Design a host application that can connect to multiple MCP servers without losing security boundaries.

Instruction: Explain how you would let one host app use several MCP servers safely.

Context: Assesses whether the candidate can design a practical architecture and explain the main tradeoffs. Explain how you would let one host app use several MCP servers safely.

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I would make the host the central policy authority. Each MCP server can advertise capabilities, but the host decides which servers are connected, which resources are exposed to a given assistant, and which actions are legal in the current context.

I would also prevent accidental capability...

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