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MCP Behavior

This section describes what the gateway exposes as an MCP server and how it maps downstream MCP calls onto configured backend MCP servers.

📋 Use this section for protocol behavior. It covers the public MCP surface, backend fanout, namespacing, targeted routing, pagination, and streaming gaps.

PageWhat it covers
📋 MCP Method ReferenceInitialize, list, call, read, and prompt behavior from the client-facing gateway point of view.
🛣️ MCP Routing SemanticsHow backend prefixes become the public tool, resource, and prompt namespace.