MCP Is Changing July 28. What It Means for Your Oracle EPM AI Agent

The Model Context Protocol ships a new specification on July 28, 2026, and some of it is breaking. If you connected Claude to Oracle EPM Cloud or built an AI agent from my earlier videos, this walkthrough covers what changes, what does not, and the small plan I recommend. Short version: no panic. Chapters: 0:00 The MCP spec changes on July 28 0:59 What is MCP, a quick recap 1:59 The news, and why no panic 2:34 Change 1: The handshake goes away (stateless) 4:11 Why it matters: shared team servers 4:58 The security warning 5:47 The safe pattern: connect as yourself 6:29 Change 2: Enterprise Managed Authorization 7:30 Change 3: Retired features 7:53 What you should actually do 9:02 Coming up next Full written guide with FAQ: https://fmepm.com/mcp-spec-update Official MCP announcement: https://blog.modelcontextprotocol.io/... The open source Oracle EPM MCP server on GitHub: https://github.com/fmepm/oracle-epm-m... The April series this builds on: How to Connect Claude AI to Oracle EPM Cloud:    • How to Connect Claude AI to Oracle EPM Clo...   How to Set Up an AI Agent for Oracle EPM Cloud:    • How to Set Up an AI Agent for Oracle EPM C...   Working on AI with Oracle EPM at your company? My booking link: https://outlook.office.com/book/EPMDi... I am Fred Mamadjanov, Oracle ACE Pro and EPM Solution Architect at FMEPM. I publish practical Oracle EPM and AI in finance content every Tuesday. More at https://fmepm.com #OracleEPM #MCP #AIinFinance