MCP Gateway

MCP Gateway: The Control Plane for MCP Servers

MCP Gateway: The Control Plane for MCP Servers

TL;DR * An MCP gateway is the control plane that governs, secures, and cost-optimizes every Model Context Protocol server behind one endpoint. * Bifrost connects to MCP servers over STDIO, HTTP, or SSE and exposes every permitted tool through a single /mcp endpoint. * Bifrost supports six MCP authentication types, and

Why Ungoverned MCP Connections Are a Risk and How a Gateway Fixes It

Why Ungoverned MCP Connections Are a Risk and How a Gateway Fixes It

TL;DR * Ungoverned MCP connections are direct links between AI apps and Model Context Protocol servers with no central authentication, access control, or logging in between. * The risks are concrete: CVE-2025-49596 in MCP Inspector allowed unauthenticated remote code execution and is rated CVSS 9.4. * Bifrost, as an

Remote MCP Servers: Connecting and Securing SaaS Servers Through One Gateway

Remote MCP Servers: Connecting and Securing SaaS Servers Through One Gateway

TL;DR * Remote MCP servers are SaaS-hosted Model Context Protocol servers that AI clients reach over HTTP or Server-Sent Events, instead of spawning them as local processes over STDIO. * Wiring every team to every remote MCP server directly produces credential sprawl, no per-team access control, no audit

Best MCP Gateways in 2026: What They Do and How to Pick One

Best MCP Gateways in 2026: What They Do and How to Pick One

A capability-first guide to MCP gateways in 2026, covering the six things they do and what to ask when evaluating one.

Best MCP Gateways in 2026: Compared by Deployment Model and Governance Depth

Best MCP Gateways in 2026: Compared by Deployment Model and Governance Depth

A guide to choosing an MCP gateway on two axes, the six deployment models available in 2026 and the five levels of governance depth.

What Are MCP Guardrails? How Tool-Level Policy Enforcement Works

What Are MCP Guardrails? How Tool-Level Policy Enforcement Works

TL;DR * MCP guardrails validate tool arguments before a call executes and tool results after it returns, a boundary that LLM-only content filters never inspect. * Bifrost evaluates MCP guardrail rules with CEL expressions matched against mcp_client, mcp_tool, and mcp_arguments, then routes matches to one or more

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