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ContextForge MCP Gateway

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Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
HOSTNoBind address for the app127.0.0.1
PORTNoPort the server listens on4444
APP_NAMENoGateway / OpenAPI titleMCP Gateway
MCP_AUTHNoBearer token used by mcpgateway.wrapper for authentication
DATABASE_URLNoSQLAlchemy connection URL (e.g., sqlite:///./mcp.db or postgresql+psycopg://user:password@localhost:5432/mcp)sqlite:///./mcp.db
JWT_SECRET_KEYNoSecret key used to sign JWT tokens for API accessmy-test-key
MCP_SERVER_URLNoThe URL of the virtual server to connect to (used by mcpgateway.wrapper)
BASIC_AUTH_USERNoUsername for Admin UI login and HTTP Basic authenticationadmin
BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORDNoPassword for Admin UI login and HTTP Basic authenticationchangeme
PLATFORM_ADMIN_EMAILNoEmail for bootstrap platform admin user (auto-created with admin privileges)admin@example.com
MCPGATEWAY_UI_ENABLEDNoEnable the interactive Admin dashboardfalse
MCP_TOOL_CALL_TIMEOUTNoTool call timeout in seconds for the wrapper120
AUTH_ENCRYPTION_SECRETNoPassphrase used to derive AES key for encrypting tool auth headersmy-test-salt
PLATFORM_ADMIN_PASSWORDNoPassword for bootstrap platform admin userchangeme
PLATFORM_ADMIN_FULL_NAMENoFull name for bootstrap platform admin userPlatform Administrator
MCPGATEWAY_ADMIN_API_ENABLEDNoEnable API endpoints for admin operationsfalse

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription

No tools

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription

No resources

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