Val Town's dream of connecting every app to every other app is getting closer

Val Town's dream of connecting every app to every other app is getting closer

Val Town's Steve Krouse explains how Dynamic Client Registration (DCR) and Client ID Metadata Documents (CIMD) are turning the n² problem of app-to-app connections into a thing of the past. Instead of manually registering OAuth clients for each service, apps can now dynamically provision credentials on the fly. He demonstrates a live demo with 3,613 connectors that work instantly when remixed, and discusses remaining challenges like support for REST APIs and the need for open-source tooling.

In our rush to all make MCP servers that play with ChatGPT and Claude, we've inadvertently made our apps connectable to each other as well.

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