The MCP directory for choosing,
building, and securing your stack.
The MCP ecosystem, made legible.
Find the right layer for your MCP stack.
Browse the full directory →︎A BEGINNER’S MAP OF THE MCP STACK
Everything between an idea
and a production MCP.
Follow the sequence, then use the directory to find the right framework or vendor for each layer.
- 01 Understand MCP
Learn the server–client model and decide what capability the agent needs.
↗︎ - 02 Choose a framework
Select an official SDK or higher-level framework for your language and runtime.
↗︎ - 03 Design the schema
Define clear tools, resources, prompts, inputs, outputs, and errors.
↗︎ - 04 Build & connect
Implement the server, choose a transport, and connect a real MCP client.
↗︎ - 05 Test & debug
Inspect schemas, exercise failure paths, and validate what the model can discover.
↗︎ - 06 Secure with AuthPlane
Add authentication, authorization, credentials, policy, and auditability.
↗︎ - 07 Deploy & observe
Choose hosting, lifecycle management, logs, traces, and evaluation.
↗︎ - 08 Publish & discover
Document the server and make it findable through registries and discovery.
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