Production-Ready MCP Servers in 60 Seconds (Auth, Rate Limits, Audit Logs Included)

A TypeScript scaffold for production MCP servers that ships with pluggable auth, per-tool rate limiting, structured audit logs, and OpenTelemetry — so you can build the actual tools and not reinvent the boring parts.

Every MCP server tutorial I've read shows you how to register a single tool that echoes a string. Then they wave at "production concerns" and end the post.

Production concerns are the post.

@hailbytes/mcp-server-template is the opinionated TypeScript scaffold I use when I need to ship an MCP server that an enterprise will actually run. It comes with:

Auth — pluggable middleware for API keys, OAuth, and JWT