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Version: 1.1.x

Welcome to Lunar.dev MCPX

Lunar.dev MCPX is a lightweight, unified gateway for orchestrating and securing your entire MCP ecosystem. Designed for teams managing multiple servers and tools, MCPX provides a single point of control for all interactions. Whether you're prototyping locally with Claude or deploying to a remote environment, MCPX ensures your users and agents operate securely and efficiently, while granting you complete visibility into all traffic.

At its core, MCPX helps you:

  • Manage multiple MCP servers and tools instantaneously with a simple UI
  • Control which tools are accessible by each agent
  • Customize each tool for your own needs

Why MCPX?​

Agents and AI powered applications are expanding their capabilities by connecting to MCP servers. To help you manage and keep track of all the MCP servers you're using, their state, and how they are being used, MCPX delivers:

  • Centralized access: Aggregate and expose tool servers through a single MCP server.
  • Policy enforcement: Control which tools and methods are accessible to which agents.
  • Full observability: Track usage, latency, and errors across all tool calls.
  • Authorization Management: Manage all your secrets, API keys and OAuth tokens in one place.

With MCPX, you can safely connect your agents to anything, without losing control.


Features at a Glance​

FeatureDescription
Access Control ListDefine global, service-level, or tool-level access per consumer group using the x-lunar-consumer-tag header.
API Key AuthenticationOptional API key auth using x-lunar-api-key, configured via the API_KEY environment variable.
Tool CustomizationFine tune existing tools for your specific usage, improving LLM accuracy and preventing unwanted usage.
Lunar Gateway IntegrationSeamlessly connect with Lunar Gateway by setting LUNAR_PROXY_HOST for downstream proxying.
Built In MetricsExposes Prometheus-compatible metrics (/metrics) including detailed tool_call_duration_ms histograms.
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