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Need Guidance: I'm building an analytics platform for MCP servers

A developer seeking guidance on building an analytics platform for Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers asked the Hacker News community how teams measure usage of MCP servers in production, specifically what metrics they track.

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| | | 1 point by Rushalee24 minutes ago |hide |past |favorite |discuss | | | | I’m trying to understand how teams that build and operate MCP servers measure usage in production. If you’ve built an MCP, what all are you tracking? |

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