MCP governance
Use MCP as a governed boundary for coding-agent work.
MCP gives coding agents a standard way to call project tools. Governance determines which context and actions those tools expose for a particular run, and what must be proven before the run is complete.
- Executor
- Explores, plans, edits, runs commands
- Project authority
- Scope, policy, and review
- Granted per run
- Context and bounded access
- Proven at closeout
- Changed files and health review
Change the coding agent or the model provider; the project keeps the same boundary.
Separate implementation from project authority.
The coding agent is good at exploring a repository, proposing a plan, editing code, and running commands. It should not also be the only authority deciding its own scope and whether its result is safe.
Kaplira sits beside MCP-capable executors such as Codex and Claude Code. The executor implements; Kaplira supplies the live project contract, grants bounded access, applies policy, and reviews the reported evidence.
- Context selected from current project knowledge
- Scope receipts issued before protected edits
- Execution events linked to semantic plan steps
- Changed-file and code-health review after implementation
The boundary remains tool-agnostic.
A project should not lose its governance model when the team changes coding agents or model providers. Keeping the contract in a separate control layer lets multiple MCP-capable executors work against the same architecture, constraints, and evidence expectations.
Teams can use an API provider, an approved CLI, private infrastructure, or local inference while retaining the same project boundary.
Every tool call contributes to an accountable run.
Intent, plan steps, file operations, tests, and review outcomes form one run record. The result can be inspected without reconstructing what happened from chat history, and the next run can reuse what the project accepted or learned.
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Architecture drift
Bring architectural boundaries into the run, then review the changed responsibilities.
02Agent governance
The boundaries, evidence, and review that keep autonomous changes accountable.
03Permissions and scope
Grant the smallest useful scope, and make every expansion a visible decision.
04Regression prevention
Carry known errors, guardrails, and required tests into the runs that follow.
Governance is easier to judge on a real run.
The desktop app is free, no signup is required, and the run record stays on your machine by default. Tell me which part of your review actually needs proof — that is what decides what gets built next.
Governance applies to integrated workflows that use the project contract. It does not replace your executor’s sandbox, access controls, tests, or human review, and it does not guarantee correct code. Read the run evidence and security boundaries to see what the record proves.