diff --git a/.changeset/wet-banks-join.md b/.changeset/wet-banks-join.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d42a3249d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wet-banks-join.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@gram-ai/functions": minor
+---
+
+allow for defining resources in mcp builds of gram functions
diff --git a/.mise-tasks/start/server.sh b/.mise-tasks/start/server.sh
index 043697db0..aec8991cb 100755
--- a/.mise-tasks/start/server.sh
+++ b/.mise-tasks/start/server.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 #MISE dir="{{ config_root }}/server"
 #MISE description="Start up the API server"
-#MISE sources=["server/**/*.go"]
 
 GIT_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 
@@ -11,4 +10,4 @@ if [ -f "../config.local.toml" ]; then
     CONFIG_ARGS=(--config-file ../config.local.toml)
 fi
 
-go run -ldflags="-X github.com/speakeasy-api/gram/server/cmd/gram.GitSHA=${GIT_SHA} -X goa.design/clue/health.Version=${GIT_SHA}" main.go start "${CONFIG_ARGS[@]}" "$@"
\ No newline at end of file
+go run -ldflags="-X github.com/speakeasy-api/gram/server/cmd/gram.GitSHA=${GIT_SHA} -X goa.design/clue/health.Version=${GIT_SHA}" main.go start "${CONFIG_ARGS[@]}" "$@"
diff --git a/ts-framework/create-function/gram-template-mcp/src/functions.ts b/ts-framework/create-function/gram-template-mcp/src/functions.ts
index eb0b4d9aa..821e8a60f 100644
--- a/ts-framework/create-function/gram-template-mcp/src/functions.ts
+++ b/ts-framework/create-function/gram-template-mcp/src/functions.ts
@@ -26,3 +26,20 @@ export async function handleToolCall(call: {
     headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json; mcp=tools_call" },
   });
 }
+
+export async function handleResources(call: {
+  uri: string;
+  input: string;
+  _meta?: Record<string, unknown>;
+}): Promise<Response> {
+  const response = await client.readResource({
+    uri: call.uri,
+    _meta: call._meta,
+  });
+
+  const body = JSON.stringify(response);
+  return new Response(body, {
+    status: 200,
+    headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+  });
+}
diff --git a/ts-framework/create-function/gram-template-mcp/src/mcp.ts b/ts-framework/create-function/gram-template-mcp/src/mcp.ts
index 5c7a88144..69cd1fb38 100644
--- a/ts-framework/create-function/gram-template-mcp/src/mcp.ts
+++ b/ts-framework/create-function/gram-template-mcp/src/mcp.ts
@@ -20,3 +20,24 @@ server.registerTool(
     };
   },
 );
+
+server.registerResource(
+  "a-cool-photo",
+  "resources://a-cool-photo",
+  {
+    mimeType: "image/jpg",
+    description: "This photo is really something",
+    title: "A Cool Photo",
+  },
+  async (uri) => {
+    let res = await fetch("https://picsum.photos/200/300.jpg");
+    return {
+      contents: [
+        {
+          uri: uri.href,
+          blob: Buffer.from(await res.arrayBuffer()).toString("base64"),
+        },
+      ],
+    };
+  },
+);
diff --git a/ts-framework/functions/src/build/mcp.ts b/ts-framework/functions/src/build/mcp.ts
index 00f03a5e1..5d7d6dfdf 100644
--- a/ts-framework/functions/src/build/mcp.ts
+++ b/ts-framework/functions/src/build/mcp.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ import { writeFile, open, stat, mkdir } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { join, resolve } from "node:path";
 import esbuild from "esbuild";
 import archiver from "archiver";
+import {
+  McpError,
+  ErrorCode as McpErrorCode,
+} from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/types.js";
+import type { Client } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client";
 
 export type BuildMCPServerResult = {
   files: Array<{ path: string; size: number }>;
@@ -60,6 +65,14 @@ async function buildFunctionsManifest(options: {
     name: string;
     description?: string | undefined;
     inputSchema: unknown;
+    _meta?: unknown;
+  }>;
+  resources?: Array<{
+    name: string;
+    description?: string | undefined;
+    uri: string;
+    mimeType?: string | undefined;
+    _meta?: unknown;
   }>;
 }> {
   const cwd = options.cwd ?? process.cwd();
@@ -92,16 +105,61 @@ async function buildFunctionsManifest(options: {
   await server.connect(serverTransport);
   await mcpClient.connect(clientTransport);
 
-  const res = await mcpClient.listTools();
-  const tools = res.tools.map((tool) => {
-    return {
-      name: tool.name,
-      description: tool.description,
-      inputSchema: tool.inputSchema,
-    };
-  });
+  let tools = await collectTools(mcpClient);
+  let resources = await collectResources(mcpClient);
+
+  return { version: "0.0.0", tools, resources };
+}
+
+async function collectTools(client: Client) {
+  try {
+    const res = await client.listTools();
+    return res.tools.map((tool) => {
+      return {
+        name: tool.name,
+        description: tool.description,
+        inputSchema: tool.inputSchema,
+        meta: {
+          "gram.ai/kind": "mcp-passthrough",
+          ...tool._meta,
+        },
+      };
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (err instanceof McpError && err.code === McpErrorCode.MethodNotFound) {
+      console.warn("No tools registered");
+    } else {
+      throw err;
+    }
+    return [];
+  }
+}
+
+async function collectResources(client: Client) {
+  try {
+    const resourcesResponse = await client.listResources();
+    return resourcesResponse.resources.map((resource) => {
+      return {
+        name: resource.name,
+        description: resource.description,
+        uri: resource.uri,
+        mimeType: resource.mimeType,
+        title: resource.title,
+        meta: {
+          "gram.ai/kind": "mcp-passthrough",
+          ...resource._meta,
+        },
+      };
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (err instanceof McpError && err.code === McpErrorCode.MethodNotFound) {
+      console.warn("No tools registered");
+    } else {
+      throw err;
+    }
+  }
 
-  return { version: "0.0.0", tools };
+  return [];
 }
 
 async function bundleFunction(options: {