Jul 21, 2026Engineering
MCP Server Authoring Guide 2026: Building Production-Grade MCP Servers From Scratch — The Authoring Playbook Every Independent Server Author Should Follow
The 12 decisions every MCP server author must make: transport, SDK, license, auth, secrets, tool surface, output format, error handling, rate limiting, idempotency, distribution, documentation. Plus standard patterns (pagination, search, bulk, async, webhooks), security hardening, testing strategy, versioning, and the publishing checklist.
Jul 20, 2026Engineering
MCP Spotlight: GitHub MCP Server — The Official Code-and-Collaboration Bridge With Fine-Grained PATs, PR/Issue Workflows, and the Engineering-Workflow Default for Agents
The official GitHub MCP Server by GitHub — ~40 focused tools covering issues, PRs, code, commits, branches, Actions, releases, reviews, security alerts. Fine-Grained Personal Access Token support for per-repo + per-action scope isolation. Branch-protection-aware merge control. MIT-licensed. The code-collaboration default for AI agents in 2026.
Jul 19, 2026Engineering
MCP Spotlight: Docker MCP Server — The Container Operations Bridge With `mcp://` Catalog Protocol, MCP Toolkit, and the Container-Default Reference for Agents
Docker's official MCP infrastructure — the Docker Hub MCP Catalog (300+ verified servers with signatures + provenance), the MCP Toolkit (isolated runtime execution via Docker MCP Gateway), and the mcp:// URL protocol for declarative installation. Apply container-ecosystem primitives (signing, isolation, secrets, orchestration) to MCP.