The MCP's port 8000 isn't exposed outside the private mcp-servers_mcp
Docker network, so only the MetaMCP gateway can ever reach it. MetaMCP
itself enforces auth at the gateway → MCP-client edge (bearer token in
its UI), which is the right layer for it. In-container Basic/Bearer was
defense-in-depth that turned out to be friction-in-depth.
Removed:
- ag_bids_mcp/auth.py (HTTP Basic middleware)
- tests/test_auth.py (3 tests covering the middleware)
- AG_BIDS_MCP_USER / AG_BIDS_MCP_PASS env vars from .env.example, README,
docker-compose.snippet.yml, and deploy/README.md
Server.py simplified — direct `mcp.run(transport=...)` like zerto-docs-mcp,
no Starlette wrapping. 21 tests passing.
Live on 192.168.0.2: container recreated, real MCP initialize handshake
returns 200 + capability metadata over the mcp-servers_mcp network with
no auth header.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
justin
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