Connect an MCP Agent in 5 Minutes

Go to the MCP onboarding wizard and sign in (or create an account). SatGate will automatically mint a macaroon token scoped to your tenant.

This token is your agent's credential. It's cryptographically bound to your tenant — no API key management, no OAuth flows.

Add SatGate to your MCP client's configuration. For Cursor, edit ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "satgate": {
      "url": "https://mcp.your-tenant.satgate.io/sse",
      "env": {
        "SATGATE_TOKEN": "<your-token-from-step-1>"
      }
    }
  }
}

For Claude Code, add to your MCP settings:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "satgate": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@anthropic/mcp-proxy", "https://mcp.your-tenant.satgate.io/sse"],
      "env": {
        "SATGATE_TOKEN": "<your-token-from-step-1>"
      }
    }
  }
}

After saving, restart your MCP client (or toggle the SatGate server off/on). You should see SatGate's tools appear in the tool list.

In your agent's chat, try one of these prompts:

"Use the echo tool to say hello"
"What's the current timestamp? Use the timestamp tool."
"Calculate 42 * 17 using the calculator tool"

Each tool call flows through SatGate — authenticated via your macaroon, logged to the event stream, and cost-tracked in the Shadow Report.

Open the MCP Monitor in your browser. You'll see:

• Active Sessions — your agent's live connection
• Live Events — tool calls, session events, budget activity
• Active Budgets — credit allocations (once you set them up)

By default, events are filtered to hide keepalive noise. Switch to "All Events" if you need to debug connection issues.

You're now in Observe mode — every tool call is logged and cost-tracked, but nothing is blocked. When you're ready to enforce budgets: