Remote proxy for Model Context Protocol, allowing local-only clients to connect to remote servers using oAuth
MCP MCP server is a hosted integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. Remote proxy for Model Context Protocol, allowing local-only clients to connect to remote servers using oAuth.
Connect an MCP Client that only supports local (stdio) servers to a Remote MCP Server, with auth support:
Being a remote server, there is no local install. You register the endpoint with your client, authorise it once, and the tools appear.
Once MCP is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
Flags — You can specify multiple --ignore-tool flags to ignore different patterns. Examples: - delete* - ignores all tools starting with "delete" (e.gCursor — Official Docs. The configuration file is located at ~/.cursor/mcp.jsonWindsurf — Official Docs. The configuration file is located at ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.jsonYou will need 7 environment variables: AUTH_TOKEN, AUTH_HEADER, HTTPS_PROXY, NO_PROXY, NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS, MCP_REMOTE_CLIENT_ID, MCP_REMOTE_CLIENT_SECRET. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. MCP's toolset — Flags, Cursor, Windsurf — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by geelen; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
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| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Flags | You can specify multiple --ignore-tool flags to ignore different patterns. Examples: - delete* - ignores all tools starting with "delete" (e.g., deleteTask, deleteUser) - *account - ignores all tools ending with "account |
| Cursor | [Official Docs](https://docs.cursor.com/context/model-context-protocol). The configuration file is located at ~/.cursor/mcp.json. |
| Windsurf | [Official Docs](https://docs.codeium.com/windsurf/mcp). The configuration file is located at ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"remote-example": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://remote.mcp.server/sse"
]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| AUTH_TOKEN | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| AUTH_HEADER | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| HTTPS_PROXY | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| NO_PROXY | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| MCP_REMOTE_CLIENT_ID | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| MCP_REMOTE_CLIENT_SECRET | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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