ContextForge operates as an open source registry and proxy that federates MCP, A2A, and REST/gRPC APIs through a centralized gateway, providing unified governance, discovery, and observability across AI infrastructure. It offers tools including a Tools Gateway for MCP and protocol translation, an Agent Gateway for AI routing, an API Gateway with rate limiting and authentication, plus 40+ extensible plugins and OpenTelemetry observability integration. The server solves the problem of fragmented AI tooling by consolidating multiple API types and agent protocols into a single compliant MCP endpoint deployable via PyPI, Docker, or Kubernetes.
claude mcp add --transport stdio ibm-mcp-context-forge uvx mcp-context-forge