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ContextForge MCP Gateway
Open source registry and proxy from IBM that federates MCP servers, A2A agents and REST/gRPC APIs behind one MCP-compliant endpoint with auth, rate limiting, observability and an admin UI. It runs locally from mcp-contextforge-gateway (pypi); the notes below cover how it authenticates.
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Install
Generic
uvx --from mcp-contextforge-gateway mcpgateway --host 0.0.0.0 --port 4444Notes and caveats
- A gateway rather than a product-specific server; tools are whatever upstream servers and APIs it federates. stdio is available for server-side use.
- License shown via the repo badge (GitHub API not reachable in this pass).
- From IBM's official catalog (github.com/IBM/mcp), the GDP and GCM servers were excluded as unmaintained MVPs, and the Storage Insights and Power Virtual Server repos were excluded because they state they are not officially supported by IBM; HashiCorp, DataStax, Docling and Langflow servers listed there belong to separate projects.
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FAQ
What does the ContextForge MCP Gateway do?
Open source registry and proxy from IBM that federates MCP servers, A2A agents and REST/gRPC APIs behind one MCP-compliant endpoint with auth, rate limiting, observability and an admin UI.
How do I add the ContextForge MCP Gateway to an MCP client?
Use uvx --from mcp-contextforge-gateway mcpgateway --host 0.0.0.0 --port 4444, copied from IBM's docs.
Does the ContextForge MCP Gateway need authentication?
It uses a scheme other than OAuth or an API key, such as the session of the app or instance it runs in; the notes on this page describe it. Transport: Streamable HTTP, SSE, stdio. Status: Unlabelled, last checked October 17, 2026.
Sources
Last verified against 3 IBM pages, then re-checked independently.
- raw.githubusercontent.comhttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/IBM/mcp-context-forge/main/README.md
- pypi.orghttps://pypi.org/pypi/mcp-contextforge-gateway/json
- raw.githubusercontent.comhttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/IBM/mcp/main/README.md
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