MCP Gateway runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 14 Aug 2026.
AuthzX MCP Gateway — policy-enforcing proxy between AI agents and MCP servers
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add mcp-gateway -e 'YOUR_API_KEY=<YOUR_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @authzx/mcp-gateway{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-gateway": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@authzx/mcp-gateway"
],
"env": {
"YOUR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.mcp-gateway]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@authzx/mcp-gateway"]
env = { YOUR_API_KEY = "<YOUR_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-gateway": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@authzx/mcp-gateway"
],
"env": {
"YOUR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"mcp-gateway": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@authzx/mcp-gateway"
],
"env": {
"YOUR_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<YOUR_API_KEY> (Your API key for the service).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
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