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Michael Rishi Forrester 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/research/inference-gateways/#7b70c17 AI Gateways on the Inference Path: Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/research/inference-gateways/#4061e7f AI Gateways on the Inference Path: Publish the research behind the talk: eighteen documents 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Publish the research behind the talk: eighteen documents https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/research/registry-count-verification/#7b70c17 Counting the MCP Ecosystem: Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/research/registry-count-verification/#4061e7f Counting the MCP Ecosystem: Publish 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https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/research/performance/#7b70c17 MCP Latency and Throughput: Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/research/performance/#4061e7f MCP Latency and Throughput: Publish the research behind the talk: eighteen documents 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Publish the research behind the talk: eighteen documents https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/research/reliability/#7b70c17 MCP Reliability at Scale: Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/research/reliability/#4061e7f MCP Reliability at Scale: Publish the research behind the talk: eighteen documents 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Publish the research behind the talk: 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Specification, September 2026: Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/research/mcp-specification-state-2026-09/#4061e7f MCP Specification, September 2026: Publish the research behind the talk: eighteen documents 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Publish the research behind the talk: eighteen documents https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/research/mcp-token-economics-and-tool-consolidation/#cbd6e9c MCP Token Economics: Carry the revised part two, the client-allowlist checklist item, and three research corrections 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Carry the revised part two, the client-allowlist checklist item, and three research corrections https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/research/mcp-token-economics-and-tool-consolidation/#7b70c17 MCP Token Economics: Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/research/mcp-token-economics-and-tool-consolidation/#4061e7f MCP Token Economics: Publish the research behind the talk: eighteen documents 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Publish the research behind the talk: eighteen documents https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/research/microsoft-mcp-control-plane/#f35cff9 Microsoft's MCP Governance Stack: Fix three links in the research: two copied as site-relative paths, one to a removed post 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Fix three links in the research: two copied as site-relative paths, one to a removed post https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/research/microsoft-mcp-control-plane/#7b70c17 Microsoft's MCP Governance Stack: Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/research/microsoft-mcp-control-plane/#4061e7f Microsoft's MCP Governance Stack: Publish the research behind the talk: eighteen documents 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Publish the research behind the talk: eighteen documents https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/research/artifact-registries/#7b70c17 Model, Prompt and Agent Registries: Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/research/artifact-registries/#4061e7f Model, Prompt and Agent Registries: Publish the research behind the talk: eighteen documents 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Publish the research behind the talk: eighteen documents https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/research/supporting-layers/#7b70c17 Observability, Secrets and Sandboxing: Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/research/supporting-layers/#4061e7f Observability, Secrets and Sandboxing: Publish the research behind the talk: eighteen documents 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Publish the research behind the talk: eighteen documents https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/research/mcp-gateway-and-registry-operations/#7b70c17 Operating MCP Gateways and Registries: Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/research/mcp-gateway-and-registry-operations/#4061e7f Operating MCP Gateways and Registries: Publish the research behind the talk: eighteen documents 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Publish the research behind the talk: eighteen documents https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/articles/part-1-operational-excellence/#54e54aa Research: Nothing Pages You: Which Side Moves First When an MCP Fleet Upgrades to 2026-07-28: Replace all five series parts with the 2026-10-06 narrative rewrite 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Replace all five series parts with the 2026-10-06 narrative rewrite https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/articles/part-1-operational-excellence/#915cf75 Research: Nothing Pages You: Which Side Moves First When an MCP Fleet Upgrades to 2026-07-28: Add the Research prefix to parts one, three, four and five 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Add the Research prefix to parts one, three, four and five https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/articles/part-1-operational-excellence/#7b70c17 Research: Nothing Pages You: Which Side Moves First When an MCP Fleet Upgrades to 2026-07-28: Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/articles/operating-mcp-checklist/#cbd6e9c Research: Operating MCP at Scale: the enterprise checklist for 2026-07-28: Carry the revised part two, the client-allowlist checklist item, and three research corrections 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Carry the revised part two, the client-allowlist checklist item, and three research corrections https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/articles/operating-mcp-checklist/#7b70c17 Research: Operating MCP at Scale: the enterprise checklist for 2026-07-28: Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/articles/part-2-security/#bc8e9d2 Research: Something Peculiar in the Logs: How CVE-2026-47250 Turned an MCP Server Against Its Operator: Mark part two final, as approved 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Mark part two final, as approved https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/articles/part-2-security/#54e54aa Research: Something Peculiar in the Logs: How CVE-2026-47250 Turned an MCP Server Against Its Operator: Replace all five series parts with the 2026-10-06 narrative rewrite 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Replace all five series parts with the 2026-10-06 narrative rewrite https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/articles/part-2-security/#cbd6e9c Research: Something Peculiar in the Logs: How CVE-2026-47250 