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MCP Lead Maintainer

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Comment · 3 months ago
Comment · 3 months ago
This protocol change doesn't require you to do anything to existing running MCP code - only if you want to take advantage of new capabilities!
Comment · 3 months ago
Hey folks - one of the Lead Maintainers for MCP. Happy that we got this release out the door today, this is an exciting change for those that wanted to roll out remove MCP servers into serverless hosts. There is, of course, more good stuff packed, so if you have questions or feedback - our team is here to help!
Comment · 4 months ago
Comment · 4 months ago
Was great collaborating with you and your team on this!
Comment · 4 months ago
There's theoretically nothing really stopping this integration from working in the consumer space - you just need to establish a trust relationship (e.g., if I am logged in with GitHub, also log me in to Sentry automatically). There is more work ahead here, but as you said - the most obvious _current_ use-case is enterprises, where admins do not want individual employees clicking around picking random credentials they have.
Comment · 4 months ago
We are in touch with the Microsoft Entra ID folks to see how we can better integrate EMA in their stack!
Comment · 4 months ago
It is available! The feature is available in Claude, with Okta being the first IdP to support it (hopefully more coming soon) and with a bunch of MCP partners launching with us today.

The underlying extension has been in the MCP protocol for some time and is now officially stable.

Comment · 4 months ago
You don't actually need to ask me for that - a lot of the data is very public, and we've been on a roll announcing MCP partnerships, and developer adoption keeps going up. There is always room to make the protocol better, but it certainly has a healthy foundation.
Comment · 4 months ago
Hey - one of the lead maintainers of the MCP project here. There are a lot of scenarios where this simply won't scale (both from a usability and security standpoint). Cookies were made for the browser. MCP servers and clients often operate in environments where that is not a guarantee.
Comment · 4 months ago
Comment · 4 months ago
FWIW, we never vibe-coded the spec to begin with, but yes - auth is a continuous learning process, and we're lucky to collaborate with some really talented folks both inside and outside the company (e.g., this launch we worked closely with Okta to see how we can best wire things up) to make this a smoother experience. Keep the feedback coming!
Comment · 4 months ago
Love more adoption of EMA and, of course, better infra for MCP developers. Thanks for such a quick turnaround on this feature work!
Comment · 4 months ago
We're always looking at making it a smoother experience - it's a top pain point for developers and IT admins alike. If you have feedback - feel free to send it my way!
Comment · 4 months ago
What's interesting about this standard is that it's not really MCP-specific. It can work just as nicely for any other workload - it just requires the authorization server/IdP to support it and the receiver to know how to handle the trust relationship.

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