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Note from Aug 16, 2026

Another interesting problem: say we use MCP. It looks like OAuth can get the user's identity to the server. What's the standard way — the zero-trust way 😏 — for the server to decide whether this user is authorized to invoke a given capability? Or even whether the server should admit to them that the capability exists?

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