Article Summary
The article details the implementation of Model Context Protocol (MCP) authorization using Spring AI and OAuth2.
- It explains how MCP clients (AI assistants) can securely interact with MCP servers (tool providers) using OAuth2 for authentication and authorization.
- The guide demonstrates configuring a Spring Boot application as an OAuth2 resource server and MCP server, exposing a tool that requires specific scopes.
- It covers the setup of an OAuth2 authorization server and illustrates the flow of an MCP client obtaining an access token to call the secured MCP tool.
- The content highlights the use of Spring AI's ToolFunction and ToolDescriptor annotations for defining and exposing AI tools securely.