How do you secure an MCP server?
Practice this question- I authenticate requests, verify token properties, authorize each tool and object, restrict downstream credentials/egress, validate schemas/results, review tool definitions, and audit actions.
- Connection permission does not equal customer-record permission.
Adapted from 13_AI.MD · “29.9 MCP”. Code examples are study fragments. Difficulty and core labels are editorial estimates; version-specific behavior should be checked against your project.