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MCP authorization standards: OAuth scopes, AuthZEN, and what's still missing

calendar_today August 11, 2026 person Alex Olivier domain cerbos

MCP leans on OAuth 2.1 for authentication, but OAuth scopes cannot answer fine-grained tool authorization. Here is what the standards cover, and what AuthZEN adds.

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