openapi-to-mcp
openapi-to-mcp is a standalone proxy that loads an OpenAPI/Swagger specification at startup and exposes it as an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server. It creates one MCP tool per API operation (filtered by include/exclude env vars) and executes tool calls as HTTP requests to the backend REST API. It supports Streamable HTTP transport via GET/POST /mcp and provides correlation-id logging and optional instruction text customization.
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
TLS usage for the inbound MCP server is not specified (Streamable HTTP endpoints are described without HTTPS/TLS enforcement). Outbound backend authentication supports Basic or Bearer via env vars. No inbound auth/authorization or fine-grained access control is described. Correlation IDs are supported (could aid auditing) but secret-handling/log redaction behavior is not explicitly documented.
⚡ Reliability
Best When
You already have a REST API with a valid OpenAPI 3.x JSON and you want to make those endpoints callable as MCP tools with minimal integration work.
Avoid When
Avoid if you cannot trust or control the OpenAPI spec content (tool schemas/descriptions) or if you require strict transport security and auth/authorization at the MCP server boundary.
Use Cases
- • Expose an existing OpenAPI-defined REST API to MCP-capable AI clients without rewriting the API
- • Rapidly generate MCP tools from an OpenAPI spec for internal automation
- • Use a single source of truth (OpenAPI) for both REST documentation and MCP tool schemas
- • Bridge AI agents to legacy/back-end HTTP services by letting them call MCP tools
Not For
- • APIs without an OpenAPI/Swagger spec (or where the spec is incomplete/incorrect)
- • High-security environments that require strong inbound authentication/authorization at the MCP server layer (not described)
- • Workloads that need advanced rate-limiting, pagination semantics, or complex streaming beyond basic Streamable HTTP proxying
Interface
Authentication
Authentication described applies to outbound requests to the backend API (Basic/Bearer). No inbound MCP-server authentication/authorization mechanism is documented in the provided content.
Pricing
No hosted pricing information; repository describes a self-hosted MCP server.
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ Tool naming is derived from path/method and may change if the OpenAPI spec changes; ensure the spec is stable.
- ⚠ If include/exclude env vars are misconfigured, expected tools may not be registered.
- ⚠ Backend API errors are likely surfaced as MCP/tool call failures, but the specific error mapping and retry behavior are not described.
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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-30.