What enterprise requirements does MCP not define?

The MCP spec does not define: audit trail format (who called what tool, when, with what args), SSO-integrated authentication, gateway-level rate limiting, or configuration portability across environments.

How many enterprise teams have deployed MCP?

78% of production AI teams have deployed MCP as of 2026 but most hit the same governance gaps immediately.

What is an MCP gateway and why is it needed?

An MCP gateway sits between AI clients and MCP servers, adding the enterprise layer: auth, rate limiting, audit logging, and policy enforcement. Without it, any agent can call any tool with no oversight.

What product could be built here?

An open-source MCP gateway that any team can self-host: OIDC/SAML SSO integration, structured audit log (jsonl/S3/Datadog), per-agent rate limits, and a policy engine for tool-level access control. Paid managed version.

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Enterprise MCP has no audit trail, no SSO auth, and no rate limiting in the spec

78% of production AI teams have deployed MCP but the protocol defines none of the four things enterprises require: audit trails (who called what tool with what args), SSO-integrated auth, gateway-level rate limiting, and configuration portability. The 2026 MCP roadmap calls out enterprise readiness as the top priority. Multiple MCP gateway products (mcp-gateway-registry 690 stars, MCPX deployed at Fortune 200s) exist because the spec gap is real.

Product Idea from this Signal

A web app that provides auth, rate limiting, and audit logging for MCP servers without teams having to build a gateway themselves

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Every team deploying MCP servers has to hand-roll the same auth, rate limiting, and audit logging layer because MCP has no built-in controls. This creates duplicated infrastructure work and leaves AI agent pipelines without consistent access governance. A managed gateway sits in front of any MCP server and delivers OAuth/Entra auth, per-client rate limits, and an immutable audit trail out of the box.

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