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Building Composite Model Context Protocol (MCP) Gateways in TypeScript
Summary
Step‑by‑step tutorial showing how to build a stateless composite Model Context Protocol (MCP) gateway in TypeScript using Hono, Zod, and the MCP SDK. It covers config‑driven upstream registration, namespaced tool discovery, JSON‑RPC routing, per‑tool auth middleware, and a token‑bucket rate limiter, with concrete code snippets and design trade‑offs.
- Aggregate multiple MCP servers behind a single endpoint to avoid tool‑name collisions and duplicated client credentials.
- Namespace tools with `<namespace>__<tool>` and resolve collisions at registration time.
- Implement per‑tool authorization via bearer‑token → wildcard pattern mapping.
- Use a token‑bucket algorithm for per‑token rate limiting without penalising idle periods.
Production LLM‑backed services often need to stitch together several specialized MCP servers (e.g., RAG, web‑search). Without a gateway each client must manage multiple auth flows and risk invoking the wrong tool due to name clashes. A composite gateway centralises auth, enforces policies, and simp…
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