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At Appwrite, we're always looking for ways to make our team more productive. As we started using AI agents across engineering, customer support, and daily operations, we ran into a problem. Connecting our agents to different tools meant managing multiple MCP servers, credentials, and permissions across different AI clients.
We wanted a simpler way to manage everything, so we built MCP1 for ourselves.
What started as an internal tool quickly became an essential part of how we work, boosting our team's productivity by 10x.
Today, we're excited to introduce MCP1 by Appwrite and make it available to everyone!
The idea behind MCP1 is simple: One URL for every MCP server.
With MCP1, you can connect all your MCP servers to AI clients like Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, and Codex through a single URL. You can create personal or shared gateways, manage permissions and credentials securely, and monitor usage, all from one place.
Instead of configuring servers separately for every AI client, you can set things up once and give your agents access to the tools they need.
We built MCP1 entirely on Appwrite, and it's also part of a new series of satellite products we're building around Appwrite to help development teams become even more productive.
MCP1 is free for individuals, with dedicated plans for teams and enterprises.
You can get started at https://mcp1.com
We're proud of what we've built and excited to finally share it with the community. As always, your feedback is incredibly valuable to us, and we'll be around throughout the day to answer questions and hear what you think.
We'd love to know how you're currently using MCP servers and what you'd like to see us build next!
Thanks for your support! ❤️
Managing a gateway once for several clients addresses a very concrete setup problem. A clear view of which tools each client can use would be useful before turning a personal gateway into a shared one.