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Guides, explainers and deep dives on AI gateways, MCP, LLM routing, governance and observability from the Bifrost team.

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MCP Gateway

How the Model Context Protocol works, and how to govern MCP tool calls through a gateway.

One MCP gateway between AI agents and MCP servers, with auth, filtering and logging

MCP

MCP Gateway

An MCP gateway is a control layer between AI agents and MCP servers. See how it routes tool calls, handles OAuth and JWT auth, and logs every invocation.

Oct 25, 2026Read →
Application code calling a REST API directly, and an AI model reaching the same API through MCP

MCP

MCP vs API

MCP vs API: an API exposes fixed endpoints for code, MCP exposes tools an AI model discovers at runtime. See how they differ, when to use each and how they fit.

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A dated MCP spec document with JSON-RPC messages flowing between a host and two MCP servers

MCP

Model Context Protocol Specification: What the MCP Spec Defines

The Model Context Protocol specification defines MCP's JSON-RPC 2.0 messages, transports, versioning and auth. See what each revision changed and how.

Oct 25, 2026Read →
One URL labeled /mcp receiving POST requests from an AI client and fanning out to tools

MCP

What Is an MCP Endpoint?

An MCP endpoint is the single HTTP URL where a remote MCP server accepts JSON-RPC requests. See how it works, its URL format, status codes and auth.

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An MCP server exposing tools, resources and prompts between an AI app and a backing system

MCP

What Is an MCP Server?

What is an MCP server? A program that exposes tools, data and prompts to AI apps over the Model Context Protocol. See how it works, examples and security.

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Three AI apps and four MCP servers joined by one protocol layer in the middle

MCP

What Is MCP (Model Context Protocol)?

The Model Context Protocol is an open standard that connects AI apps to tools and data over JSON-RPC. Learn how hosts, clients and servers work.

Oct 25, 2026Read →