Turned an MCP Server Against Its Operator: Carry the revised part two, the client-allowlist checklist item, and three research corrections 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Carry the revised part two, the client-allowlist checklist item, and three research corrections https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/articles/part-2-security/#7b70c17 Research: Something Peculiar in the Logs: How CVE-2026-47250 Turned an MCP Server Against Its Operator: Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the 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README front door, and the full series https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/articles/part-3-reliability/#54e54aa Research: The Server Was Fine: Why MCP Health Checks Keep Marking Working Servers Down: Replace all five series parts with the 2026-10-06 narrative rewrite 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Replace all five series parts with the 2026-10-06 narrative rewrite https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/articles/part-3-reliability/#915cf75 Research: The Server Was Fine: Why MCP Health Checks Keep Marking Working Servers Down: Add the Research prefix to parts one, three, four and five 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Add the Research prefix to parts one, three, four and five https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/articles/part-3-reliability/#7b70c17 Research: The Server Was Fine: Why MCP Health Checks Keep Marking Working Servers Down: Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and 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https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/research/mcp-server-vetting-and-supply-chain/#cbd6e9c Vetting MCP Servers: Carry the revised part two, the client-allowlist checklist item, and three research corrections 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Carry the revised part two, the client-allowlist checklist item, and three research corrections https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/research/mcp-server-vetting-and-supply-chain/#7b70c17 Vetting MCP Servers: Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Descriptive numbered folders, a README front door, and the full series https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/research/mcp-server-vetting-and-supply-chain/#4061e7f Vetting MCP Servers: Publish the research behind the talk: eighteen documents 2026-10-06T00:00:00Z Publish the research behind the talk: eighteen documents https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/approval-process-criteria/#7b70c17 What an enterprise MCP approval 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the full series https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/articles/part-1-operational-excellence/#e0387ea Research: Nothing Pages You: Which Side Moves First When an MCP Fleet Upgrades to 2026-07-28: Correct the three articles against their figure, quote, prose and hostile reviews 2026-10-05T00:00:00Z Correct the three articles against their figure, quote, prose and hostile reviews https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/articles/part-1-operational-excellence/#28a46a2 Research: Nothing Pages You: Which Side Moves First When an MCP Fleet Upgrades to 2026-07-28: Publish the first three parts of Operating MCP at Scale as drafts under review 2026-10-05T00:00:00Z Publish the first three parts of Operating MCP at Scale as drafts under review https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/articles/part-2-security/#e0387ea Research: Something Peculiar in the Logs: How CVE-2026-47250 Turned an MCP Server Against Its Operator: Correct the three articles against their figure, quote, prose and hostile reviews 2026-10-05T00:00:00Z Correct the three articles against their figure, quote, prose and hostile reviews https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/articles/part-2-security/#28a46a2 Research: Something Peculiar in the Logs: How CVE-2026-47250 Turned an MCP Server Against Its Operator: Publish the first three parts of Operating MCP at Scale as drafts under review 2026-10-05T00:00:00Z Publish the first three parts of Operating MCP at Scale as drafts under review https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/articles/part-3-reliability/#e0387ea Research: The Server Was Fine: Why MCP Health Checks Keep Marking Working Servers Down: Correct the three articles against their figure, quote, prose and hostile reviews 2026-10-05T00:00:00Z Correct the three articles against their figure, quote, prose and hostile reviews https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/articles/part-3-reliability/#28a46a2 Research: The Server Was Fine: Why MCP Health Checks Keep Marking Working Servers Down: Publish the first three parts of Operating MCP at Scale as drafts under review 2026-10-05T00:00:00Z Publish the first three parts of Operating MCP at Scale as drafts under review https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/approval-gates/#eb525f7 The six approval gates as a checklist: Regenerate the gates checklist with the deck's wording 2026-10-05T00:00:00Z Regenerate the gates checklist with the deck's wording https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/sources/#048a658 The sources slide: Carry both columns of the sources slide, not only the first 2026-10-04T00:00:00Z Carry both columns of the sources slide, not only the first https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/sources/#48f4073 The sources slide: Add the three sources the spoken notes cite on the decision and ask slides 2026-10-04T00:00:00Z Add the three sources the spoken notes cite on the decision and ask slides https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/source-ledger/#b5450c2 The claim-by-claim source ledger: Publish the keynote collateral: slides, script, gates, diagrams, research, sources, art 2026-10-03T00:00:00Z Publish the keynote collateral: slides, script, gates, diagrams, research, sources, art https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/approval-gates/#58572bf The six approval gates as a checklist: Add the six approval gates as a checklist, generated from the site's gate data 2026-10-03T00:00:00Z Add the six approval gates as a checklist, generated from the site's gate data https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/sources/#b5450c2 The sources slide: Publish the keynote collateral: slides, script, gates, diagrams, research, sources, art 2026-10-03T00:00:00Z Publish the keynote collateral: slides, script, gates, diagrams, research, sources, art https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/approval-process-criteria/#b5450c2 What an enterprise MCP approval process evaluates: Publish the keynote collateral: slides, script, gates, diagrams, research, sources, art 2026-10-03T00:00:00Z Publish the keynote collateral: slides, script, gates, diagrams, research, sources, art https://mcp.michaelrishiforrester.com/resources/wrapping-mcp-servers/#b5450c2 Wrapping an MCP server inside an MCP server: Publish the keynote collateral: slides, script, gates, diagrams, research, sources, art 2026-10-03T00:00:00Z Publish the keynote collateral: slides, script, gates, diagrams, research, sources, art