Neural Concept launches MCP Bridge for CAD and simulation agents
Neural Concept launched MCP Bridge for its customers, allowing agents to operate CATIA, NX, ANSA, HyperMesh and Abaqus. Built on MCP, it connects CAD, meshing and simulation workflows across Windows workstations and Linux clusters.
MiniMax releases M3.1 Flash through its API and coding products
MiniMax M3.1 Flash is available through the MiniMax API, M Plan and MiniMax Code, with model weights to follow. Listed prices per million tokens are $0.15 for input, $0.60 for output and $0.015 for cached input.
MCP reference servers v2.0.0 add modern protocol support
The MCP reference servers now support protocol 2026-07-28 while retaining legacy-client compatibility. The v2.0.0 release raises the four TypeScript servers' minimum to Node 24 and publishes Fetch, Git and Time as 2026.10.19.
GitHub deprecated Gemini 3.7 Flash, GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4, GPT-5.4 mini, GPT-5 mini and Grok 4.5 across most Copilot experiences on October 19, 2026. Enterprise administrators may need to enable replacement models through model policies.
Cloudflare's API MCP server adds on-demand authorization scopes
Cloudflare's API MCP server now requests additional scopes when a tool needs them, while retaining permissions already granted. The feature is available in MCP clients that support step-up authorization.
Cloudflare previews Clairic for typed data extraction
Cloudflare introduced Clairic in preview on Workers AI, returning typed field values from supplied state and a schema. Pricing is $0.10 per million input tokens, with no output-token charge.
Claude Code v2.1.304 adds guided auto-mode setup and security checks
Claude Code v2.1.304 adds guided auto-mode setup using the project and recent sessions. It also adds a command that compares Managed Agents settings with Anthropic's security guide without changing them.