MCP-A2A-Gateway

A gateway server that bridges the Model Context Protocol (MCP) with the Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol, enabling MCP-compatible AI assistants (like Claude) to seamlessly interact with A2A agents.

Overview

This project serves as an integration layer between two cutting-edge AI agent protocols:

• Model Context Protocol (MCP): Developed by Anthropic, MCP allows AI assistants to connect to external tools and data sources. It standardizes how AI applications and large language models connect to external resources in a secure, composable way.

• Agent-to-Agent Protocol (A2A): Developed by Google, A2A enables communication and interoperability between different AI agents through a standardized JSON-RPC interface.

By bridging these protocols, this server allows MCP clients (like Claude) to discover, register, communicate with, and manage tasks on A2A agents through a unified interface.

Demo

1, Run The hello world Agent in A2A Sample

also support cloud deployed Agent

2, Use Claude or github copilot to register the agent.

3, Use Claude to Send a task to the hello Agent and get the result.

4, Use Claude to retrieve the task result.

Features

• Agent Management

  • Register A2A agents with the bridge server
  • List all registered agents
  • Unregister agents when no longer needed

• Communication

  • Send messages to A2A agents and receive responses
  • Asynchronous message sending for immediate server response.
  • Stream responses from A2A agents in real-time

• Task Management

  • Track which A2A agent handles which task
  • Retrieve task results using task IDs
  • Get a list of all tasks and their statuses.
  • Cancel running tasks

• Transport Support

  • Multiple transport types: stdio, streamable-http, SSE
  • Configure transport type using MCP_TRANSPORT environment variable

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have the following installed:

• Python 3.11+
• uv (for local development)

Installation

Option 1: Local Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yw0nam/MCP-A2A-Gateway.git
cd MCP-A2A-Gateway

2. Run using uv. (Note, you need uv for this.)

uv run mcp-a2a-gateway

Configuration

Environment Variables

Modify.env.example file in the root of the project to '.env'

Transport Types

The A2A MCP Server supports multiple transport types:

1. stdio (default): Uses standard input/output for communication

   • Ideal for command-line usage and testing
   • No HTTP server is started
   • Required for Claude Desktop

2. streamable-http (recommended for web clients): HTTP transport with streaming support

   • Recommended for production deployments
   • Starts an HTTP server to handle MCP requests
   • Enables streaming of large responses

3. sse: Server-Sent Events transport

   • Provides real-time event streaming
   • Useful for real-time updates

TO connect github copilot

Add below setting.json for sse or http

"mcp_a2a_gateway": {
    "url": "http://0.0.0.0:10000/mcp"
}

For stdio:

"mcp_a2a_gateway": {
    "type": "stdio",
    "command": "uv",
    "args": [
        "--directory",
        "$INSTALLED_DIR",
        "run",
        "mcp-a2a-gateway"
    ]
}

To Connect claude desktop

Add this to cluade_config.json

"mcp_a2a_gateway":  {
  "command": "uv",
  "args": ["--directory", "%INSTALLED_DIR", "run", "mcp-a2a-gateway"],
  "env": {
    "MCP_TRANSPORT": "stdio"
  }
}

Available MCP Tools

The server exposes the following MCP tools for integration with LLMs like Claude:

Agent Management

• register_agent: Register an A2A agent with the bridge server

  {
    "name": "register_agent",
    "arguments": {
      "url": "http://localhost:41242"
    }
  }
  

• list_agents: Get a list of all registered agents

  {
    "name": "list_agents",
    "arguments": {"dummy": "" }
  }
  

• unregister_agent: Remove an A2A agent from the bridge server

  {
    "name": "unregister_agent",
    "arguments": {
      "url": "http://localhost:41242"
    }
  }
  

Message Processing

• send_message: Send a message to an agent and get a task_id for the response

  {
    "name": "send_message",
    "arguments": {
      "agent_url": "http://localhost:41242",
      "message": "What's the exchange rate from USD to EUR?",
      "session_id": "optional-session-id"
    }
  }
  

Task Management

• get_task_result: Retrieve a task's result using its ID

  {
    "name": "get_task_result",
    "arguments": {
      "task_id": "b30f3297-e7ab-4dd9-8ff1-877bd7cfb6b1",
    }
  }
  

• get_task_list: Get a list of all tasks and their statuses.

  {
      "name": "get_task_list",
      "arguments": {}
  }
  

Roadmap & How to Contribute

We are actively developing and improving the gateway! We welcome contributions of all kinds. Here is our current development roadmap, focusing on creating a rock-solid foundation first.

Core Stability & Developer Experience (Help Wanted! 👍)

This is our current focus. Our goal is to make the gateway as stable and easy to use as possible.

• Implement Streaming Responses: Full support for streaming responses from A2A agents.
• Enhance Error Handling: Provide clearer error messages and proper HTTP status codes for all scenarios.
• Input Validation: Sanitize and validate agent URLs during registration for better security.
• Add Health Check Endpoint: A simple /health endpoint to monitor the server's status.
• Configuration Validation: Check for necessary environment variables at startup.
• Comprehensive Integration Tests: Increase test coverage to ensure reliability.
• Cancel Task: Implement task cancellation
• Implement Streaming Update: Implement streaming task update. So that user check the progress.

Community & Distribution

• Easy Installation: Add support for smithery
• Docker Support: Provide a Docker Compose setup for easy deployment.
• Better Documentation: Create a dedicated documentation site or expand the Wiki.

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License

This project is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

• Anthropic for the Model Context Protocol
• Google for the Agent-to-Agent Protocol
• Contributors to the FastMCP library
• Contributors of A2A-MCP-Server (This project highly inspired from this repo.)