# MCP Registry explained: why you need one and who should own It

DevFeed: [MCP Registry explained: why you need one and who should own It](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/mcp-registry-explained-why-you-need-one-and-who-should-own-it-12257.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.port.io/blog/mcp-registry>)

Author: Yonatan Boguslavski

Published: 2026-08-10T11:33:37Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Developer Experience & Platform Engineering Blog | Port](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/developer-experience-platform-engineering-blog-port.md>)

Topics: [Model Context Protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/model-context-protocol.md>), [Platform Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/platform-engineering.md>), [MCP Server](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mcp-server.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [sdlc](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdlc.md>)

Tags: [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agents.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [mcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp.md>), [model-context-protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/model-context-protocol.md>), [platform-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform-engineering.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains why an MCP registry is needed to catalog approved MCP servers and the specific tools they expose. It argues that security should approve servers, while platform engineering should continuously scope, organize, maintain, and expose them safely to developers and AI agents.

## Source excerpt

What an MCP registry is, why it's a platform engineering job, and how to scope MCP servers by job for developers and AI agents