MCP
Everything relevant to MCP servers: installation, usage, custom SKILL files, optimization, development with MCP servers
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A vendor CLI against an MCP server for bulk asset operations: setup, determinism, per-item token cost, and the cases where each one is the right tool.
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Every connected MCP server loads its tool schemas into the context window before the first message, and a larger tool surface degrades selection accuracy.
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Header-authenticated MCP client configs store a plaintext API secret on disk. How that file gets committed or logged, how to check, and what to rotate.
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OAuth binds an MCP server connection to one product environment with no secret on disk. Header auth works headless and holds several environments at once.
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Remote and local MCP servers expose the same tools. Compare runtime cost, credential handling, update ownership, and the one condition that settles the choice.
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Cloudinary's remote MCP servers use stateless Streamable HTTP at /mcp; /sse is deprecated except for Analysis, and still accepts POST as an alias.
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Step-by-step setup for Cloudinary's MediaFlows MCP server: the /v2/mcp endpoint, its three custom auth headers, and why its config differs from the others.
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Use the cloudinary-tools header to allowlist tools on a remote MCP connection: fewer definitions in context, better targeting, and server-side enforcement.
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How to turn on cloudinary-embed-headers so every MCP tool result carries the rate-limit ceiling, remaining allowance, reset time and request ID.
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A skill is instruction text; an MCP server executes against a live account. How Cloudinary's four-skill pack and its MCP servers differ, and when to use each.