Add research note: ToolHive — Secure Runtime and Gateway for MCP Servers - #38
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Summary
Research note on Stacklok's flagship project, ToolHive — a platform for running MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers with per-server container isolation and a gateway that centralizes authentication, authorization, and observability.
Covers: container/permission-profile isolation, the frontend/backend auth split, Cedar-based authorization, the Kubernetes Operator, the Registry Server (provenance/signing), and current MCP ecosystem/transport context. Raises CF-relevance questions around UAA/Cedar policy mapping, Diego vs. Kubernetes operator deployment models, and overlap with CF's service-binding model.
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research/TEMPLATE.mdand filled in required frontmatter (title, author, date, tags, status, sources)devbox run -- python .github/scripts/validate_notes.py→OK: 8 research note(s) and 4 idea(s) valid.