A buyer's checklist: 12 questions to ask before adopting an MCP server vendor
pournasserian · reddit · 2026-10-24
Writing from the buyer's side of MCP adoption, the author compiled a checklist based on the 2026-07-28 MCP spec, arguing demos are the easy part. Key questions: does the server validate tokens including intended audience; what happens on request cancellation; are inputs validated and calls rate-limited; can the vendor show real conformance and compatibility test results; how does it behave across multiple instances and different AI hosts. The article ends with 12 questions procurement, security, and engineering teams can ask directly, carefully separating spec requirements from buyer recommendations.
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