mcp-gatehouse MCP Server

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mcp-gatehouse runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 158 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 31 Oct 2026.

Permission tiers, approval gates, and audit logging for MCP servers - the server is the gatekeeper

Installs per day peak 282 · avg 56 · -68% w/w

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158

Installs / week

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31 Oct 2026

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MIT

License

Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check mcp-gatehouse every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

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 Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add gatehouse -- uvx mcp-gatehouse

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gatehouse": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-gatehouse"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.gatehouse]
command = "uvx"
args = ["mcp-gatehouse"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gatehouse": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-gatehouse"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "gatehouse": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-gatehouse"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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mcp-gatehouse — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for mcp-gatehouse?

mcp-gatehouse runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package mcp-gatehouse was installed 158 times last week.

How do I connect mcp-gatehouse?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls mcp-gatehouse straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use mcp-gatehouse?

The pypi package mcp-gatehouse was installed 158 times in the last week. Week over week that is -68%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is mcp-gatehouse open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 2 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.