# Laravel MCP Server: Auth & Security Best Practices

DevFeed: [Laravel MCP Server: Auth & Security Best Practices](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/laravel-mcp-server-auth-security-best-practices-3783.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://laravel.com/blog/laravel-mcp-server-auth-security-best-practices>)

Author: Laravel Team

Published: 2026-03-13T17:28:13Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Laravel Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/laravel-blog.md>)

Topics: [MSP MCP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/msp-mcp.md>), [cursor](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cursor.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [auth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/auth.md>), [best-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/best-practices.md>), [cursor](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cursor.md>), [http](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/http.md>), [laravel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/laravel.md>), [mcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp.md>), [mcp-server](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp-server.md>), [oauth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/oauth.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains why Laravel MCP servers exposed over HTTP need authentication and describes OAuth 2.1 requirements such as PKCE, dynamic client registration, and endpoint metadata. It says the laravel/mcp package registers the related endpoints with one method call.

## Source excerpt

Add authentication to your Laravel MCP server without writing an authorization server. Plus, security best practices.