How We Built the Airbyte Agent MCP Server and CLI
Official Schedule Context
- Date/time: 2026-06-29 · 3:45pm-4:05pm
- Track/room: Expo Stage 1 · Expo Stage 1 NE
- Speaker(s): Pedro Lopez
- Session type/status: session · confirmed
Official Description
Agents need a reliable way to reach live business data. At Airbyte we built two interfaces for that,
and this session is how. Cam built much of that surface. He covers the MCP server that exposes
hundreds of sources through one endpoint with managed auth, and the CLI that's designed for agent
harnesses rather than humans, with embedded help, packaged agent skills, and no credentials passed
over the command line. Expect the real engineering: why a CLI turned out to fit autonomous agents
better than the API or SDK, how auth works across the layers, and the tradeoffs the team made along
the way. Come if you're building agent tooling or thinking about how to expose your own systems to
agents cleanly.
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