Federated MCP gateway: one OAuth 2.1-protected, spec-compliant MCP server in front of all your apps. Backends stay plain HTTP (~120-line contract) or proxied native MCP servers with a per-user token vault. Scope-filtered tools, live discovery, audit trail. Give agents curated, governed access to your whole stack — one URL, one token.

Quick Install

Copy the config for your editor. Some servers may need additional setup — check the README.

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cortex-gateway": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "wellknownmcp/cortex-gateway"
      ]
    }
  }
}

README Excerpt

**A federated MCP gateway: one spec-compliant, OAuth-protected MCP server in front of N plain-HTTP backends.** Your business apps stay ordinary web services. Each one exposes a single `POST /api/cortex/backend` endpoint (a ~120-line contract, no MCP library, no stdio). The gateway discovers their tools, merges them into one MCP catalog,

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CORTEX_ALLOWED_ORIGINSCORTEX_CANONICAL_URICORTEX_DATABASE_URLCORTEX_TECHNICAL_TOKENCORTEX_TICKET_WEBHOOK_URLCORTEX_WEBSITE_URLOAUTH_ISSUER

Topics

ai-agentsfederationgatewaymcpmodel-context-protocoloauth2

cortex-gateway

Quick Install

README Excerpt

Tools (7)

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