https://peer.madiator.cloud/videos/watch/a4b64c9a-68be-408b-b2bb-8dda879908e9 In this session, Jessica Garson Beauchemin (Devrel lead at Runpod) sits down with Justin Lin, a developer behind Runpod's new MCP server, to talk through what it is and why it exists. Justin explains MCP servers as tools your agent can use as being the equivalent of a REST API, but built for agents and walks through how the Runpod server came together alongside the new REST v2 API. They cover the difference between the MCP server and the official Runpod plugin (the hammer versus the guidebook), how to install both, whether to authenticate with OAuth or a scoped API key, and the "golden paths" of validated example workflows that give your agent a tested starting point instead of guessing from scratch. Learn more about Runpod's MCP Server here: https://docs.runpod.io/get-started/mcp-servers Join our Discord for further chats: https://discord.com/invite/DDWnxTTEVs 0:00 Welcome & what we're covering 1:02 Meet Jess and Justin 2:04 What is an MCP server? 3:05 Origins: why we built it 3:30 The problem — GraphQL, REST v1, and the push to v2 4:51 How it was built (on shifting ground) 6:13 What's next: auto-generation and bundled skills 6:47 Using AI to build a tool for AI 8:13 Why pointing agents at Runpod is hard 9:56 Getting started: installing the plugin and MCP server 11:47 Do you need the skills, or is the server enough? 13:23 Auth: OAuth flow vs. API keys 14:32 Golden paths explained 16:18 Live demo: connecting Codex 17:00 New capabilities — streaming logs, network volumes, billing 18:33 Live demo: spinning up a Hello World pod 19:04 Secure vs. community pods and agent cost behavior 20:11 Is there a gatekeeping mechanism? 21:26 SSH, ports, and container gotchas 23:25 Recommended setup: plugin + CTL + Flash 24:27 REST v2 vs. v1: what's different 25:30 MCP server vs. plugin — the hammer and the guidebook 26:46 Skills on the roadmap 27:57 One-command onboarding 29:08 Demo: building a bilingual translation app 32:56 Reporting bugs and getting them fixed 35:01 Remaining gaps and the auto-generated future 36:12 Pro tip: iterate on a pod before deploying serverless 37:37 Q&A: guardrails, runaway agents, and scoped keys 39:21 Does the dashboard sync in real time? 40:05 Network volumes and multi-region workflows 42:18 Will MCP reach parity with the dashboard? 43:12 Adoption growth and how people find it 44:55 Rate limits and going straight to REST v2 46:34 Coolest uses of MCP and advice for builders 50:02 Closing thoughts (and set CUDA to 12.8) 51:24 Future Discord chats Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:33:05 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peer.madiator.cloud https://peer.madiator.cloud/lazy-static/avatars/e2927aea-9e0a-454c-9327-68ec87b4da11.png https://peer.madiator.cloud/videos/watch/a4b64c9a-68be-408b-b2bb-8dda879908e9 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peer.madiator.cloud/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.