TIER_C · monthly brief

Paid MCP becomes an explicit product category

Cloudflare’s gateway language treated MCP tools as chargeable resources beside APIs and pages. Paid MCP moved from hallway conversation to product marketing. It is still not a core MCP spec feature.

Event 28 July 2026 · source 7 September 2026 · zFinia published 7 September 2026 · retrospective

Why it matters

Watch MCP spec issues that name payment, versus vendor overlays.