World Congress 2026 Europe • Jul 9, 2026 • Session details

Contract Testing with MCP: Building Self-Describing, Self-Testing APIs

Stop discovering breaking API changes during production incidents. Learn how the Model Context Protocol creates self-testing APIs that instantly block incompatible pull requests before they merge.

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#1 about 4 min

Scaling engineering teams using internal developer platforms

Centralizing infrastructure management and code templates accelerates new service deployment capabilities.

#2 about 5 min

Identifying the risks of static API documentation

Relying on manually updated contracts causes silent production failures across interdependent microservices.

#3 about 3 min

Using Model Context Protocol for self-testing APIs

Exposing runtime metadata via a standardized protocol enables services to auto-generate compatibility checks.

#4 about 5 min

Architecting automated contract validation in continuous integration

Integrating intent-driven CI gates with agentic verification automatically blocks merging incompatible schema alterations.

#5 about 4 min

Integrating provider and consumer services using Backstage

Defining explicit downstream dependencies during project scaffolding establishes a synchronized baseline for active monitoring.

#6 about 4 min

Preventing code deployments containing unsafe API modifications

Intelligent assistants intercept non-compliant schema iterations to halt continuous delivery pipelines and propose mitigations.

#7 about 10 min

Exploring the AI contract testing assistant inside Backstage

Aggregating sub-agent capabilities inside internal web portals visualizes project topologies and historic validation logs.

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Core concepts and advantages of the Model Context Protocol

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Treating AI tools as standard governed enterprise capabilities

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Integrating Model Context Protocol for non-technical users

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Origin and purpose of the Model Context Protocol

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Generating test suites rapidly with Model Context Protocol

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Standardizing agent interactions with the Web MCP proposal

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