Integrations
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🚀 Interactive Demo avialable here: https://centralmind.ai
What is Centralmind/Gateway
Simple way to expose your database to AI-Agent via MCP or OpenAPI 3.1 protocols.
This will run for you an API:
Which you can use inside your AI Agent:
Gateway will generate AI optimized API.
Why Centralmind/Gateway
AI agents and LLM-powered applications need fast, secure access to data. We're building an API layer that automatically generates secure, LLM-optimized APIs for your structured data.
- Quickly start with MCP or OpenAPI, or use Direct/Raw SQL APIs
- Filters out PII and sensitive data to ensure compliance with GDPR, CPRA, SOC 2, and other regulations
- Adds traceability and auditing capabilities, ensuring AI applications aren't black boxes and allowing security teams to maintain control
- Optimized for AI workloads: supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP) with enhanced metadata to help AI agents understand APIs, along with built-in caching and security features
It can be useful during development, when an LLM needs to create, adjust, or query data from your database. In analytical scenarios, it enables you to chat with your database or data warehouse. Enrich your AI agents with data from your database using remote function/tool calling.
Features
- ⚡ Automatic API Generation – Creates APIs automatically using LLM based on table schema and sampled data
- 🗄️ Structured Database Support – Supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, ClickHouse, Snowflake, MSSQL, BigQuery, Oracle Database, SQLite, ElasticSearch
- 🌍 Multiple Protocol Support – Provides APIs as REST or MCP Server including SSE mode
- 📜 API Documentation – Auto-generated Swagger documentation and OpenAPI 3.1.0 specification
- 🔒 PII Protection – Implements regex plugin or Microsoft Presidio plugin for PII and sensitive data redaction
- ⚡ Flexible Configuration – Easily extensible via YAML configuration and plugin system
- 🐳 Deployment Options – Run as a binary or Docker container with ready-to-use Helm chart
- 🤖 Multiple AI Providers Support - Support for OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon Bedrock, Google Gemini & Google VertexAI
- 📦 Local & On-Premises – Support for self-hosted LLMs through configurable AI endpoints and models
- 🔑 Row-Level Security (RLS) – Fine-grained data access control using Lua scripts
- 🔐 Authentication Options – Built-in support for API keys and OAuth
- 👀 Comprehensive Monitoring – Integration with OpenTelemetry (OTel) for request tracking and audit trails
- 🏎️ Performance Optimization – Implements time-based and LRU caching strategies
How it Works
1. Connect & Discover
Gateway connects to your structured databases like PostgreSQL and automatically analyzes the schema and data samples to generate an optimized API structure based on your prompt. LLM is used only on discovery stage to produce API configuration. The tool uses AI Providers to generate the API configuration while ensuring security through PII detection.
2. Deploy
Gateway supports multiple deployment options from standalone binary, docker or Kubernetes. Check our launching guide for detailed instructions. The system uses YAML configuration and plugins for easy customization.
3. Use & Integrate
Access your data through REST APIs or Model Context Protocol (MCP) with built-in security features. Gateway seamlessly integrates with AI models and applications like LangChain, OpenAI and Claude Desktop using function calling or Cursor through MCP. You can also setup telemetry to local or remote destination in otel format.
Documentation
Getting Started
- Quickstart Guide
- Installation Instructions
- API Generation Guide
- API Launch Guide
Additional Resources
- ChatGPT Integration Guide
- Database Connector Documentation
- Plugin Documentation
How to Build
API Generation
Gateway uses LLM models to generate your API configuration. Follow these steps:
- Choose one of our supported AI providers:
- OpenAI and all OpenAI-compatible providers
- Anthropic
- Amazon Bedrock
- Google Vertex AI (Anthropic)
- Google Gemini
Google Gemini provides a generous free tier. You can obtain an API key by visiting Google AI Studio:
Once logged in, you can create an API key in the API section of AI Studio. The free tier includes a generous monthly token allocation, making it accessible for development and testing purposes.
Configure AI provider authorization. For Google Gemini, set an API key.
- Run the discovery command:
- Enjoy the generation process:
- Review the generated configuration in
gateway.yaml
:
Running the API
Run locally
Docker Compose
MCP Protocol Integration
Gateway implements the MCP protocol for seamless integration with Claude and other tools. For detailed setup instructions, see our Claude integration guide.
To add MCP Tool to Claude Desktop just adjust Claude's config :
Roadmap
It is always subject to change, and the roadmap will highly depend on user feedback. At this moment, we are planning the following features:
Database and Connectivity
- 🗄️ Extended Database Integrations - Redshift, S3 (Iceberg and Parquet), Oracle DB, Microsoft SQL Server, Elasticsearch
- 🔑 SSH tunneling - ability to use jumphost or ssh bastion to tunnel connections
Enhanced Functionality
- 🔍 Advanced Query Capabilities - Complex filtering syntax and Aggregation functions as parameters
- 🔐 Enhanced MCP Security - API key and OAuth authentication
Platform Improvements
- 📦 Schema Management - Automated schema evolution and API versioning
- 🚦 Advanced Traffic Management - Intelligent rate limiting, Request throttling
- ✍️ Write Operations Support - Insert, Update operations
This server cannot be installed
hybrid server
The server is able to function both locally and remotely, depending on the configuration or use case.
MCP-Server from your Database optimized for LLMs and AI-Agents. Supports PostgreSQL, MySQL, ClickHouse, Snowflake, MSSQL, BigQuery, Oracle Database, SQLite, ElasticSearch, DuckDB
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