MCP
15 pieces on MCP, including 5 step-by-step guides.
Guides
Build a Multi-Tool Claude Agent with MCP Servers in Python
Wire Claude to a local calculator, Brave search MCP server, and Anthropic-hosted tools in one extensible Python agent loop.
Expose LlamaIndex Tool Specs as an MCP Server with fastmcp
Turn any LlamaIndex LlamaHub tool spec into a compliant MCP server in ~50 lines using fastmcp and NotionToolSpec.
Build a Deep Research API Agent Pipeline with OpenAI
Run a four-agent Deep Research pipeline—clarification, prompt enrichment, MCP file search, and citation extraction—using OpenAI's agents SDK.
RAG vs MCP in 2026: What Each Solves and How They Fit Together
RAG is a technique for grounding answers in your data; MCP is a protocol for connecting models to tools and data. Build an MCP server and see where RAG fits.
APIs vs MCPs vs MCP Gateways: A Practical Guide for AI Builders
APIs still power software, but AI agents need a different connection layer. Here is how APIs, MCP servers, and MCP gateways fit together in modern agentic systems.
News & Analysis
DigitalOcean Managed Agents: MicroVM Runtime and 16,000-Tool Gateway
DigitalOcean launches Managed Agents in public preview — microVM isolation, session persistence, and 16,000+ governed tools via a unified MCP endpoint.
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Hosts MCP Apps With Interactive HTML Widgets
AWS publishes a reference architecture for MCP Apps on AgentCore runtime, delivering sandboxed HTML widgets inside ChatGPT and Claude without AWS credential exposure.
Cloudflare Optional OAuth Scopes Let Developers Gate What Users May Drop
Cloudflare adds an optional_scopes array to OAuth clients, letting developers declare which permissions users may deselect at consent — built for MCP agent deployments.
AWS AgentCore Runtime Hosts MCP Servers for Amazon Quick Agents
AWS shows how to deploy MCP servers on AgentCore Runtime and wire them into Amazon Quick chat agents via AgentCore Gateway with dual OAuth 2.0 auth flows.
Radar Indexes 130,000 Podcasts for AI Agents via API and MCP
Particle's Radar transcribes 130,000+ podcasts with entity-level metadata, exposing spoken audio to AI agents via REST API and MCP endpoint.
Azure DevOps Remote MCP Server GA: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor Locked Out
Microsoft's Azure DevOps Remote MCP Server is GA, but Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor can't connect — the blocker is inside Microsoft Entra, not the clients.
Cloudflare WriteGuard Adds Four-Tier Policy Layer for MCP Servers
Cloudflare's WriteGuard intercepts MCP tool calls before they reach the server, enforcing per-tool risk tiers from read-only to critical without modifying the server.
Public Sentry Keys Expose a New Hijack Path for AI Coding Agents
A public Sentry DSN can let attackers plant fake errors that steer Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex into running untrusted commands.
Robinhood Opens the Door for AI Agents to Trade Stocks
Robinhood is testing dedicated AI-agent accounts, limited trading wallets, and virtual cards that let users delegate investing and payments with guardrails.
Anthropic Acquires Stainless to Strengthen Claude's Developer Tooling
Anthropic is buying Stainless, the SDK and MCP tooling company behind its official API client libraries.