AI Launch Profile
Descope MCP Server
Descope launched a hosted remote MCP server for documentation search and identity-project administration, with read-only sessions by default and explicit out-of-band approval for writes.
At a glance
Launch Snapshot
- Company
- Descope
- Launch date
- June 8, 2026
- Launch type
- Not classified
- Category
- AI Developer Tools, AI Security Tools
- Audience
- AI Engineers, Developers, Security Teams
- Pricing
- The server is offered with Descope. Public platform pricing lists Free at $0, Pro from $249 monthly, Growth from $799 monthly and Enterprise by quote; confirm MCP-specific entitlements and limits.
- Free plan
- Yes
- API
- Yes
- Open weights/source
- No
Launch Context
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Verification & Sources
- Evidence state
- Recheck due
- Source links
- 4
- Freshness
- Needs recheck: checked July 27, 2026
- Last updated
- July 27, 2026
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- Definition
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- Required provenance
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- Owner
- Kingy freshness queue owner and assigned editorial reviewer
- Freshness rule
- This is already outside its freshness rule. It must not be presented as current until reviewed against current evidence.
- Disputes and corrections
- Use “Suggest a correction” on the record. Kingy editorial reviews the cited evidence, records material corrections, and changes or removes the state when it is not supported.
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Kingy Launch Score
7.7 / 10 · Solid
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Why this score
- Source & verification 8.5/10 — Official announcement, live MCP endpoint, documentation, and pricing page u2014 four dated first-party sources. descope.com
- Product evidence 8.0/10 — A hosted MCP endpoint with documentation; sessions start read-only and writes require explicit elevation. docs.descope.com
- Significance & novelty 7.0/10 — Identity administration through AI assistants with a permission model u2014 early, useful territory for MCP operations. descope.com
- Traction signals not scored — insufficient sourced evidence
- Offer clarity 7.0/10 — An official pricing page documents the access model. descope.com
Evidence checked 2026-07-10
Kingy AI Take
Descope MCP Server stands out for a documented read-only default, out-of-band one-time-passcode approval and a 15-minute write window. Those controls reduce silent-write risk but do not remove the need for least-privilege project selection, audit review and destructive-action testing. Kingy reviewed the first-party control contract but did not operate a production tenant.
Who it is for
Identity engineers, AI platform teams, security teams and developers administering Descope-backed applications from MCP-compatible assistants.
What feels promising
The operation catalog and elevation contract are specific enough for a security team to test rather than relying on a generic promise of human oversight.
What feels unproven
Kingy did not validate audit completeness, tenant isolation, failure recovery or plan-specific operation limits in a live Descope environment.
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