Build MCP connections in days. Keep every one of them governed.
Axiom studies the systems you already run, generates the MCP server for each, and ships it with least-privilege limits, approvals and an audit trail already attached. Governance is not added after the build. It is how the connection is generated.
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Hand-written servers are cheapest at three connections and costliest at three hundred
Every MCP server someone writes by hand has to be reviewed on its own: what it can reach, what it can change, who approves. Review effort grows with the count. Generated servers start from the same governed templates, so only the exceptions need a person. Set your own numbers and see where the lines cross.
The defaults are placeholders we chose to show the shape. Replace them with your own review times. Below the crossover, hand-written servers are the cheaper route, and we say so.
A generated connector cannot go live on its own
Most gateways govern servers that people wrote and reviewed. Axiom writes the servers, so the first thing it has to secure is its own output. Each stage below has to be passed, in order, by a named person or rule.
Same protocol, different starting point
| Hand-written servers behind a generic gateway | Axiom: generated servers with governance attached | |
|---|---|---|
| Where a new connection starts | Someone writes the server, then someone writes the policy for it. | You describe the process. The server and a least-privilege policy are drafted together. |
| Default permission | Whatever the author exposed. | Read-only in a sandbox until a named person promotes it. |
| What a reviewer reads | The code of each server. | The policy and a diff of what changed since the last approved version. |
| Controls by business process | Built per team, by hand. | Templates per process (payables, reimbursement, reporting). |
| Proof for the auditor | Gateway logs, joined to other systems by hand. | One record per call: role, rule, amount, approver, outcome. |
Questions people ask first
How long does a connection take to build?
We have not published a time. The pilot measures how long it takes from a plain-English description to a first sandbox run on your system, and we report the number we measure.
Who writes the connection to our old software?
Axiom drafts it from the way the system is used. It starts read-only in a sandbox on sample data, and a person on your side reviews the changes before anything is promoted. If a system cannot be reached safely, we say so before starting.
Are generated connectors safe to run?
They are meant to start with the least access, need a named person to promote them, and run under the same checks, limits and audit trail as any other server. These stages are design goals, listed with their status on the security page.
Does it work with Claude Desktop and Cursor?
Yes. Axiom presents itself as a standard MCP endpoint, so a client points at Axiom the way it would point at any MCP server.
Do we need engineers to use it?
Someone on your side confirms what Axiom found and approves the first runs. You describe the process in plain words. Writing integration code is not part of that.
Bring one process. Leave with the connection design and its controls.
In 20 minutes we map one process to the tools it needs and what each connector may do. You get a written summary either way.