Open MCP Auth Proxy acts as an intermediary between MCP clients and servers, ensuring secure and compliant access control. It intercepts incoming requests, validates authorization tokens, and offloads authentication processes to OAuth-compliant identity providers like Asgardeo, Auth0, and Keycloak. The proxy supports multiple transport modes including SSE and stdio, and can run servers as subprocesses for integration. It simplifies secure MCP server access, enables OAuth integration, and maintains protocol compliance for authorization management in MCP environments.
Who will use Open MCP Authentication Proxy?
Developers implementing MCP server security
Organizations integrating OAuth providers with MCP
MCP client developers seeking secure access
How to use the Open MCP Authentication Proxy?
Step1: Download the latest release from GitHub
Step2: Configure the 'config.yaml' with your MCP server and identity provider details
Step3: Start the proxy using './openmcpauthproxy --demo' for demo mode
Step4: Connect MCP clients to the proxy URL
Step5: Monitor logs and validate authorization flows.
Open MCP Authentication Proxy's Core Features & Benefits
The Core Features
Intercepts and validates MCP request tokens
Supports OAuth providers like Asgardeo, Auth0, Keycloak
Operates in SSE or stdio transport modes
Can run MCP servers as subprocesses
Provides CORS configuration
The Benefits
Enhances MCP server security
Enables OAuth integration without modifying MCP servers
Simplifies secure request handling
Supports flexible deployment modes
Maintains protocol compliance and authorization standards
Open MCP Authentication Proxy's Main Use Cases & Applications
Secure MCP server access via OAuth providers
Implement authorization layer in MCP environments
Integrate MCP with organizational identity management
Run MCP server as a subprocess with custom commands