MCP Server Proxy

What it does

This tool acts as a gateway that transforms local stdio-based MCP servers into remote HTTP/SSE services using FastMCP. It allows you to host an MCP server on a centralized machine, manage API keys and PATs in one place, and provide access to multiple AI clients without requiring local installations of dependencies on every machine.

Tools

This is a proxy server; it exposes the tools of the underlying MCP server it is wrapping (e.g., Azure DevOps tools if wrapping the Azure DevOps MCP server).

Installation

Clone and install dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/0GiS0/mcp-server-as-a-proxy.git
cd mcp-server-as-a-proxy
pip install -e .

Configure your .env file and run:

python proxy_server.py

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mi-proxy": {
      "url": "http://localhost:8080/mcp",
      "transport": "http"
    }
  }
}

Supported hosts

Confirmed compatible with VS Code, Claude Desktop, and any HTTP-capable MCP client.