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MCP Bridge

MCP-Bridge is a bridge connecting the OpenAI API and MCP tools, allowing developers to use MCP tools through the OpenAI API interface, supporting non-streaming and streaming chat completions, tool calls, and other functions.
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What is MCP-Bridge?

MCP-Bridge is a middleware service that allows developers to call the functions of MCP tools through the standard interface of the OpenAI API. It solves the compatibility problem between different clients and MCP tools, enabling any client that supports the OpenAI API to use MCP tools seamlessly.

How to use MCP-Bridge?

After a simple Docker deployment or manual installation, you can point your existing client to the MCP-Bridge service endpoint and send requests just like using the standard OpenAI API. The Bridge will automatically handle the interaction with MCP tools.

Applicable scenarios

It is suitable for scenarios where MCP tools need to be integrated into existing AI applications, especially when the client does not support the native MCP protocol. Typical use cases include: using MCP tools in the Open Web UI, adding tool call capabilities to clients that do not support MCP, etc.

Main features

OpenAI API compatible interfaceProvides REST endpoints fully compatible with the OpenAI API, supporting non-streaming and streaming chat completions
MCP tool supportAutomatically manages the lifecycle of MCP tools, including tool registration, invocation, and result processing
SSE bridgingProvides Server-Sent Events endpoints, supporting native MCP clients to connect via the SSE protocol
Intelligent model routingAutomatically selects the best model based on the configured model intelligence parameters (intelligence/cost/speed)

Advantages and limitations

Advantages
Seamless integration: Add MCP tool support without modifying existing client code
Flexible deployment: Supports both Docker containerization and native installation
Multi-protocol compatibility: Supports both REST API and SSE protocols
Secure and controllable: Protects service endpoints with configurable API key authentication
Limitations
Performance overhead: Introduces a small amount of latency as an intermediate layer
Function limitations: Currently does not support MCP resources and streaming completions
Dependency configuration: Requires correct configuration of the backend inference engine and MCP tools

How to use

Installation and deployment
Quickly deploy the service via Docker or manually install Python dependencies
Configure the service
Edit the config.json file to set the inference server and MCP tool parameters
Connect the client
Configure the client to use the MCP-Bridge endpoint instead of the original OpenAI API address

Usage examples

Use MCP tools in the Open Web UIConfigure the Open Web UI to use MCP-Bridge as the backend, and you can directly call MCP tools in the chat interface
Command-line tool integrationConnect to the SSE endpoint through the mcp-cli tool to test MCP functions

Frequently Asked Questions

Which inference engines does MCP-Bridge support?
How to add new MCP tools?
How to verify that the service is working properly after startup?

Related resources

Official documentation
Detailed technical documentation and API reference
Discord support community
Get real-time help and communicate
mcp-cli tool
Command-line testing tool
Installation
Copy the following command to your Client for configuration
Note: Your key is sensitive information, do not share it with anyone.
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