Other Clients

MCPGate exposes a standard MCP Streamable HTTP endpoint at https://api.mcpgate.sh/mcp. OAuth-capable clients connect with just the URL; clients without OAuth support use a Bearer token header with your API key.

VS Code Copilot#

VS Code 1.99+ with GitHub Copilot supports MCP servers natively. Create a .vscode/mcp.json file in your project root:

{
  "servers": {
    "mcpgate": {
      "url": "https://api.mcpgate.sh/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code will prompt you to authenticate with MCPGate via OAuth the first time you use the server.

Windsurf#

Windsurf does not yet support OAuth for MCP servers. Use a Bearer token header with your MCPGate API key instead. Edit ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcpgate": {
      "serverUrl": "https://api.mcpgate.sh/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer mgw_YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Continue.dev#

Add MCPGate to your Continue config file at .continue/config.yaml:

mcpServers:
  - name: mcpgate
    type: streamable-http
    url: https://api.mcpgate.sh/mcp

Continue supports OAuth — it will prompt you to authenticate with MCPGate in your browser on first use.

Cody (Sourcegraph)#

Cody currently supports stdio transport only and cannot connect to remote HTTP MCP servers like MCPGate. Check the Cody documentation for updates on remote MCP support.

General Requirements#

Your client must support the MCP Streamable HTTP transport. Clients that only support stdio transport (local processes) cannot connect to MCPGate directly.

Connecting via the MCP TypeScript SDK#

If you are building a custom integration using the official MCP TypeScript SDK:

import { Client } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js'
import { StreamableHTTPClientTransport } from '@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/streamableHttp.js'

const client = new Client({ name: 'my-app', version: '1.0.0' }, {})

const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL('https://api.mcpgate.sh/mcp'),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer mgw_YOUR_API_KEY' }
    }
  }
)

await client.connect(transport)

const tools = await client.listTools()
console.log(tools)

The same pattern works with the Python MCP SDK using the streamablehttp transport module.

Troubleshooting#

If your client cannot connect, verify that it is attempting to reach the endpoint over HTTPS (not HTTP) and that it sends a proper MCP initialize request. Some older clients implement an earlier version of the MCP transport spec and may need an update. Check the MCPGate Activity log — even failed connection attempts are recorded with error details.