Model Context Protocol (MCP) — explosive growth, vulns & enterprise hardening

MCP at 300M+ SDK dl/mo; stateless spec revision finalized July 28. New servers, gateways, and security patterns. Cloudflare MCP traffic detection deep-dive, Boomi security guide, Zuplo product, MCP gateway primer. MCP Apps spec built into Gemini. New today: Cloudflare browser rendering MCP integration with DeepSeek Harness; Gumloop MCP integration with Bright Data; NLP-to-MCP pipeline for EduTech RAG; Cloudflare Agents docs with tool merging system and sandbox; DeepSeek Harness vs Pi Agent comparison includes MCP strategy analysis; production MCP server guide; MCP gateways governance article; Kaiva Bridge for governed MCP servers; OWASP LLM Top 10 includes MCP Top 10; MCP security liability overview. Also: Cloudflare Gateway MCP detection; Okta identity-based tool scoping; Ledgenter MCP Server for multi-agent collaboration. Major consolidation: Stripe acquiring OpenRouter for $7B+ validates AI gateway layer. Also: Sigma MCP upgrades with webhook triggers and bidirectional writeback for enterprise BI; skill competition paper; Databricks managed MCP servers with Unity Catalog governance; Dynamics 365 CX MCP Server integration; DVARA MCP governance. Today's reading adds: Itential MCP v0.14.0 with token analytics and governed config; MCP gateways article on access control as identity problem; Fortinet acquires Virtue AI for runtime security; Clipto MCP for video retrieval; Impala MCP for philanthropy; Unreal MCP Plugin for game development.