Quickstart
Get MCP Gateway running and make your first API call in under 5 minutes.
Prerequisites
- An MCP Gateway instance deployed via your cloud marketplace (AWS, Azure, GCP) or on-premises via Helm
- Onboarding wizard completed (LLM provider configured, starter kit set up)
What comes pre-configured
Your workspace is ready to go
After the onboarding wizard, MCP Gateway comes loaded with servers, skills, and a sandbox — no manual setup required.
| Pillar | What's included |
|---|---|
| MCP Servers | Fetch, Time, DuckDuckGo Search, arXiv, Hacker News — pre-registered and synced |
| Agent Skills | PDF, Word (DOCX), Excel (XLSX), PowerPoint (PPTX) — document processing, pre-imported |
| Sandbox Image | Skills Runtime — Python, Node.js, and pre-installed packages for office docs, data analysis, and visualization |
Get started
The fastest way to see MCP Gateway in action.
Open the Playground
In the MCP Gateway web UI, click Playground.
Select your tools
Pick the servers and skills you want the agent to use in this session.
Start chatting
Ask the agent to search the web, read documents, analyze data, or execute code. It will use the selected tools to complete your request.
The playground creates an isolated session with its own temporary API key. You can download any files the agent generates from the session's output panel.
For programmatic access, create an API key and call the gateway directly.
Create an API Key
Open the MCP Gateway web UI and navigate to Settings > API Keys. Create a new key and copy it — it is only shown once.
List your MCP servers
Replace YOUR_GATEWAY_URL with your instance's URL:
curl https://YOUR_GATEWAY_URL/api/v1/servers \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"You should see the 5 pre-registered servers from the starter kit (Fetch, Time, DuckDuckGo Search, arXiv, Hacker News).
List available skills
curl https://YOUR_GATEWAY_URL/api/v1/skills \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"You should see the 4 pre-imported document processing skills (PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX).
Next steps
MCP Servers
The tools — register servers to connect agents to GitHub, Slack, databases, and any API.
Agent Skills
The knowledge — create or import instruction packages that teach agents expert workflows.
Sandboxes
The computer — provision isolated containers where agents execute code and produce artifacts.
Architecture
See how the three pillars connect and how agents interact with the gateway.