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Coordinator of the authorization RFC linked in this post[1]. The protocol is in very, very early stages and there are a lot of things that still need to be fig
by dend 1y ago
Coordinator of the authorization RFC linked in this post[1].
The protocol is in very, very early stages and there are a lot of things that still need to be figured out. That being said, I can commend Anthropic on being very open to listening to the community and acting on the feedback. The authorization spec RFC, for example, is a coordinated effort between security experts at Microsoft (my employer), Arcade, Hellō, Auth0/Okta, Stytch, Descope, and quite a few others. The folks at Anthropic set the foundation and welcomed others to help build on it. It will mature and get better.
[1]: https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol/pull/284 https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/modelcontextprotocol...
- sshh12 1y agoAwesome! Thanks for your work on this.
- dend 1y agoCan't take any credit - it's a massive effort across many folks much smarter than me.
- magicalhippo 1y agoA nice, comprehensive yet accessible blog post about it can be found here[1], got submitted earlier[2] but didn't gain traction. [1]: https://aaronparecki.com/2025/04/03/15/oauth-for-model-context-protocol https://aaronparecki.com/2025/04/03/15/oauth-for-model-conte... [2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43620496 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43620496
- dend 1y agoGreat news - Aaron has been a core reviewer and contributor to the aforementioned RFC.
- magicalhippo 1y agoYeah figured he had to be involved and saw his name on the pull request after I posted. Really enjoyed the article he wrote, just wanted to promote it some more. I learned of several things that will be useful to me beyond MCP.
- martypitt 1y agoImpressive to see this level of cross-org coordination on something that appears to be maturing at pace (compared to other consortium-style specs/protocol I've seen attempted) Congrats to everyone.
- Y_Y 1y agoThis reminds me of something Adam Smith said in The Wealth of Nations: "People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices." Ymmv, but I cannot image that this "innovation" will result in a better outcome for the general public.