mcp-context-forge

IBM open-source MCP gateway and registry that federates any MCP server, REST API, or gRPC service behind a single endpoint with auth, rate-limiting, and OpenTelemetry tracing. Agents connect to one URL and reach all registered tools through 40+ plugins.

Connects to: MCP, A2A, REST, gRPC, OpenAI, Anthropic · · Apache-2.0 3,994★

Use it with an AI agent

Loadbay is an MCP server, so an agent can search the catalog and find this harness:

claude mcp add --transport http loadbay https://loadbay.xyz/api/mcp

• Source: https://github.com/ibm/mcp-context-forge
• This harness as JSON: /api/harnesses/mcp-context-forge
• Agent setup: /setup.md
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