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🚀 MCP360 Universal Gateway

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🎯 What is MCP360?

MCP360 is a unified MCP gateway that gives AI agents access to 100+ external tools and sources. You can connect your agents once and immediately run searches, research tasks, SEO workflows, and other operational actions. Instead of spending days integrating multiple APIs, connect to 100+ tools easily with a simple setup.


✨ Key Features


🚀 Quick Start

Step 1: Get Your API Key

  1. Sign up at mcp360.ai 🎉

  2. Navigate to Settings → API Keys ⚙️

  3. Click Generate New Key 🔑

  4. Copy your API key securely 📋

Step 2: Choose Your Platform

Configuration File Locations:

  • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

  • Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Add this configuration:

{ "mcpServers": { "mcp360": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@mcp360/universal-gateway"], "env": { "MCP360_API_KEY": "your_api_key_here" } } } }

Restart Claude Desktop and you're ready! 🎊

  1. Open Cursor Settings: Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + J

  2. Navigate to the MCP section

  3. Add server configuration:

{ "mcpServers": { "mcp360": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@mcp360/universal-gateway"], "env": { "MCP360_API_KEY": "your_api_key_here" } } } }

Restart Cursor to activate! 🚀

Configuration File Locations:

  • macOS/Linux: ~/.config/claude-code/mcp_settings.json

  • Windows: %APPDATA%\claude-code\mcp_settings.json

Add this configuration:

{ "mcpServers": { "mcp360": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@mcp360/universal-gateway"], "env": { "MCP360_API_KEY": "your_api_key_here" } } } }

Restart Claude Code to load the gateway! ✨

Configuration File Locations:

  • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Windsurf/mcp_config.json

  • Windows: %APPDATA%\Windsurf\mcp_config.json

Add this configuration:

{ "mcpServers": { "mcp360": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@mcp360/universal-gateway"], "env": { "MCP360_API_KEY": "your_api_key_here" } } } }

Restart Windsurf to activate! 🌟

  1. Install the Cline extension

  2. Open Cline settings

  3. Add MCP server configuration:

{ "mcpServers": { "mcp360": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@mcp360/universal-gateway"], "env": { "MCP360_API_KEY": "your_api_key_here" } } } }

Reload VS Code to activate the gateway! 💡

🚄 Pro Tip: Global Installation

For faster startup times, install globally:

npm install -g @mcp360/universal-gateway

Then update your config to use the global command:

{ "mcpServers": { "mcp360": { "command": "mcp360-gateway", "env": { "MCP360_API_KEY": "your_api_key_here" } } } }

🛠️ Core Tools

The gateway provides 2 powerful meta-tools that unlock access to 100+ services:

1️⃣ search - Discover Available Tools

Find the perfect tool for your task across all connected MCP servers.

Parameters:

  • query (optional): Search term to filter by name or description

Examples:

💬 "Search for email tools" 💬 "Show me all available tools" 💬 "Find tools for SEO" 💬 "What tools can help with keyword research?"

Returns: Comprehensive list of matching tools with names, descriptions, and parameters.


2️⃣ execute - Run Any Tool

Execute any tool from any connected MCP server with dynamic parameters.

Parameters:

  • tool_name (required): Name of the tool to execute

  • arguments (optional): Tool-specific parameters as an object

Examples:

💬 "Execute verify_email with email 'test@example.com'" 💬 "Run keyword_research with keyword 'AI tools'" 💬 "Execute get_crypto_price for Bitcoin"

Returns: Tool-specific results tailored to your request.


🌟 Available Services

🏪 MCP360 Marketplace

Service

Description

Use Cases

🔍 Keyword Research

SEO keyword analysis & search volumes

Content strategy, SEO optimization

📊 OnPage SEO Checker

Website SEO element analysis

Site audits, optimization

✉️ Email Verification

Validate email addresses

List cleaning, form validation

🕷️ Web Scraping

Extract content from websites

Data collection, monitoring

📈 Google Trends

Search trends & interest data

Market research, trending topics

💰 Cryptocurrency

Real-time crypto prices & market data

Price tracking, portfolio management

🔧 Your Custom MCPs

All custom MCP servers you've created in your MCP360 account are automatically available through the Universal Gateway!


📖 Typical Workflow

graph LR A[🔍 Discover Tools] --> B[📋 Check Parameters] B --> C[⚡ Execute Tool] C --> D[📊 Get Results] D --> E{Need More?} E -->|Yes| A E -->|No| F[✅ Done]

Example Session

# Step 1: Discover User: "Search for email tools" → Returns: verify_email, send_email, email_lookup, etc. # Step 2: Check Details → See: verify_email requires { email: string } # Step 3: Execute User: "Execute verify_email with email 'john@example.com'" → Returns: { valid: true, deliverable: true, ... }

How it works:

  1. 🔐 Authenticate with your API key

  2. 🔄 Aggregate all available tools from marketplace and custom MCPs

  3. 🎯 Expose them through 2 simple meta-tools: search and execute

  4. Execute tools dynamically based on your requests


🔧 Configuration

Environment Variables

Variable

Description

URL

MCP360_TOOL_URL

Your MCP360 API key

https://connect.mcp360.ai/v1/mcp360/_tool_name_/mcp

MCP360_UNIVERSAL_GATEWAY

Custom gateway URL

https://connect.mcp360.ai/v1/mcp360/mcp

Custom Gateway URL

For enterprise deployments or custom configurations:

{ "mcpServers": { "mcp360": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@mcp360/universal-gateway"], "env": { "MCP360_API_KEY": "your_api_key_here", "MCP360_GATEWAY_URL": "https://your-custom-gateway.com/mcp" } } } }

🐛 Troubleshooting

Solutions:

  1. ✅ Validate your claude_desktop_config.json is proper JSON

  2. 🔑 Verify your API key is correct and not expired

  3. 🔄 Completely restart Claude Desktop (quit and reopen)

  4. 📋 Check Claude Desktop logs for detailed errors:

    • macOS: ~/Library/Logs/Claude/

    • Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\logs\

Solutions:

  1. 🔍 Verify your API key is valid at mcp360.ai

  2. ✅ Ensure you have correct permissions in your MCP360 account

  3. ⚠️ Check that the API key hasn't been revoked or expired

  4. 🔄 Try regenerating a new API key

Solutions:

  1. 🔍 Use search first to verify the correct tool name

  2. 📋 Ensure all required parameters are provided

  3. 🎯 Verify parameter types match tool expectations

  4. 📊 Review Claude Desktop logs for detailed error messages

  5. 📖 Check tool documentation for specific requirements

Solutions:

  1. 🚄 Consider global installation for faster startup

  2. 🌐 Check your internet connection stability

  3. 📊 Monitor MCP360 status page

  4. 🔄 Clear npm cache: npm cache clean --force


📚 Resources

Learn how to set up, test, and manage MCP servers and functions using MCP360:

📖 Additional Learning Resources


💬 Support & Community

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.


🙏 Acknowledgments

Built with ❤️ by the team at MCP360

Special thanks to:

  • 🌟 All our contributors

  • 💡 The Anthropic team for Claude Desktop

  • 🚀 The open-source community


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