Eyes before hands — ship a read-only MCP stack first

Write-capable MCP demos die in security review. Start with Discovery, docs, screenshots, and read-only DB access — then add hands with a named owner.

Source: Influzer.ai

Eyes before hands. The default MCP pilot still wires GitHub-write and a database connector in week one, then freezes when security asks what the agent can mutate. Flip the order.

Ship a read-only stack first: Influzer Discovery (search, not install), docs lookup, screenshot/capture MCP, a DB read role or replica, and repo-scoped read. That answers Monday questions without a write exception. Add one hand later — draft PR, sandbox ticket — only when the eyes are already in daily use and the allowlist row exists in git.

Full starter stack, demoware filter, and 90-minute rollout: Eyes before hands.