AI Tools

AI agents don't log in like people. With non-human identities outnumbering humans 45:1 and 40% of live MCP servers running without authentication, teams need an identity control plane — not another spreadsheet.

In 2026, agent context windows are the biggest hidden cost line in production AI. A compression layer that squeezes tool outputs and RAG chunks by 60-95% before they reach the model returns the same answers for a fraction of the tokens.

MapQuest opened its location platform to AI agents on August 5, 2026 with a hosted MCP server plus a 1 billion free-transaction developer pool. This guide builds a production-grade FastMCP Python gateway that wraps geocoding, routing, and static maps into six typed agent tools, then wires it into Claude Desktop and Cursor with API-key security, rate limiting, and caching.

GoodData launched its MCP Server for agentic analytics in early 2026, letting AI agents build, update, and operate semantic models, metrics, and dashboards end-to-end while claiming 10-50x faster time to value than manual BI. This guide builds a governed FastMCP Python gateway over the semantic layer, with metric query, model, and dashboard tools wired into Claude Desktop and LangGraph under OAuth 2.0.

Google Cloud launched the fully managed Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform remote MCP server on June 30, 2026, one of 50+ Google-managed MCP servers, letting external agents in Antigravity CLI, Claude Code, or Cursor connect to Agent Platform resources over OAuth 2.0 and IAM. This guide configures the managed server for external clients and builds a FastMCP governance bridge exposing curated Agent Platform tools with inputSchema and audit.

Google opened the Workspace MCP server to public developer preview in May 2026, giving agents governed access to Gmail, Drive, Calendar, and Docs through remote MCP endpoints. This guide builds a production FastMCP Python server with nine curated tools, JSON Schema definitions, Claude Desktop and Cursor wiring, and a full OAuth 2.0 plus admin-scoping security model.

x402 (x402.org) lets agents pay per API call through HTTP 402 challenges and payTo, with a defined MCP transport for pay-per-use tools. This guide builds a Python FastMCP wallet server with service discovery, 402 resolution, and signed paid-call tools, plus agent-tools-mcp discovery, spending caps, per-agent wallets, and Claude/Cursor wiring.

Kong launched MCP Registry in Konnect in February 2026 to register, discover, and govern MCP servers and tools so agents only reach approved resources. This guide builds a portable TypeScript FastMCP registry with register, search, approve, allowlist, and audit tools, plus RBAC, approval gates, version pinning, OAuth 2.0/mTLS, and Claude Desktop plus Cursor wiring.

Sinch's August 2026 Agent Tools suite put SMS, WhatsApp, voice, and OTP verification inside AI coding agents via MCP. This guide builds a production FastMCP 2.x TypeScript server with Zod schemas, retry handling, delivery-status polling, and security configs for Claude Desktop and Cursor.