Strata

About Strata

Strata is an MCP server that guides AI agents through thousands of tools across multiple apps using a progressive, hierarchical flow. It reduces context overload and helps agents pick the right integration and action to complete complex, multi-app workflows.

Review

Strata addresses a persistent pain point for agent builders: too many tools and too much context can cause poor tool choice and high token costs. By steering agents from intent to integration to specific actions, Strata aims to make multi-app automation more reliable and efficient.

Key Features

• Progressive routing: Intent → Integration → Categories → Actions → Execute, which narrows choices step by step.
• Large coverage: Built to handle thousands of tools and integrations rather than being limited to a few dozen.
• Performance improvements: Demonstrated higher pass@1 rates on benchmarks (+15.2% vs an official GitHub server and +13.4% vs an official Notion server) and 83%+ accuracy on human evaluations for complex workflows.
• Extensible API and MCP support: Supports custom external MCP servers so teams can add private or third-party integrations.
• Open-source and self-hosting options available for teams that prefer control over deployment.

Pricing and Value

Strata offers free options and provides an initial credit ($200 credit noted) to get started. Its value proposition centers on reducing token usage and choice paralysis for agents, which can lower runtime costs and improve success rates on multi-step tasks. The open-source and self-hosting options add flexibility for teams that want to run the server internally or customize integrations.

Pros

• Clear, stepwise approach reduces tool choice overload and helps agents make targeted calls.
• Proven benchmark gains and strong human-eval accuracy for complex workflows.
• Supports many integrations and allows adding custom MCP servers via API.
• Open-source availability and self-hosting enable customization and on-prem deployment.

Cons

• Early-stage launch means ecosystem maturity, community tooling, and third-party integrations may still be growing.
• Routing through an additional server layer can introduce architectural complexity and may require evaluation for latency and operational overhead in specific deployments.
• Documentation and support will be important as teams add bespoke integrations; expect some setup effort for larger, custom environments.

Strata is best suited for teams building multi-app AI agents that need scalable tool coverage and more deterministic action selection. It's a good fit for developer teams, platform engineers, and product teams who want to reduce token costs and increase success rates on complex automations while retaining the option to self-host and extend integrations.