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cortex gateway for Claude Desktop

io.github.wellknownmcp/cortex-gateway

Self-hosted federated MCP gateway: one OAuth 2.1 MCP server in front of N apps, user-level scopes.

client:Claude Desktop transport:streamable-http runtime:oci

Install cortex gateway in Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cortex-gateway": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp.cortex-gateway.dev/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop has no remote transport in its config file, so this bridges through mcp-remote. Restart the app after saving. Claude Desktop docs

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