AAI Gateway
AAI Gateway — Install MCP servers and skills once, share across all your AI agents. One-time setup, 90% less context overhead. The unified gateway for AI agent tooling.
What is AAI Gateway?
AAI Gateway is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that allows AI assistants like Claude, Cursor, and VS Code to aai gateway — install mcp servers and skills once, share across all your ai agents. one-time setup, 90% less context overhead. the unified gateway for ai agent tooling.
AAI Gateway — Install MCP servers and skills once, share across all your AI agents. One-time setup, 90% less context overhead. The unified gateway for AI agent tooling.
This server falls under the Developer Tools category on MCPgee, the world's largest MCP server directory with 33,000+ servers.
Features
- AAI Gateway — Install MCP servers and skills once, share acr
Use Cases
Maintainer
Works with
Installation
NPM
npx -y aai-gatewayManual Installation
npx -y aai-gatewayConfiguration
Configuration Details
claude_desktop_config.json
Performance
Response Metrics
Resource Usage
How to Set Up and Use AAI Gateway
AAI Gateway is a unified MCP server that acts as a central hub for installing, managing, and sharing MCP servers and skill packages across all your AI agents — Claude, Codex, OpenCode, and others — from a single configuration. Instead of configuring each tool in every agent's context (which consumes hundreds of tokens per tool), AAI Gateway summarizes each installed app in under 50 tokens and dynamically exposes only what is needed via natural language discovery. It eliminates the per-agent setup overhead and reduces context usage by approximately 90% compared to loading full tool schemas in every conversation.
Prerequisites
- Node.js 18 or later
- npx available on your PATH
- At least one MCP-compatible AI client: Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, or OpenCode
- Internet access for discovering and installing Agent Apps from the AAI registry
Add AAI Gateway to Claude Code
Register AAI Gateway as a user-scoped MCP server in Claude Code with a single command. It will be available across all your projects.
claude mcp add --scope user --transport stdio aai-gateway -- npx -y aai-gatewayAdd to Codex (alternative client)
If you use Codex instead of or in addition to Claude Code, add AAI Gateway with the codex CLI.
codex mcp add aai-gateway -- npx -y aai-gatewayDiscover and install tools via natural language
Once the gateway is running, use the search:discover tool through your AI client to find and install Agent Apps by describing what you need.
Import existing MCP servers as Agent Apps
Use the mcp:import tool to bring existing MCP server configurations into AAI Gateway so they are managed centrally and shared across agents.
Manage app access per agent
Use enableApp and disableApp tools to control which Agent Apps each AI client can access, or removeApp to uninstall tools you no longer need.
AAI Gateway Examples
Client configuration
Configure AAI Gateway in Claude Desktop to use it as the single MCP server that manages all other tools.
{
"mcpServers": {
"aai-gateway": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "aai-gateway"]
}
}
}Prompts to try
Use natural language to search for tools, install apps, and manage your agent tooling through AAI Gateway.
- "Use AAI to search for a browser automation tool and install it"
- "Use AAI to find a tool for creating PowerPoint presentations"
- "List all currently installed AAI apps"
- "Disable the database tool for this agent"
- "Import my existing filesystem MCP server into AAI Gateway"Troubleshooting AAI Gateway
AAI Gateway starts but no apps are visible
Run the listAllAaiApps tool through your AI client to check the registry. If the list is empty, use search:discover to find and install apps, or mcp:import to bring in existing MCP servers.
npx -y aai-gateway is slow to start
The -y flag downloads the package on first run. After the initial download, subsequent starts are faster. To avoid repeated downloads, install globally with 'npm install -g aai-gateway' and reference the global binary directly.
Tools from installed apps are not visible in the AI client
Restart your AI client after installing a new Agent App, or ask the gateway to re-expose the app's tools using the app_<app-id> tool to refresh the tool listing.
Frequently Asked Questions about AAI Gateway
What is AAI Gateway?
AAI Gateway is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that aai gateway — install mcp servers and skills once, share across all your ai agents. one-time setup, 90% less context overhead. the unified gateway for ai agent tooling. It connects AI assistants to external tools and data sources through a standardized interface.
How do I install AAI Gateway?
Install via npm with the command: npx -y aai-gateway. Then add the server configuration to your AI client's JSON config file (e.g., claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json).
Which AI clients work with AAI Gateway?
AAI Gateway works with all major MCP-compatible AI clients including Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code (GitHub Copilot), Windsurf, and Cline.
Is AAI Gateway free to use?
Yes, AAI Gateway is open source and available under the Apache-2.0 license. You can use it freely in both personal and commercial projects.
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