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April 06, 2026

MCP Optimizer is now built into the Stacklok platform

The MCP Optimizer is now built into vMCP, Stacklok’s multi-server gateway. Teams get 60–85% token reduction with no per-person setup required.

April 02, 2026

Tool annotations are becoming the risk vocabulary for agentic systems. That matters more than it might seem.

The MCP community dropped an update a couple weeks ago that I have been thinking about quite a bit: https://blog.modelcontextprotocol.io/posts/2026-03-16-tool-annotations/. It is an update on the state of tool annotations. …

March 30, 2026

MCP server authorization for downstream access

In enterprise MCP deployments, authentication and authorization at the MCP server don’t fully determine downstream authorization. The server still has to reach downstream systems with the right credential, the right …

March 16, 2026

Your AI agent doesn’t deserve root access

The power of coding agents is inseparable from risk. The question isn’t whether something will go wrong; it’s how far the damage can travel when it does. Here’s what you’ll …

March 11, 2026

Cut token waste across your entire team with the MCP Optimizer

Stacklok’s MCP Optimizer scales from laptop to cluster: one shared deployment slashes token costs for every team member and AI agent.

February 03, 2026

Policy control for MCP servers in Claude Code with Stacklok

Stacklok adds centralized governance to MCP servers used by Claude Code. Apply policy controls, track usage, and ensure agents only run approved, secure tools.