Cloudflare opens private origins to WAF, caching, and Workers
Source
blog.cloudflare.com
Author
Cloudflare
Date
Why it matters
AI agentAn AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.Full definition → backends and MCPThe Model Context Protocol — an open standard that lets any AI assistant plug into any tool or data source without custom integration code.Full definition → servers can now sit behind Cloudflare WAF, bot management, caching, and Workers while keeping private IPs and no inbound firewall exceptions. Setup is a proxied DNS record with private_routing set.
Terms in this piece · Glossary
AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
MCP — The Model Context Protocol — an open standard that lets any AI assistant plug into any tool or data source without custom integration code.