PROBLEM

MCP Server Authentication and Security

MCP servers need to balance local/zero overhead and remote/multi-user architectures, with tradeoffs around authentication, CORS, and rate limiting.

Updated: 4/4/2026

Start with a stdio-based MCP server for local, zero overhead, and no auth needed. Add HTTP support when remote, multi-user access is required, but then need to implement authentication, CORS, and rate limiting.

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