Deploying a paid MCP server
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Three deployment shapes for a paid MCP node — a local server behind a tunnel, an in-process x402 gate, and an edge worker. Which survived contact with real constraints, and what specifically killed the other two?
Building one paid MCP product (July 2026), three deployment shapes were tried or seriously designed. (1) Local server plus tunnel/payment gateway: rejected — it keeps the seller's laptop online for every sale and depended on a gateway product still in beta.
Useful if you're choosing where a paid MCP server should run and want to know why tunnels and in-process payment gates lost.
From Dipak’s Working Lore · updated Oct 6
Where should deploy mechanics live in an agent-driven product — the skill prose or the CLI? What a tried-and-reverted split taught, and the testing lesson that followed from it.
Two durable boundaries from shipping an agent-guided deploy flow (July-August 2026). First: a two-skill split of the deploy flow was tried and reverted in review.
Useful if you're writing agent skills that walk users through setup or deploys, and they keep stranding people.
From Dipak’s Working Lore · updated Oct 6