gil-mcp-bridge

Stdio bridge for the Game Industry Library MCP server. Exposes the remote /api/mcp endpoint to MCP clients that only speak stdio (older Claude Desktop, Cline, Continue, custom integrations).

If your MCP client supports remote/HTTP transport (Claude Desktop ≥ 1.x, Claude.ai web, ChatGPT Connectors), you can connect directly without this bridge — see the help page for one-click connect instructions.

Install

Run directly from GitHub via npx — no install needed:

npx github:DerpBicycle/gil-mcp-bridge

Or pin a specific commit / tag:

npx github:DerpBicycle/gil-mcp-bridge#v0.1.0

Or clone + install:

git clone https://github.com/DerpBicycle/gil-mcp-bridge
cd gil-mcp-bridge
npm install   # runs prepare → tsc, then dist/ is ready
node dist/index.js

Authentication

Two options:

OAuth (recommended)

npx github:DerpBicycle/gil-mcp-bridge login

This opens your browser, registers a client via DCR, walks you through the consent screen, and stores tokens at ~/.gil/credentials.json (mode 0600, user-only). Refresh happens automatically — your session stays valid for 30 days unless you revoke it from /account → Connected Apps.

Legacy API key

GIL_API_KEY=gil_xxx npx github:DerpBicycle/gil-mcp-bridge

Get a key from /help/mcp-server (logged in). Bearer keys don't expire but you can revoke them from the same page.

Use in your MCP client

Claude Desktop

Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "game-industry-library": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["github:DerpBicycle/gil-mcp-bridge"]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop. On first run, the bridge will print a "no credentials" error — run npx github:DerpBicycle/gil-mcp-bridge login once to authenticate.

Cline / Continue / other VS Code clients

Same config — point the client at npx github:DerpBicycle/gil-mcp-bridge as the command.

Custom

Speak newline-delimited JSON-RPC 2.0 to stdin; receive responses on stdout. Errors and status messages go to stderr.

Commands

gil-mcp                Start the bridge (default — use this in client config)
gil-mcp login          Interactive OAuth login (stores ~/.gil/credentials.json)
gil-mcp logout         Remove stored credentials
gil-mcp status         Show current credential state
gil-mcp help           Show help

Environment variables

Variable	Purpose	Default
GIL_API_KEY	Legacy bearer key. Takes precedence over OAuth.	—
GIL_BASE_URL	Override server URL. Useful for testing against staging or local dev.	https://gameindustrylibrary.com

How it works

The bridge is a thin transport translator — ~80 lines of code per file. It reads JSON-RPC frames on stdin, forwards them as POST /api/mcp with a Authorization: Bearer header, and writes the response back to stdout. No caching, no retry, no transformation. The server does all the work.

OAuth tokens are refreshed automatically when they're within 60s of expiring (or already expired). If a refresh fails (e.g., the user revoked from /account), the bridge exits with a helpful error.

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/DerpBicycle/gil-mcp-bridge
cd gil-mcp-bridge
npm install
npm run build
node dist/index.js

Files

• src/index.ts — CLI entry, command dispatch
• src/bridge.ts — stdio ↔ HTTP forwarding
• src/login.ts — OAuth interactive flow (DCR + PKCE + loopback)
• src/credentials.ts — ~/.gil/credentials.json read/write/refresh

License

MIT