MCP builder

Turn any API into an MCP server.
In minutes, not days.

Your AI can't call an API that doesn't speak MCP. Building a server by hand means SDKs, schemas, auth, and hosting. gate generates one from your API's documentation or OpenAPI spec — you review every tool before it goes live.

Free to start · No code · You review everything before it runs

Try it right now

Paste a link. Watch the tools appear.

Drop in an API's documentation page or OpenAPI spec URL — gate analyzes it live and shows the MCP tools it would generate. No account needed for the preview.

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The honest comparison

What building an MCP server by hand actually takes

It's a fine way to go if you're shipping a product. For connecting your own API to your own AI, it's a lot of ceremony:

Learn the protocol & SDK

Model Context Protocol, transports, sessions, the TypeScript or Python SDK — a day or two before the first tool exists.

Define every tool schema

Each endpoint becomes a tool: name, description, JSON-Schema inputs. Get the descriptions wrong and your AI misuses the tool.

Implement handlers & auth

Map tool calls to API requests, handle errors, wire up keys or OAuth — the unglamorous 80 %.

Host, secure, maintain

Deploy it somewhere, keep it patched, update it every time the API changes. Forever.

The 2-minute way

Paste your API. Review the tools. Done.

01

Paste a link

Your API's documentation page or an OpenAPI spec URL — gate reads it and drafts the tools.

02

Review & edit

You see every generated tool — names, descriptions, inputs — before anything goes live. Cut what you don't want.

03

Connect & run

Add your API key (stored encrypted) and the server runs through your gateway — in Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor at once.

Generate your server free

Free to start · No code · You review everything before it runs

Same rules as every server

Generated doesn't mean unguarded

You review before it runs

No generated tool goes live without your explicit approval — you see and edit the full list first.

Credentials stay encrypted

API keys and OAuth2 client credentials are stored encrypted and never leave your gateway.

Scanned like everything else

Generated servers pass the same security scan as directory servers before your AI can touch them.

Per-tool rules & full log

Allow, ask, or block every generated tool, and see each call in your activity log.

FAQ

Questions, answered

How do I create an MCP server without writing code?

Paste your API's documentation URL or OpenAPI spec into gate's builder. It analyzes the API, drafts MCP tools for its endpoints, and shows you the full list to review and edit. Once you approve and add your credentials, the server runs through your gateway — no SDK, no hosting, no deployment.

Which APIs work?

Any API with an OpenAPI/Swagger spec works best. APIs with regular documentation pages work too — gate reads the docs and drafts the tools. Authentication via API key or OAuth2 client credentials is supported.

Where does the generated server run?

Through your gate gateway — there is nothing to host or deploy. Your AI clients call the gateway, the gateway calls the API with your stored credentials, and every call is logged.

Can other people use my generated server?

Yes — on a paid plan you can publish it to the Discovery directory. Others connect it with their own API keys; your credentials are never shared.

Should I ever build an MCP server by hand instead?

If you're a vendor shipping an official server for thousands of users: yes, build and host a real one (and we'll happily list it). If you just want your AI to use an API — yours or a third party's — generating it is faster and ends up governed, scanned, and logged for free.

Your API is two minutes away from speaking MCP.

Generate it, review it, run it — free to start.

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