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Card 374 of 10002026-08-24 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-08-24

Hitch puts MCP authorization inside Rails

hitch-rails.com Observed source
Editorial interest 78/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

Hitch is a Ruby gem that lets Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor call registered Rails tools as a signed-in user.

Landing page captured for the 2026-08-24 issue.

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Hitch places the authorization server and MCP endpoint inside the Rails application, using current_user or Current.user rather than introducing a second identity system. The documented flow includes metadata discovery, an in-app consent screen, audience-bound tokens, and independent grant revocation. Tool exposure is explicitly deny-default, with JSON Schema validation and size caps, while the v0.3.0 package supports SQLite and PostgreSQL.

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ProPolished or operationally mature
NicheUnusually specific use

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