AI Gateway & API Management
3.6k 2026-04-18
IBM/mcp-context-forge
A unified AI gateway and proxy for federating MCP, A2A, and REST/gRPC APIs, offering centralized discovery, governance, and observability for AI agents and tools.
Core Features
Tools Gateway (MCP, REST, gRPC-to-MCP translation, TOON compression)
Agent Gateway (A2A protocol, OpenAI/Anthropic agent routing)
API Gateway (Rate limiting, auth, retries, reverse proxy for REST services)
Plugin Extensibility (40+ plugins for transports, protocols, integrations)
OpenTelemetry Observability (with Phoenix, Jaeger, Zipkin, and other OTLP backends)
Quick Start
pip install mcp-contextforge-gatewayDetailed Introduction
ContextForge is an open-source AI gateway and proxy designed to streamline the management and interaction with diverse AI services and APIs. It federates Model Context Protocol (MCP), Agent-to-Agent (A2A), and standard REST/gRPC APIs into a single, unified endpoint. This platform provides centralized governance, discovery, and observability, optimizing the calling of AI agents and tools. It supports extensive plugin extensibility and scalable deployments, making it a robust solution for complex AI infrastructures requiring efficient API management and monitoring.