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Feature Flag

A feature flag is a technique that allows developers to enable or disable functionality in production without deploying new code.

Feature flags are the primary mechanism for rolling out new tools or agent capabilities incrementally. They allow you to test a new MCP tool with a small percentage of users, monitor its performance via observability metrics, and roll it back instantly if issues arise—without requiring a full redeployment of the host application.

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