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MCP
25 stories on this topic, newest first.
Bifrost Edge moves the AI gateway from the data centre onto every laptop
Maxim AI's Bifrost Edge is an endpoint agent that routes desktop chat apps, browser AI, coding agents and MCP servers through the company gateway, with app and MCP approvals, guardrails and MDM rollout.
Bifrost's MCP gateway upgrades target tool bloat, per-user auth and REST APIs
Bifrost v2.3.1 turns OpenAPI documents into MCP servers and adds gateway-side tool search, capping three months of releases aimed at the problems MCP hits at 600 tools rather than six.
ToolsExplainer
Cursor skills: how Agent Skills work in Cursor, and the six worth installing
How Cursor skills work as of October 2026: where SKILL.md folders live, how the agent picks one, rules vs skills vs MCP, and how to install skills with npx skills add.
ToolsExplainer
MCP best practices: tool budgets, permissions and approvals for real agent teams
Ten MCP best practices for the 2026-07-28 spec, each with a bad and good example and a check: tool budgets, naming, least privilege, approvals, transports, logs and tests.
ToolsExplainer
The definitive guide to Atlassian MCP: setup, auth, admin controls and limits
Atlassian's hosted MCP server gives AI clients Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket and more at mcp.atlassian.com/v2/mcp. How to connect it, how OAuth and API tokens differ, what admins control and where it stops.
ToolsExplainer
Model Context Protocol: the definitive guide to how MCP works in 2026
A spec-level reference to MCP: history and governance, every revision up to 2026-07-28, the stateless request model, each primitive, transports, extensions, SDK tiers and the limits.
ToolsExplainer
Slack MCP server: the definitive guide to tools, setup and security
Slack's hosted MCP server lets Claude, Cursor and coding agents search, read and post in Slack as the signed-in user. Tools, scopes, setup, rate limits, risks and governance.
ToolsExplainer
What is an MCP server? Meaning, anatomy and how to vet one
An MCP server is the program that hands an AI app its tools, resources and prompts. What it is and is not, stdio versus HTTP, a working server in TypeScript and Python, and the trust checks.
ToolsExplainer
What is MCP? A practical guide to connecting AI apps to your tools
MCP is the open protocol that lets Claude, VS Code and Cursor call your files, repos and SaaS tools. What it is, why it exists, and the exact config to connect your first servers safely.
ToolsExplainer
A2A vs MCP: what each protocol does and when you need both
A2A vs MCP as of October 2026: MCP connects a model to tools, A2A lets one agent hand a task to another. Architecture, auth, transport and how they fit.
IndustryExplainer
AI governance framework: the definitive guide, from NIST and ISO to runtime
How to build an AI governance framework in 2026: NIST, ISO/IEC 42001 and the EU AI Act after the Omnibus, a crosswalk, RACI, risk tiers, policy outlines, agent and MCP controls, metrics and a 90-day plan.
ToolsExplainer
Claude Skills explained: how Agent Skills work in Claude Code, apps and the API
Claude Skills are folders of instructions and scripts that agents load on demand. How SKILL.md works, where skills run, how to write one, and skills vs MCP.
ToolsComparison
Cursor vs Claude Code in October 2026: IDE agent or terminal agent?
Cursor vs Claude Code compared on workflow, models, cloud agents, context, MCP, skills, team controls and pricing after Cursor's move to The X Subscription.
ToolsExplainer
MCP security and authentication: how the OAuth flow works and where attacks land
MCP security under the 2026-07-28 spec: how OAuth 2.1 authentication works step by step, the attacks it does not stop, and a hardening checklist for teams.
ResearchExplainer
Prompt injection attacks: real examples, why they work and the defences that hold
Prompt injection examples from documented incidents, why no model has solved it, and the layered defences that cap the damage when an AI agent is fooled.
ToolsComparison
Top 10 AI gateways in 2026, ranked for production use
Bifrost, LiteLLM, Kong, Azure API Management, Agent Router, Vercel, Cloudflare, Databricks, OpenRouter and APISIX ranked on overhead, failover, governance, guardrails, MCP and deployment.
ToolsComparison
Top 10 MCP gateways in 2026, compared for enterprise agent teams
Ten MCP gateways ranked on per-user OAuth, tool-level access control, audit, guardrails on tool calls, observability, LLM routing, deployment and licence, from each vendor's documentation.
ToolsComparison
Top 10 MCP servers in 2026, and how to run them safely
GitHub, Playwright, Context7, Atlassian, Notion, Slack, Sentry, Supabase, Stripe and Figma ranked on maintenance, transport, auth, tool scoping and security record, read from each vendor's docs.
ToolsComparison
Top 10 MCP servers for coding agents in 2026, ranked on what they cost and what they risk
GitHub, Context7, Playwright, Chrome DevTools, Sentry and five more MCP servers ranked for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and Copilot, with measured tool-definition token costs and injection risks.
ToolsComparison
Ten open-source AI gateways you can self-host in 2026, ranked
Bifrost, LiteLLM, Kuadrant, Agent Router, APISIX, Higress, Kong, MLflow, Plano and New API ranked on licence, what the free tier holds back, footprint, MCP, governance and air-gapped fit.
ToolsComparison
Top 10 open-source MCP gateways you can self-host in 2026
Ten MCP gateways you can run on your own infrastructure, ranked on what the free tier actually includes: OAuth, per-tool access control, audit, guardrails, deployment and community health.
ToolsExplainer
MCP gateway explained: what it does and when agent teams need one
An MCP gateway puts one governed endpoint between agents and the MCP servers they call. How tool filtering, upstream auth, audit and token control work, and where the risks sit.
IndustryAnalysis
Shadow AI: why blocking fails and what actually governs it
Shadow AI now reaches desktop apps, coding agents and local MCP servers that network blocks never see. What the breach data shows, what regulators expect, and the control model that works.
ToolsExplainer
What is an AI gateway? How it works, when you need one and how to choose
An AI gateway sits between applications and model providers to handle keys, budgets, failover, caching, guardrails and logs. How the request path works, and when a team actually needs one.
ToolsComparison
Five LLM gateways compared: failover, governance, MCP and where each one fits
Bifrost, LiteLLM, Kong, Cloudflare and Vercel AI Gateway compared on overhead, error semantics, budgets, guardrails, MCP routing, deployment and licence, read from each vendor's own documentation.
