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Smithery to end connection management services Oct 31, 2026

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Smithery will cease its connection management services on October 31, 2026, impacting its run.tools and server.smithery.ai proxy endpoints, managed identity, and CLI/SDK tools. Users connecting to BlockVectra through Smithery must update their clients to point directly to BlockVectra's MCP endpoint. The announcement provides specific instructions for updating clients, including using JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST and verifying connections through tool listings and documentation reads. AI

IMPACT Developers using Smithery to connect to BlockVectra must update their integrations by October 2026.

RANK_REASON Announcement of a service discontinuation impacting specific vendor integrations.

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Smithery to end connection management services Oct 31, 2026

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 English(EN) · BlockVectra ·

    Smithery's October 2026 Change: Point BlockVectra MCP Directly

    <p>Smithery has announced that on October 31, 2026, it will stop connection management. According to its <a href="https://smithery.ai/future" rel="noopener noreferrer">official announcement</a>, that change covers the <code>run.tools</code> and <code>server.smithery.ai</code> pro…

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