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Updates, insights, and MCP know-how from the team at Stacklok

October 06, 2025

Seamless remote MCP server support with ToolHive

Connect to remote MCP servers with native OAuth/OIDC support and dynamic client registration. Unified commands work for both local and remote servers.

September 30, 2025

From black box to observable: Deploy ToolHive with OTel + Prometheus

Hands-on tutorial for deploying ToolHive with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana in Kubernetes. Transform black-box MCP servers into observable services.

September 25, 2025

Bridging the observability gap in MCP servers with ToolHive

ToolHive collects usage statistics from MCP servers and feeds data into OTel and Prometheus. Get full visibility with request metrics and distributed traces.

September 22, 2025

The next big observability gap for Kubernetes is MCP servers

MCP servers create blind spots in Kubernetes monitoring. They lack metrics endpoints, don’t log structured data, and can’t be traced by Prometheus or OpenTelemetry.

September 18, 2025

Examining the impact of npm supply chain attacks on MCP

An npm attack compromised packages downloaded 2B+ times weekly. Many MCP servers were vulnerable, but ToolHive’s containerization and network isolation provide defense.

September 17, 2025

Securing MCP secrets with Vault + ToolHive in Kubernetes

Integrate HashiCorp Vault with ToolHive for secure MCP server secrets management in Kubernetes. Follow along with the tutorial and video demo.