Coinbase builds read-only Temporal MCP server

This is a textbook case for MCP, demonstrating how specialized infrastructure data can be brought into an AI's context window without custom UIs.

• –Bridges the gap between the IDE and the Temporal Web UI, eliminating context switching for complex distributed debugging.
• –High internal adoption at Coinbase (14,000+ calls) validates the "chat-with-your-infra" workflow for enterprise engineering teams.
• –Built on the FastMCP Python framework, showing the low barrier to entry for extending AI editors with domain-specific tools.
• –Read-only operations ensure a safe "look-don't-touch" experience while still providing deep visibility into workflow history and status.
• –Effectively turns the AI assistant into an SRE partner that can explain failures in plain English.