Agent Gateway quickstart
Enable Agent Gateway in the Scalekit dashboard, choose its connections, copy the MCP endpoint URL and connect your first AI client.
In this quickstart you enable Agent Gateway in one environment, check which connections it serves and connect your first AI client. It takes a few minutes, and everything happens in the Scalekit dashboard.
Before you start
Section titled “Before you start”- Agent Gateway enabled for your workspace. Contact us if Agent Gateway isn’t in the dashboard’s product switcher.
- At least one connection in the environment, such as Gmail or Outlook. You can also add one during setup. Set up connections covers each connector’s options.
- An AI client that supports remote MCP servers, such as Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or VS Code.
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Open Agent Gateway
Section titled “Open Agent Gateway”In the Scalekit dashboard, open the environment that has your connections. Then open the product switcher at the top of the left navigation and choose Agent Gateway.
Select Getting Started to open Get started with Gateway.
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Enable the Gateway
Section titled “Enable the Gateway”Select Enable Gateway. Scalekit creates the Gateway’s MCP endpoint for this environment and adds you as its first user.
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Add users
Section titled “Add users”This step is optional. To give teammates access now, add each person’s email address. They get access straight away, with no invitation email. You can add people later under Identity. Select Next to continue.
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Check your connections
Section titled “Check your connections”Add connections lists the environment’s connections. Check that the apps you want are there, then select Next.
To add an app, select Add connection and follow the connector’s setup. Agents can only use tools from connections listed here.
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Copy the MCP endpoint URL
Section titled “Copy the MCP endpoint URL”Your Gateway is ready shows the MCP endpoint URL. Select Copy URL.
Under Connect your agent, pick your AI client to see how to add the URL to it. Some clients, such as Cursor, open with a single click.
Check it worked
Section titled “Check it worked”- Add the MCP endpoint URL to your AI client, as in Connect AI clients.
- Sign in when the client opens the sign-in page, and approve the consent screen.
- Ask the client to use one of your connections, for example “List my five most recent emails”. If you haven’t connected that app yet, the client gives you a link to connect it. Open it, sign in to the app and ask again.
- In the dashboard, open Logs. The tool call appears there with its tool, connector and status.
- Connect AI clients: setup for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code, Windsurf and Grok Bot.
- Users and access: add your team and sign them in with SSO.
- Access policies: choose which tools each group can use on each connection.