Developer laments MCP setup pain: OAuth UX still terrible, Slack multi-account worst of all
DanielLockyer · x · 2026-11-10
Developer Daniel Lockyer, while cleaning up his MCP (Model Context Protocol) setup, notes that OAuth's UX remains surprisingly bad — with Slack being by far the worst offender, especially when configuring multiple accounts. The complaint highlights a maturation gap in the MCP ecosystem around authentication.
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