Overview
MCP Foundry is Bud’s control plane for Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools. It registers MCP gateways, discovers the tools they expose, stores connection and authentication metadata, and publishes selected tools through MCP servers for agent use. Bud uses MCP Foundry behind the Connectors experience. Configure a connector once, control its visibility, and attach only the required tools to an agent or workflow.Core capabilities
- Gateway registry — register remote MCP endpoints and browse available connectors.
- Tool discovery — synchronize the tools advertised by a gateway and inspect their schemas.
- Authentication management — configure gateway credentials without exposing secret values to agent users.
- Virtual MCP servers — group selected tools into an MCP endpoint for a specific agent or use case.
- Access control — apply user, project, and organization visibility controls to connections and tools.
Architecture
Next steps
Quick start
Register a gateway and make its tools available.
Concepts
Learn how gateways, tools, and virtual servers work together.