Expose reading and publishing separately

An original publishing server could expose an article draft as a resource and a publish operation as a tool. Reading the draft should not implicitly publish it. The host needs to preserve that distinction in both permissions and interface labels.

A protocol does not replace trust decisions

MCP does not make a connected service trustworthy by itself. Inspect what the server can expose and change, and apply your own authorization rules before using it.

THE TAKEAWAY

What to remember

Review host-side authorization.

Sources & further reading

  1. MCP: Architecture overview ↗
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