mcp-gateway MCP Server

MCP (Model Context Protocol) Gateway can translate MCP tool callings to traditional HTTP API requests. It can provide a configurable way to get existing HTTP API to MCP territory.

Local serverstdio

What is the mcp-gateway MCP Server?

mcp-gateway is an MCP project maintained in the timandes/mcp-gateway repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “MCP (Model Context Protocol) Gateway can translate MCP tool callings to traditional HTTP API requests. It can provide a configurable way to get existing HTTP…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using uv. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

Recorded tools

Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.

Tool	What it does
Item	Description
args	Arguments of tool (Function arguments).
requestTemplate	Request mapping to target HTTP API.
responseTemplate	Response mapping for response of target HTTP API.
method	HTTP method
url	Target HTTP API url template
headers	HTTP headers
key	Header key
value	Header value template
body	Response body template

How to install the mcp-gateway MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-gateway": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "mcp-gateway",
        "--transport=stdio"
      ]
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.