What is MCP transport?

MCP uses stdio for local or Streamable HTTP for remote—same JSON-RPC, different delivery.

How do you add auth to a remote MCP server?

Three phases: 401 challenge, client tokens up, server verifies identity and scopes.

Nope—for single-machine only. Go HTTP for teams or cloud.

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Local MCP is a breeze. Remote? Chaos without the right transport and auth. Here's the production reality.

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