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MCP Gateway

MCP Gateway is middleware that enables MCP-compatible AI agents to connect to remote MCP servers — both custom-developed and vendor-certified. It manages connections to the tools and data exposed by these MCP servers, providing a unified access point alongside your Storage Connections and API Catalogs.

What is MCP Gateway?

MCP Gateway aggregates external MCP servers into your Vendia MCP Server. Instead of configuring each external MCP server separately in your AI application, you connect once to Vendia’s MCP Server endpoint to access:

  • Storage Connections: Your Amazon S3 buckets (Free Tier: up to 3, Enterprise: unlimited)
  • API Catalogs: Your OpenAPI specifications (Free Tier: up to 2, Enterprise: unlimited)
  • External MCP Servers: Third-party services connected through MCP Gateway
  • Project Data (Enterprise only): Your operational and analytical Vendia data

This unified approach simplifies AI application configuration by providing a single endpoint for all MCP tools.

Key Features

Unified MCP Access

Simplify connecting to remote MCP servers and managing tool configurations across your teams in a unified, secure, and governed manner. Your AI application only needs to connect to one MCP gateway instead of multiple individual server configurations.

This approach democratizes AI agentic workflows in the enterprise by enabling IT and development teams to quickly build, test, and deploy AI-based workflows in a secure and governed manner. A unified MCP gateway architecture addresses security risk and server sprawl within the organization.

Pre-Configured Integrations

Vendia provides pre-configured, ready-to-use connections for popular MCP servers to simplify setup. Available pre-configured integrations include Notion, Atlassian, Sentry, Neon, and Fireflies.

Custom MCP Server Support

In addition to pre-configured integrations, you can connect any custom MCP server by providing its URL and authentication details.

Seamless Authentication

The MCP Gateway handles authentication for external MCP servers. Depending on the server’s requirements, you may use:

  • OAuth 2.0 Auto-configure - The server automatically registers this connection
  • OAuth 2.0 (Use app credentials) - Use OAuth credentials provided by your administrator
  • None / Headers - No authentication or use custom headers for API keys

Learn more about authentication options in the Authentication guide.

Observability

Vendia MCP Gateway provides tracing and read receipts for tool calls made to external MCP servers. This enables you to trace issues related to specific MCP tools and isolate failures at the MCP server, gateway, or AI application level.

How It Works

  1. Navigate to MCP Gateway: In your Vendia workspace, go to Connected Data → MCP Gateway
  2. Select an MCP Server: Choose from pre-configured servers or add a custom server
  3. Configure Authentication: Complete the authentication flow for the selected server
  4. Select Tools: Choose which tools from the MCP server to enable
  5. Access from AI Applications: Your AI application can now access tools from both Vendia and the connected external MCP servers

When your AI application connects to your Vendia MCP Server, it automatically gains access to the tools you’ve selected from all connected external MCP servers.

Benefits

Simplified Configuration

Instead of configuring multiple MCP servers in your AI application, configure them once in the Vendia MCP Gateway and access everything through a single endpoint.

Centralized Management

Manage all your external MCP server connections in one place through the Vendia console. Add, remove, or reconfigure connections without changing your AI application’s configuration.

Extended Capabilities

Combine Vendia’s Storage Connections and API Catalogs with external MCP servers to create AI workflows spanning multiple systems and data sources.

Consistent Authentication

Handle authentication for all external MCP servers through Vendia’s OAuth flow, providing a consistent security model across all integrations.

Prerequisites

Before connecting external MCP servers, ensure you have:

  • A Vendia account (Free Tier or Enterprise Tier)
  • Access to your Vendia workspace
  • An AI application configured to connect to your Vendia MCP Server (see Getting Started)
  • An account with the external service you want to connect (Notion, Atlassian, Sentry, Neon, Fireflies, etc.)
  • OAuth credentials or API keys for the service you want to connect

Free Tier Limits

  • Maximum External MCP Servers: Up to 2 external MCP server connections
  • MCP Calls: Up to 100,000 MCP calls per month (shared across all resources)
  • Concurrent Requests: Maximum of 2 concurrent requests

Get Started

Ready to connect external MCP servers? See the Connecting External MCP Servers guide for step-by-step instructions.

Learn More

Need Help?

If you encounter issues during setup or have questions about using MCP Gateway:

Free Tier Support

Enterprise Tier Support