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Outcomes

Create and configure an Gateway using the Arcade dashboard with full control over settings.

Prerequisites

Create an Arcade

Create a Gateway

To create an Gateway, go to the MCP Gateways dashboard and click the “Create ” button.

When configuring an Gateway, you can select the tools you want to include in the Gateway from any available to the :

Configuration Options

The options available when configuring an Gateway are:

Name: The name of the Gateway. Informative only.
Description: The description of the Gateway. This is useful for humans and some MCP clients may surface this information to the .
LLM Instructions: Optional instructions for the LLM about how to use the Gateway.
Slug: The slug of the Gateway. This is the URL slug that will be used to access the . It must be unique.
Authentication: The authentication mode to use for the Gateway. This determines how the will authenticate requests to the . Users will still need to authenticate to the within the MCP Gateway as normal.
- Arcade Auth: To access the Gateway, you’ll need to authenticate with your Arcade account. This authentication mode is recommended for in development or testing phase, or for internal use when you know all the users will have Arcade .
- Arcade Headers: To access the Gateway, you’ll need to authenticate with your Arcade account by passing an key in the Authorization header and the ID of your end-user in the Arcade-User-ID header. This authentication mode is recommended for in production when your agent or application has users without Arcade .
Allowed : A selection of tools in the Arcade Tool Catalog that will be available to the Gateway.

After Creating a Gateway

Once you’ve created a gateway, you’ll need to add it to your chat client. The assistant will provide the URL (for example, https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>).

See Connect to MCP clients for setup instructions specific to your client.

Last updated on January 21, 2026

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