I have spent a good part of this series arguing for federation — as the thing MCP needs, as the right posture for governance, as the alternative to centralization in almost every place the two compete. So I want to be honest about federation’s hard limit, because I watch people reach for it as a cure for a disease it cannot touch. Federation can align schemas.
Federation Aligns Schemas, But It Cannot Align People
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September 17, 2026
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