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retoor 251c3dc2ba research: mcp-client-support subject (106 sources, 3 conclusions)
- wire spec: lifecycle, stdio + Streamable HTTP transports, tools,
  utilities, legacy SSE, versioning, changelog (14 Tier 1)
- client ecosystem: Claude Code/VS Code/Cursor/Codex configs,
  mcp-remote, Smithery, registries, Glama (12 Tier 1)
- security/ops: authorization draft, trust model, poisoning,
  rug pulls, production hardening (12 Tier 1) + 68 Tier 2 cards
- conclusions: minimal stdlib client on 2025-11-25, normalizer +
  resolver agent for pasted configs/GitHub URLs, untrusted-until-
  consent trust model; nothing built yet
- audit PASS (14 subjects, 797 sources, 32 conclusions)
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Build an MCP Client for AI Agents: Config, Auth, Transport

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Field Value
Institute Molodetz Institute - Research & Retrieval Division
Subject mcp-client-support
Document type Source Citation Card
Tier 2
Source title Build an MCP Client for AI Agents: Config, Auth, Transport
Source URL http://dev.to/smartgate/build-an-mcp-client-for-ai-agents-config-auth-transport-2ia4
Source type blog post
Date researched 2026-10-18
Researched by tai (agent), model: Claude Sonnet 5, on behalf of retoor
Research method Search aggregator result listing (not independently opened or quoted)
Confidence Not independently verified
Status Active

Why it's here

Surfaced during wire-spec evidence gathering as a client-side treatment of config, auth, transport, and the init state machine. Seen but not opened; potentially useful for client-auth questions the spec pages leave to implementations.

Changelog

Date Change
2026-10-18 Logged as consulted-but-not-analyzed.