Quickstart
The shortest route to a running ZCP setup is to validate stdio first, then decide whether you need the hosted ASGI surface.
Start with the docs corpus for the authoritative instructions. This page keeps the fast path in one place so you can get a server running and then move into the detailed guides.
Fast path
Use this path when you want the smallest MCP-compatible proof that the server surface is working.
cd zero-context-protocol-python pip install -e ".[dev,openai,mcp]" python3 examples/run_zcp_mcp_stdio_server.py
ASGI path
That starts the official ASGI host example exposing /zcp, /mcp, and /ws.
cd zero-context-protocol-python python3 examples/run_zcp_api_server.py
Validation
Run the test suite after setup if you need SDK and transport confidence before integrating clients.
cd zero-context-protocol-python python3 -m pytest -q