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MCP and integration

The Model Context Protocol gives a model a governed way to reach your systems. We write about bespoke integration to real, older systems, and about governing the shadow MCP servers that appear without review.

Bespoke integration and MCP on Operate

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AI agents
RAG and retrieval
Document automation
LLM integration
Evals and testing
MCP and integration
AI security
Cost control

2026-08-18
What an MCP server does to your guardrails
A guardrail is in force only at a chokepoint that every execution path passes through, and adding an MCP server adds a path.

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MCP and integration

What an MCP server does to your guardrails