> ## Documentation Index
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# Read Resource • AI Agent SDK

> read_resource: Read an MCP resource by URI and return its normalised contents.

# read\_resource

Method

> This is a method of the [**MCPToolRunner**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/classes/MCPToolRunner.md) class in the [**mcp**](https://praison.ai/docs/sdk/reference/praisonaiagents/modules/mcp.md) module.

Read an MCP resource by URI and return its normalised contents.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
def read_resource(uri: Any) -> Any
```

## Parameters

**uri** `Any` *required*

No description available.

### Returns

**Returns** `Any`

The result of the operation.

## Uses

* `normalize_resource_result`

## Source

> [card] [View on GitHub](https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/blob/main/src/praisonai-agents/praisonaiagents/mcp/mcp.py#L291)
>
> `praisonaiagents/mcp/mcp.py` at line 291


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