Ep 24: MCP Orchestration — Multi-Server Management, Routing & Health Checks

⏱ Est. reading time: 6 min Updated on 4/9/2026

Managing Many MCP Servers

With 10+ MCP Servers (GitHub, Slack, CRM, RAG...), you need unified management.

graph TB
    subgraph "Orchestration Layer"
        Registry["📋 Server Registry (Data Table)"]
        Health["💓 Health Checks (Schedule)"]
        Router["🔀 Smart Routing"]
    end
    Registry & Health & Router --> S1[GitHub] & S2[Slack] & S3[PostgreSQL] & S4[RAG]
    style Registry fill:#6366f1,stroke:#4f46e5,color:#fff

1. Health Check Workflow

graph TB
    Schedule[⏰ Every 5 min] --> Read[Read Registry]
    Read --> Loop[Loop Over Servers]
    Loop --> Ping[GET /healthz]
    Ping --> Check{OK?}
    Check -->|"✅"| Healthy[Status: healthy]
    Check -->|"❌ 3x fail"| Alert[🚨 Slack Alert → Status: down]
    style Alert fill:#ef4444,stroke:#dc2626,color:#fff

2. Dynamic Agent Config

// Only connect to healthy servers
const healthyServers = $('Data Table').all()
  .filter(s => s.json.status === 'healthy');
// Agent never stalls on a downed server

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