# MCP (Model Context Protocol)

An open protocol that connects agents to external tools and data. Powerful for capability. But every connection is a new access path that has to be governed.

Learn more: [MCP Gateway: Build vs Buy](/content/learn/mcp-gateway-build-vs-buy/index.html)

Part of [the Agent Control Fabric](/content/platform/index.html): Highflame's identity, policy, and enforcement substrate for AI agents.

## Glossary Terms

### MCP Gateway
A governed checkpoint every tool connection passes through (authenticated, policy-checked, and logged) so credentials stay central and unapproved servers can't connect.
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### Mission drift
When a non-deterministic agent gradually diverges from its intended task. Tracked at runtime so it can be contained before consequences land.
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### Non-human identity (NHI)
Identities belonging to machines, services, and agents rather than people. Agents are the fastest-growing and least-governed class of NHI.
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### On-behalf-of (OBO) chain
The unbroken provenance recorded on a credential (who authorized the action, what scope was granted, and how deep the delegation goes) so an audit walks back to a human.
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### Prompt injection
An attack that manipulates an agent through crafted input (in a prompt, a tool result, or retrieved content) to make it act against policy.
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### Red teaming
Continuous adversarial testing of AI systems (jailbreaks, extraction, manipulation) with findings turned into enforcement policy and re-scanned to prove the fix.
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