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CLI for Context Forge allowing seamless management of local or hosted MCP and A2A resources.

author_email	Gabe Goodhart <[email protected]>
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project_urls	Homepage, https://ibm.github.io/mcp-context-forge/ Documentation, https://ibm.github.io/mcp-context-forge/ Repository, https://github.com/contextforge-org/contextforge-cli Bug Tracker, https://github.com/contextforge-org/contextforge-cli/issues Changelog, https://github.com/contextforge-org/contextforge-cli/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
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ContextForge CLI

A command-line interface for managing ContextForge MCP Gateway — seamlessly manage local or hosted MCP servers, tools, resources, prompts, and Agent-to-Agent services.

Part of the ContextForge ecosystem by IBM

Quick Start

Installation

pip install git+https://github.com/contextforge-org/contextforge-cli.git

First Steps

# Authenticate with your gateway
cforge login

# List available tools
cforge tools list

# Start a local gateway server
cforge serve

Features

Capability	Description
MCP Server Management	Register, configure, and monitor MCP server peers
Tool Operations	Create, update, toggle, and organize MCP tools
Resource Management	Manage MCP resources with subscription support
Prompt Library	Store, organize, and execute prompt templates
Virtual Servers	Build composite servers from multiple sources
A2A Integration	Manage and invoke Agent-to-Agent services
Config Import/Export	Backup and migrate gateway configurations

Commands

Authentication & Settings

cforge login              # Authenticate with the gateway
cforge logout             # Clear saved credentials
cforge whoami             # Show current user
cforge version            # Display CLI version

Resource Management

To see the full set of available comands, use cforge --help. To see the options for a sub command, use cforge <command> --help.

Here are some examples:

# Tools
cforge tools list [--mcp-server-id ID] [--json]
cforge tools get <tool-id>
cforge tools create [file.json]
cforge tools execute <tool-id>                    # Interactive schema prompt
cforge tools execute <tool-id> --data args.json   # Use JSON args file
cforge tools toggle <tool-id>

# Resources
cforge resources list
cforge resources create [file.json]

# Prompts
cforge prompts list
cforge prompts execute <prompt-id>

# MCP Servers
cforge mcp-servers list
cforge mcp-servers update <mcp-server-id> [file.json]

# Plugins (read-only admin API)
cforge plugins list [--search text] [--mode MODE] [--hook HOOK] [--tag TAG] [--json]
cforge plugins get <plugin-name>
cforge plugins stats

Plugin commands call /admin/plugins endpoints and require:

MCPGATEWAY_ADMIN_API_ENABLED=true on the gateway
A token with admin.plugins permission

Server Operations

# Start the gateway server
cforge serve [--host HOST] [--port PORT] [--reload]

# Configuration management
cforge export [--output file.json]
cforge import <file.json>
cforge support-bundle      # Generate diagnostics

Output Options

Most commands support:

--json — Output raw JSON instead of formatted tables
--mcp-server-id — Filter by specific MCP server
--active-only — Show only enabled items

Configuration

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
`CONTEXTFORGE_HOME`	`~/.contextforge`	Configuration directory
`MCG_HOST`	`localhost`	Gateway host
`MCG_PORT`	`8000`	Gateway port

Additionally, all configuration in mcpgateway can be set via the environment or via CONTEXTFORGE_HOME/.env. For full details, see the docs.

Development

Setup

git clone https://github.com/contextforge-org/contextforge-cli.git
cd contextforge-cli
pip install -e ".[dev]"

Running Tests

pytest

Related Projects

ContextForge MCP Gateway — The gateway server this CLI manages
MCP Specification — Model Context Protocol documentation

License

Apache 2.0 — See LICENSE for details.

Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please see the ContextForge contributing guidelines.

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