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MCP Context Forge
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.…
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Read full README on GitHub →ContextForge
An open source registry and proxy that federates MCP, A2A, and REST/gRPC APIs with centralized governance, discovery, and observability. Optimizes Agent & Tool calling, and supports plugins.
ContextForge is an open source registry and proxy that federates tools, agents, and APIs into one clean endpoint for your AI clients. It provides centralized governance, discovery, and observability across your AI infrastructure:
- Tools Gateway — MCP, REST, gRPC-to-MCP translation, and TOON compression
- Agent Gateway — A2A protocol, OpenAI-compatible and Anthropic agent routing
- API Gateway — Rate limiting, auth, retries, and reverse proxy for REST services
- Plugin Extensibility — 40+ plugins for additional transports, protocols, and integrations
- Observability — OpenTelemetry tracing with Phoenix, Jaeger, Zipkin, and other OTLP backends
It runs as a fully compliant MCP server, deployable via PyPI or Docker, and scales to multi-cluster environments on Kubernetes with Redis-backed federation and caching.
Table of Contents
- Overview & Goals
- Quick Start - PyPI
- Quick Start - Containers
- VS Code Dev Container
- Installation
- Upgrading
- Configuration
- Running
- Cloud Deployment
- API Reference
- Testing
- Project Structure
- Development
- Troubleshooting
- Contributing
📌 Quick Links
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| 5-Minute Setup | Get started fast — uvx, Docker, Compose, or local dev |
| Getting Help | Support options, FAQ, community channels |
| Issue Guide | How to file bugs, request features, contribute |
| Full Documentation | Complete guides, tutorials, API reference |
| Deprecations | Deprecated runtime paths and migration guidance |
Overview & Goals
ContextForge is an open source registry and proxy that federates any Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, A2A server, or REST/gRPC API, providing centralized governance, discovery, and observability. It optimizes agent and tool calling, and supports plugins. See the project roadmap for more details.
It currently supports:
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