MCP Context Forge (IBM)

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AI Infrastructure / DevTools / API Gateway / Agent ToolingOpen-source project (post-MVP / early adoption)Not specified (IBM is global)

Description

An AI gateway/registry/proxy that fronts MCP, A2A, and REST/gRPC APIs to expose a unified endpoint with centralized discovery, guardrails, and management; optimizes agent/tool calling and supports plugins.

Founders

IBM (organization-maintained open-source project; individual founders not inferable from provided metadata)

Discovered

May 8, 2025

Added to Database

January 31, 2026

Notes

As MCP and agent tool ecosystems fragment, Context Forge positions itself as the control plane that standardizes discovery, policy/guardrails, and observability across heterogeneous tool protocols. Strong GitHub traction suggests developer pull and potential to become a default gateway layer for enterprise agent deployments.

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