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MCP server operator prioritized agent UX over payment

MCP server operator prioritized agent UX over payment enforcement by making discovery/health checks free and improving error handling for payment failures.

Updated: 5/30/2026

An AI agent tried to pay our MCP server last night. It failed. So we fixed the important part: Not the payment rule. The agent experience. Discovery is free. Health checks are free. Paid tools still require x402. Malformed payment headers now return machine-readable retry Source: https://x.com/feedoracle/status/2048732282567983418

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