Kuldeep Paul

Kuldeep Paul

Agentic AI | LLM | Product Management | Product Marketing | Data Science | SaaS

AI Governance with Virtual Keys for LLM and MCP Traffic

AI Governance with Virtual Keys for LLM and MCP Traffic

TL;DR * AI governance with virtual keys routes every LLM and MCP request through gateway-issued credentials that carry their own model access, budgets, rate limits, and tool permissions. * A Bifrost virtual key with no provider configuration blocks all providers, and a key with no MCP configuration exposes no tools

n8n AI Workflow: Routing LLM Nodes Through One Gateway

n8n AI Workflow: Routing LLM Nodes Through One Gateway

TL;DR * The Bifrost AI gateway is OpenAI-compatible, so any n8n LLM node that accepts a custom Base URL can route through it in a single credential change. * A single Bifrost virtual key becomes the per-workflow credential in n8n, carrying budget caps, rate limits, and provider allow-lists

Best AI Governance Tools and Platforms in 2026: Policy, Runtime, and Observability Layers Compared

Best AI Governance Tools and Platforms in 2026: Policy, Runtime, and Observability Layers Compared

A guide to the AI governance tools landscape segmented into policy, runtime and observability layers, and what each layer enforces.

OpenTelemetry for LLM Observability: Traces and Metrics

OpenTelemetry for LLM Observability: Traces and Metrics

A guide to using OpenTelemetry for LLM observability, covering spans, GenAI semantic conventions and exporting to Grafana or Datadog.

How to Govern AI Agents in Financial Services

How to Govern AI Agents in Financial Services

TL;DR: Governing AI agents in financial services means controlling three things on every request: the tool surface the agent can reach, the identity behind the call, and the spend. Existing FINRA, model risk, and EU AI Act obligations already apply.What satisfies an examiner is enforcement on the request

What Is an MCP Registry? Discovering and Governing MCP Servers

What Is an MCP Registry? Discovering and Governing MCP Servers

TL;DR * An MCP registry is a discoverable, versioned catalog of Model Context Protocol servers, listing each server's capabilities, authentication requirements, and status so engineers can find and use approved tools without ad-hoc requests. * The official MCP Registry launched in preview on September 8, 2025 as an

MCP Proxy Server Explained: Architecture and Use Cases

MCP Proxy Server Explained: Architecture and Use Cases

This guide walks through how a proxy handles a tool call, bridges stdio and Streamable HTTP, aggregates servers, and avoids the confused deputy and token passthrough risks named in the MCP spec, plus the signals that mean it is time for an MCP gateway