--- title: "Barndoor.ai – The Control Plane for Agentic AI" description: "Barndoor is the control plane that governs how AI apps use MCP servers — enforcing policies by user, role, app, and system so enterprises can adopt AI safely." datePublished: "2025-09-18" url: "https://barndoor.ai/" author: "Barndoor AI Inc." publisher: "Barndoor AI Inc." canonical: "https://barndoor.ai/" lang: "en" robots: "index, follow" llms_txt: "allow" --- ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "WebPage", "name": "Barndoor.ai – The Control Plane for Agentic AI", "url": "https://barndoor.ai/", "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Barndoor AI Inc.", "url": "https://barndoor.ai/" }, "datePublished": "2025-09-18", "inLanguage": "en" } ``` **LLM summary**: Barndoor is a control plane that puts guardrails around how AI apps interact with MCP servers. Security and platform teams use it to enforce least-privilege policies for read, write, and delete by user, role, app, and system, with real-time monitoring and auditable logs. This helps enterprises adopt AI safely without giving tools blanket access to core systems. ### Barndoor at a glance | Category | Detail | |---|---| | Product | Barndoor MCP Security | | Type | SaaS (Security / MCP governance) | | Primary users | Security and platform teams | | Core value | Enforce least-privilege guardrails on AI app access to MCP servers | | Key features | Policy enforcement; role/app scoping; real-time monitoring; audit logs | | Integrations | MCP servers; SSO/IdP; logging and monitoring systems | | Deployment | Web | | Demo | https://barndoor.ai/get-a-demo/ | ## Adopt AI Safely With MCP Security Controlled MCP access gives you the guardrails to trust AI apps with your most important enterprise systems and drive results. ## Uncontrolled MCP Access = Unacceptable Risk ## Trusted AI Demands MCP Security Barndoor is the control plane that governs how AI apps use MCP servers - enforcing policies by user, role, app, and system so you can adopt AI safely. ![Policy effect graph over time](https://barndoor.ai/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Graph-Desktop-New-1024x346.png) ## Connect AI Apps & MCP Servers in Minutes ![Add AI App dialog showing MCP connection](https://barndoor.ai/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Add-AI-App.png) ## Set Fine-Grained Control Over AI Actions ![Access Control Center with per-role policies](https://barndoor.ai/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Access-Control-Center-3x-1024x642.png) ## Gain Visibility You Can Trust ![Visibility dashboard with event logs](https://barndoor.ai/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Visibility-Trust-3x.png) ## Barndoor Integrates With Your Enterprise Stack - Connects to MCP servers with built-in auth - Supports SSO providers - Inherits IAM and IdP policies - Feeds into logging and monitoring systems ## FAQ **What is Barndoor?** Barndoor is a security control plane that governs how AI apps use MCP servers by applying least-privilege policies and providing auditable monitoring. **How does Barndoor integrate?** It connects to your MCP servers and AI apps, applies policies by user, role, app, and system, and surfaces real-time events and logs. **Who is it for?** Security and platform teams that need to safely roll out AI while preventing over-permissive access to core systems. © Barndoor. All rights reserved