About Mcp Hive
Mcp Hive Proxy is a gateway for agentic hosts to reach paid MCP servers. It can proxy one server or expose all available servers through a single endpoint with namespaced tools.
Key features
- 01Proxy a specific MCP server
- 02Gateway for available servers
- 03Discover servers, tools, resources, and prompts
- 04Namespace tools by server
- 05Authenticate with consumer credentials
Use cases
- 01Connect an agentic host to a paid MCP server
- 02Browse tools across available MCP servers
MCP support
It acts as an MCP gateway, proxying a selected MCP server or exposing available servers to MCP clients. Gateway mode provides discovery tools and namespaced server tools.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMEMCP-Hive Proxy
This is the MCP-Hive Proxy. It can be loaded by any agentic host in order to access MCP-Hive and is a gateway to other MCP servers. To obtain credentials, and read further documentation, go to mcp-hive.com
Running
The proxy can run in two modes:
Server Mode (Single MCP)
Proxy a specific MCP server to your MCP client:
node src/proxy/mcpHiveProxy.ts --server <server-name> --local --credentials <credentials>
Gateway Mode (All MCPs)
Expose all available MCP servers through a single proxy with namespaced tools:
node src/proxy/mcpHiveProxy.ts --gateway --local --credentials <credentials>
In gateway mode:
- Discovery tools are available:
discoverServers,listTools,listResources,listPrompts - All server tools are namespaced:
serverName___toolName(e.g.,validator___echo,accuweather___getWeather)
Proxy Flags
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
--server <name> | Proxy a specific MCP server (omit for gateway mode) |
--gateway | Explicitly enable gateway mode |
--http | Run the proxy in HTTP transport |
--port <port_num> | Port number to be used if HTTP-transport |
--credentials <id> | Consumer credentials for authentication |
--verbose | Enable verbose logging |
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