microsoft/mcp-gateway
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Solid engineering. The biggest lever is issue and PR templates.

Top 36% of 5,156 graded repos

MCP Gateway is a reverse proxy and management layer for MCP servers, enabling scalable, session-aware stateful routing and lifecycle management of MCP servers in Kubernetes environments.

Documentation83
Engineering65
Health100
C#855MIT10d ago

Top fixes

Highest-impact changes first, ranked by point weight

10 to address
  1. 1
    Tests18pt

    Wire your tests to a documented command (e.g. a test script in your build config) so the suite is reproducible.

  2. 2
    CI/CD14pt

    Add a lint step to catch style issues automatically.

  3. 3
    CI/CD14pt

    Add `tsc --noEmit`, `mypy`, or `cargo check` to catch type errors before they merge.

  4. 4
    CI/CD14pt

    Upload coverage to Codecov, Coveralls, or report it with `--coverage` flags.

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Documentation

83

Contributing guide5pt30

Contributing guidance is in the README, not a dedicated CONTRIBUTING.md (−20 pts).

→ Moving it to a CONTRIBUTING.md makes it easier to find and keeps the README focused. A dedicated file earns +47 pts base.

README12pt90

README is present.

Install and run instructions9pt90

README documents how to install the project.

License6pt100

Licensed under MIT.

Engineering

65

Linting and formatting5pt0

No .NET formatter configured.

→ Add an .editorconfig to define C# formatting rules and run `dotnet format` in CI.

Issue and PR templates6pt0

No issue or PR templates found (−100 pts).

→ Add .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/ with bug_report.md and feature_request.md to guide contributors. It dramatically improves issue quality.

Tests18pt80

Test files detected (dotnet/Microsoft.McpGateway.Management/test).

CI/CD14pt85

CI is configured (.github/workflows/main.yml).

Reproducibility6pt92

Lockfile present (portal/package-lock.json). Installs are reproducible.

Project health

100

Dependency manifest6pt100

Dependency manifest found (dotnet/Microsoft.McpGateway.Management/src/Microsoft.McpGateway.Management.csproj).

Repository metadata5pt100

Repository has a description.

Activity5pt100

Actively maintained (pushed within the last month).

Housekeeping3pt100

.gitignore present.

Repository health signals

Activity, community, and responsiveness at scan time

Activity

  • 0 / 9
    Commits (30d / 90d)
  • 93
    Forks
  • 0
    Releases

Community

  • 62% - Fair
    Community health
  • 1 bus factorlow
    author own >50% of commits
  • 855
    Watchers

Responsiveness

  • 3d 20h
    Median issue response
  • 5h
    Median PR merge time
  • 14
    Open issues
Repository files14 root entries
  • .github
    Good: CI is configured (.github/workflows/main.yml).
    Good: Dependabot configured for github-actions.
  • deployment
  • docs
  • dotnet
    Good: Test files detected (dotnet/Microsoft.McpGateway.Management/test).
    Good: Dependency manifest found (dotnet/Microsoft.McpGateway.Management/src/Microsoft.McpGateway.Management.csproj).
  • openapi
  • portal
    Good: Lockfile present (portal/package-lock.json). Installs are reproducible.
  • sample-servers
    Good: Environment pinned via sample-servers/mcp-example/Dockerfile.
  • .gitignore
    Good: .gitignore present.
  • CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
    Good: Code of conduct present.
  • infra-diagram.png
  • LICENSE
    Good: Licensed under MIT.
  • NOTICE
  • README.md
    Good: README is present.
    Good: README is well structured with multiple sections.
    Good: README includes screenshots or visuals. Great for first impressions.
    Good: README has code examples.
    Good: README links to a live demo or deployed app.
    Issue: No status badges in the README (−10 pts).Fix: Add CI/build status badges from shields.io or your CI provider to signal project health.
    Good: README documents how to install the project.
    Good: README documents how to run the project.
  • SECURITY.md
    Good: Security policy present.
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