<Note>

14 For brevity, the request examples on this page omit the `_meta` request

15 metadata (`io.modelcontextprotocol/protocolVersion`,

16 `io.modelcontextprotocol/clientInfo`, and

17 `io.modelcontextprotocol/clientCapabilities`). Every request **MUST** include

18 the required `_meta` fields; see

19 [`_meta`](/specification/2026-07-28/basic/index#meta).

20</Note>

11> [!NOTE]

12>

13> For brevity, the request examples on this page omit the `_meta` request

14> metadata (`io.modelcontextprotocol/protocolVersion`,

15> `io.modelcontextprotocol/clientInfo`, and

16> `io.modelcontextprotocol/clientCapabilities`). Every request **MUST** include

17> the required `_meta` fields; see

18> [`_meta`](/specification/2026-07-28/basic/index#meta).

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2220## Pagination Model

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