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.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add --transport http cortex-gateway https://mcp.cortex-gateway.dev/mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.cortex-gateway]
url = "https://mcp.cortex-gateway.dev/mcp"
# codex mcp add cortex-gateway --url https://mcp.cortex-gateway.dev/mcp~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"cortex-gateway": {
"url": "https://mcp.cortex-gateway.dev/mcp"
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"cortex-gateway": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.cortex-gateway.dev/mcp"
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"cortex-gateway": {
"httpUrl": "https://mcp.cortex-gateway.dev/mcp"
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json · Customize › Connectors › Add custom connector
{
"mcpServers": {
"cortex-gateway": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.cortex-gateway.dev/mcp"
]
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"cortex-gateway": {
"url": "https://mcp.cortex-gateway.dev/mcp"
}
}
}