Strategic guidance for teams building and deploying production agents.
API gateways and MCP runtimes are fundamentally different constructs. This paper explores the architectural tradeoffs between gateways and purpose-built MCP runtimes.
Two experiments, 14 models: every model failed with vague MCP tool schemas. Every model passed with descriptive ones. Get the full methodology and benchmark data.
Most enterprise agent projects stall not because the AI doesn't work, but because the infrastructure to deploy agents safely doesn't exist yet. This paper defines the MCP runtime layer enterprises are missing and how Arcade was purpose-built to fill it.
Why enterprise infrastructure breaks when AI agents start taking action, and what to fix first.
