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MCP server development for Claude agents and Claude Code

We build Model Context Protocol servers that connect Claude to the systems you already run — one server per system boundary, each with its own scope, credentials and audit trail, so an agent reaches exactly what it was granted and nothing else.

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The gap between an impressive demo and a useful agent is access

An agent that can read your ticketing system, query the right database views and see CI output is working with the same information your people have. One that cannot is guessing politely. MCP is how that access is given — and scoped.

What we connect

  • Internal APIs and admin tools, wrapped so only the endpoints a workflow needs are exposed.
  • Databases through read-only views, never a general-purpose query connection.
  • Ticketing, CRM and support platforms the agent triages or updates.
  • Document, log and record stores for retrieval, each source as its own server.
  • Engineering systems — issue trackers, staging data, CI output — for Claude Code.

How we design them

One server per system boundary

Tools defined inline in application code inherit whatever the application can do. A server per boundary turns access control, credentials and audit into a property of each system, rather than of the whole agent.

The rules we build to

  • Own scope, own credentials. Each server holds its own credentials instead of sharing one over-scoped key.
  • Read-only by default. Write actions are exposed only where a workflow needs them, and sit behind the approval rules for that workflow.
  • Allowlisted, not assumed. An agent reaches only the servers enumerated for its workflow or repository.
  • Approved one at a time. Each server is approved as its own surface, not as one blanket yes to “MCP”.

What makes them operable

  • Audit logging of every call — which tool, which inputs, what came back.
  • Structured outputs with schema validation, so a malformed response fails loudly.
  • Refusals that explain themselves. A call outside scope returns a clear error the agent can escalate on, not a silent failure.
  • Versioned and owned like the rest of the platform, with tests in CI.

See the pattern in practice

Process

How a server gets built

Scoped per system. A read-only server over one well-documented API is a small job; a set of servers across several internal systems is an implementation engagement.

  1. 01

    Map the boundary

    Which system, which workflow, which actions it truly needs.

  2. 02

    Define the scope

    Tools, inputs, read or write, and who approves writes.

  3. 03

    Build and test

    Against real systems, including the out-of-scope calls.

  4. 04

    Security review

    Credentials, logging and failure behaviour checked before launch.

  5. 05

    Allowlist and roll out

    Enabled for the named workflows or repositories only.

  6. 06

    Handover

    Code, docs and runbook, with your team able to extend it.

Expected outcomes

What you keep afterwards

In your repository

  • The server code, owned by you
  • A written scope for each server: tools, inputs, read and write
  • Tests, including the calls that must be refused
  • Credential and deployment setup per environment

In your operations

  • An allowlist per workflow or repository
  • Audit logs your team can read without us
  • A runbook, including how to switch a server off
  • A change log for every scope change

Before you ask

MCP server development, answered plainly

What is an MCP server?

MCP, the Model Context Protocol, is the open standard Claude uses to reach tools and data outside the model. An MCP server exposes a defined set of tools for one system, such as a ticketing platform or a read-only view of a database, so an agent or Claude Code can use that system within the scope the server allows.

Why build one server per system instead of one server for everything?

Because scope, credentials and audit then belong to each system. A single server over everything needs one broad credential and gives every agent the same reach. Separate servers let you grant a workflow exactly the systems it needs, see which system each call touched, and switch one off without touching the rest.

How do you stop an MCP server from doing damage?

Servers are read-only by default. Write actions are exposed only where a workflow needs them and follow that workflow’s approval rules; anything that posts to a ledger, a payment rail or a system of record waits for a person. Each server has its own credentials, is allowlisted per workflow or repository, and logs every call.

Can our engineers use the servers from Claude Code?

Yes. Claude Code connects to MCP servers, and we allowlist them per repository so a project reaches only the servers it was granted. That setup is part of our Claude Code training as well as this engagement.

Who owns the code?

You do. Servers built under an engagement are handed over with the code, tests, docs and a runbook, so your team can operate and extend them without us.

Start here

Start a Claude Adoption Assessment

Tell us which systems Claude needs to reach and what it should be allowed to do there. We come back with a scope per server, the open questions, and an honest view of the effort.

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