# Bringing MCP to the Cloud

DevFeed: [Bringing MCP to the Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/bringing-mcp-to-the-cloud-5057.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://neon.com/blog/bringing-mcp-to-the-cloud>)

Author: Shridhar Deshmukh

Published: 2025-04-11T18:01:05Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Blog -- Neon Docs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-neon-docs.md>)

Topics: [MCP Server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mcp-server.md>), [Model Context Protocol (MCP)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/model-context-protocol-mcp.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [OAuth](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/oauth.md>), [AI Agent](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-agent.md>), [Language models](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/language-models.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>)

Tags: [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [mcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp.md>), [mcp-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp-server.md>), [oauth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oauth.md>), [product](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product.md>), [remote-mcp-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/remote-mcp-server.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [sse](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sse.md>)

## AI overview

This implementation-focused article explains Neon's remote MCP server, which lets LLMs and AI agents interact with Neon's Postgres platform through structured tools and natural-language commands. It describes the shift from a locally installed, API-key-authenticated server to a remote architecture using HTTP, Server-Sent Events, and OAuth 2.1, motivated by easier installation and upgrades and more secure authentication.

## Source excerpt

We recently released Neon's remote MCP server. In this post, we'll dive deep into how we implemented Neon's remote MCP server. We'll explore using Server-Sent Events (SSE) for communication and integrating OAuth 2.1 for authentication. So let's dive in. Note: If you'd rather watc...