# ContextForge MCP Gateway

> Use this tool when you need to unify and securely manage multiple service protocols, such as MCP, REST, and Agent-to-Agent, for AI clients. It solves problems related to service integration, security, and observability, providing a single endpoint for simplified management. The ContextForge MCP Gateway accepts various service requests as input and returns unified responses, making it ideal for use cases requiring secure, scalable, and observable API management.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/ibm-mcp-context-forge  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/ibm-mcp-context-forge

## Description

A comprehensive gateway and registry that unifies MCP, REST, and Agent-to-Agent services into a single secure endpoint for AI clients. It provides advanced capabilities including federation, virtual servers, rate-limiting, and OpenTelemetry observability.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.60
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** monitoring
- **Updated:** 2026-05-21

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/ydsfd8l27t)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/IBM/mcp-context-forge>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "ibm-mcp-context-forge"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/ibm-mcp-context-forge` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/ibm-mcp-context-forge/pull`

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