Resource vs Tools

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by ayanguha - opened
Hugging Face MCP Course org

I am confused between when to use tools vs when to use resource for API response.

  1. In mcp-course, https://huggingface.co/learn/mcp-course/unit1/capabilities#tools it is mentioned under Tools
  2. In mcp website, https://modelcontextprotocol.io/docs/concepts/resources#overview it is mentioned under Resources

which one is correct? What is the best practice? Why is this inconsistency?

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