mcp-server

Simplify APIs with mcp-context-forge

Name: Simplify APIs with mcp-context-forge
Author: IBM

Unify endpoint management for MCP, A2A, or REST/gRPC APIs. For founders needing centralized discovery and control, with 4.0k+ GitHub stars.

From the repo · “An AI Gateway, registry, and proxy that sits in front of any MCP, A2A, or REST/gRPC APIs, exposing a unified endpoint with centralized discovery, guardrails and management. Optimizes Agent & Tool calling, and supports plugins.”

4,674 stars+44★ this week936 forksPythonGuide quality 8/10 · reviewed Jul 3Updated 10/21/2026100% free · open source

What it does

mcp-context-forge unifies endpoint management for MCP, A2A, or REST/gRPC APIs, providing centralized discovery and control

When to use it

•You have multiple MCP, A2A, or REST/gRPC APIs and need a single point of management
•You want to optimize Agent & Tool calling and support plugins for your APIs
•You require guardrails and management for your APIs, with a unified endpoint

Ready-to-paste prompt

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"api": "my-mcp-api", "method": "GET", "path": "/users"}' http://localhost:8080/v1/call

Heads up: Ensure you have Python 3.7 or later installed, as mcp-context-forge requires this version to run

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/mcp-context-forge && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/mcp-context-forge/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/mcp-context-forge/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How Simplify APIs with mcp-context-forge works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

Simplify APIs with mcp-context-forge is a very large Python project (~299k lines across 707 code files, plus 1062 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, Apache-2.0 license, has a test suite.

Size

Very large codebase

~299k lines · 707 code files · days to read — use, don't read

Setup

Developer setup

A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.

Runs on

Python · Docker

Needs API keys (.env)

Python 85%JavaScript 7%HTML 3%Rust 2%Makefile 1%

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
AGENTS.md
The instructions the AI actually follows
3
mcpgateway/cli.py
Where the program starts running
4
Cargo.toml
Dependencies and the commands it exposes
5
.env.example
The API keys and settings you must provide

What's in each folder

plugins/Sub-packages / plugins262 files

docs/Documentation353 files

mcpgateway/Folder667 files

mcp-servers/Folder153 files

charts/Folder72 files

scripts/Helper scripts35 files

infra/Deployment / infrastructure28 files

crates/Folder17 files

READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksDocker readyApache-2.0 licenseUpdated this month

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/mcp-context-forge && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/mcp-context-forge/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/mcp-context-forge/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

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Details

Creator

IBM

Language

Python