diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/v2_egress.py b/litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/v2_egress.py
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+"""v2 MCP egress transport (the chokepoint): scaffolding.
+
+This phase makes v2 own the upstream MCP connection. When ``LITELLM_USE_V2_MCP_EGRESS`` is enabled,
+a v2 manager (built in later steps) implements the handler-facing egress surface via an
+``UpstreamConnection`` that attaches ``resolve()``'s ``httpx.Auth`` plus resolved static/env-var
+headers directly to the SDK client, replacing v1's ``_create_mcp_client`` and the
+``resolve_mcp_auth`` header graft.
+
+Step 1 lands only the flag and the egress contract (``MCPEgressManager``). The implementation
+(``UpstreamConnection``, the static-headers resolver, the per-user token bridges,
+``MCPServerManagerV2``) arrives in later steps; the contract grows with the surface as it is
+implemented (call_tool/dispatch and the reused registry/RBAC lookups are added when the v2 manager
+is assembled). The CLI flag wiring lands at the cutover step.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import os
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Dict, List, Optional, Protocol, Union
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from mcp import ReadResourceResult, Resource
+    from mcp.types import GetPromptResult, Prompt
+    from mcp.types import Tool as MCPTool
+    from pydantic import AnyUrl
+
+    from litellm.proxy._types import UserAPIKeyAuth
+    from litellm.types.mcp_server.mcp_server_manager import MCPServer
+
+_V2_EGRESS_ENV_FLAG = "LITELLM_USE_V2_MCP_EGRESS"
+
+
+def v2_egress_enabled() -> bool:
+    """True when v2 owns the MCP egress transport (set via the env flag)."""
+    return os.getenv(_V2_EGRESS_ENV_FLAG, "").strip().lower() in (
+        "1",
+        "true",
+        "yes",
+        "on",
+    )
+
+
+class MCPEgressManager(Protocol):
+    """The per-server egress operations the inbound handler invokes on the manager.
+
+    v1's ``MCPServerManager`` satisfies this today; ``MCPServerManagerV2`` (later steps) will
+    implement it via the ``UpstreamConnection``. Registry/RBAC lookups
+    (``get_allowed_mcp_servers``, ``get_registry``, ...) are reused from v1 and are intentionally
+    not part of this egress contract; ``call_tool``/dispatch is added when the v2 manager is
+    assembled.
+    """
+
+    async def _get_tools_from_server(
+        self,
+        server: MCPServer,
+        mcp_auth_header: Optional[Union[str, Dict[str, str]]] = None,
+        extra_headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+        add_prefix: bool = True,
+        raw_headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+        user_api_key_auth: Optional[UserAPIKeyAuth] = None,
+    ) -> List[MCPTool]: ...
+
+    async def get_prompts_from_server(
+        self,
+        server: MCPServer,
+        mcp_auth_header: Optional[Union[str, Dict[str, str]]] = None,
+        extra_headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+        add_prefix: bool = True,
+        raw_headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+    ) -> List[Prompt]: ...
+
+    async def get_resources_from_server(
+        self,
+        server: MCPServer,
+        mcp_auth_header: Optional[Union[str, Dict[str, str]]] = None,
+        extra_headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+        add_prefix: bool = True,
+        raw_headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+    ) -> List[Resource]: ...
+
+    async def read_resource_from_server(
+        self,
+        server: MCPServer,
+        url: AnyUrl,
+        mcp_auth_header: Optional[Union[str, Dict[str, str]]] = None,
+        extra_headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+        raw_headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+    ) -> ReadResourceResult: ...
+
+    async def get_prompt_from_server(
+        self,
+        server: MCPServer,
+        prompt_name: str,
+        arguments: Optional[Dict[str, object]] = None,
+        mcp_auth_header: Optional[Union[str, Dict[str, str]]] = None,
+        extra_headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+        raw_headers: Optional[Dict[str, str]] = None,
+    ) -> GetPromptResult: ...
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_v2_egress.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/test_v2_egress.py
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+"""Tests for the v2 MCP egress transport scaffolding (the flag)."""
+
+import pytest
+
+from litellm.proxy._experimental.mcp_server.v2_egress import v2_egress_enabled
+
+FLAG = "LITELLM_USE_V2_MCP_EGRESS"
+
+
+def test_egress_flag_off_by_default(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.delenv(FLAG, raising=False)
+    assert v2_egress_enabled() is False
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("value", ["1", "true", "TRUE", "Yes", "on"])
+def test_egress_flag_truthy_values(monkeypatch, value):
+    monkeypatch.setenv(FLAG, value)
+    assert v2_egress_enabled() is True
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("value", ["0", "false", "no", "", "  "])
+def test_egress_flag_falsey_values(monkeypatch, value):
+    monkeypatch.setenv(FLAG, value)
+    assert v2_egress_enabled() is False