OpenAI adds remote MCP server support to the Responses API

Added remote MCP server support to the Responses API

Why it matters

Remote MCP became a standard feature of a commercial API

Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”

Officialopenai.comhttps://openai.com/index/new-tools-and-features-in-the-responses-api/

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