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DimensionMCP ConnectLightweight bridge that exposes local MCP servers as HTTP APIsMartinLoop MCP ServerAn independent control layer that gives AI coding agents budgets, brakes, and receipts
FMRS40 / 100 · D79 / 100 · B
Reliability8 / 2012 / 20
Security and permissions6 / 2018 / 20
Maintenance6 / 2016 / 20
Documentation12 / 2018 / 20
Setup experience8 / 2015 / 20
Best for
  • Developers needing to integrate local MCP servers with cloud AI services
  • Those needing to bridge existing stdio MCP servers over HTTP
  • Users requiring session management and secure authentication
  • Engineering teams scaling AI coding agents while controlling spend
  • Platform teams that need auditable, rollback-aware agent execution records
  • Organizations using multiple agents (Claude, Codex, Gemini) under one governed flow
Not for
  • Scenarios requiring fully native MCP protocol without extra bridging
  • Pure local MCP use without remote access
  • Users seeking minimal configuration
  • Developers who just want a simple code-completion helper without run governance
  • Teams unwilling to accept local JSONL run records with HMAC signing
  • Environments without a supported adapter (Claude/Codex/Gemini CLIs, direct provider, or verifier-only)
Required permissions
  • Requires setting ACCESS_TOKEN environment variable
  • May need to configure ALLOWED_ORIGINS to restrict cross-origin
  • If using Ngrok, provide NGROK_AUTH_TOKEN
  • If using E2B, provide E2B_API_KEY
  • Read/write access to the configured repo root (writable scope restrictable via --allow-path/--deny-path)
  • Ability to invoke the chosen agent CLI (Claude/Codex/Gemini, etc.) and its underlying model account
  • Local disk writes for run records, receipts, and share outputs (share/run-receipt., etc.)
  • Execution of user-configured verifier commands (e.g. npm test)
Risks and side effects
  • Exposing local services to the public internet carries security risks
  • Bridging may introduce latency
  • Misconfiguration may prevent the server from starting
  • Verifier commands are executed; poorly chosen verifier commands carry security risk despite preflight policy checks
  • Cost and token figures may be estimates (labeled with provenance) and should not be treated as settled accounting
  • Receipt integrity must be verified before use as trustworthy evidence; missing rollback evidence is flagged as EVIDENCE_BOUNDARY
  • Policy defaults come from martin.config.yaml and can be overridden by CLI flags; misconfiguration can loosen safety boundaries
Supported clientsClaude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, GitHub Copilot, Continue
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