# Install Gate MCP for OpenClaw

Gate MCP setup requires installing mcporter, adding an endpoint, and checking connectivity. This skill automates those steps and gives clear troubleshooting guidance.

## Install

```bash
npx skillstore add gate/gate-mcp-installer
```

## Metadata

- Status: approved
- Slug: gate-gate-mcp-installer
- Version: 2026.3.4-1
- Author version: 2026.3.4-1
- Skillstore revision: r1
- Version status: valid
- Tree hash: e829e72dd59540e199b4f18afbd85324233664de1659ad98f8c7adc5690cdeb7
- Author: gate
- GitHub username: gate
- License: MIT
- Repository: https://github.com/gate/gate-skills/tree/master/skills/gate-mcp-installer/
- Ref: 30c73eac2afe762f6aa9c4553158769369d47351
- Supported tools: Claude, Codex, Claude Code
- Audit status: complete
- Agent install advisory: confirmation\_required
- Manual install advisory: allowed
- Artifact signature: available
- Audit attestation: unavailable
- Human verification: not\_verified
- Risk factors: network, filesystem, external\_commands
- Quality score: 38
- Quality tier: warning
- Public page: https://skillstore.pages.dev/skills/gate-gate-mcp-installer
- Manifest: https://skillstore.pages.dev/api/skills/gate-gate-mcp-installer/manifest

## Capabilities

- Checks whether npm is available before installation starts.
- Installs or updates the mcporter CLI globally through npm.
- Adds the Gate MCP endpoint with mcporter using home scope.
- Verifies Gate MCP connectivity by listing available tool schemas.
- Prints setup status, installed versions, and common usage prompts.
- Provides manual installation and troubleshooting steps when automation fails.

## Use Cases

- Set Up Gate MCP: Install mcporter, add the Gate endpoint, and verify that OpenClaw can reach MCP tools.
- Verify An Existing Setup: Check the installed CLI, saved Gate configuration, and tool listing before using market data workflows.
- Recover From Setup Errors: Diagnose missing commands, configuration problems, and connection failures with guided repair steps.

## Prompt Templates

### Install Gate MCP

```
Install Gate MCP for OpenClaw and verify it works.
```

### Check My Setup

```
Check whether Gate MCP is configured correctly. Report each check and the next fix if one fails.
```

### Troubleshoot Connection Failure

```
Gate MCP cannot connect. Diagnose npm, mcporter, config, and network status before changing anything.
```

### Reinstall And Validate

```
Update mcporter, reconfigure Gate MCP only if needed, then list available tools and summarize changed settings.
```

## Limitations

- Requires Node.js, npm, and network access.
- Uses a global npm installation that may need local permissions.
- Only configures the public Gate MCP endpoint.
- Does not guarantee endpoint uptime or market data accuracy.

## Best Practices

- Review the installer script before running it.
- Confirm global npm installation is acceptable for your environment.
- Run verification after installation and keep endpoint configuration visible to administrators.

## Anti Patterns

- Running the installer in locked-down production shells without approval.
- Using the skill where Node.js and npm are not allowed.
- Assuming MCP tool results replace independent market or security review.

## Security Audit

- Audited at: 2026-07-05T14:37:48.754\+00:00
- Summary: The hidden-file alerts are false positives because they reference the documented OpenClaw skill directory, and the Markdown backtick alerts are formatting. Real risks remain: the skill runs a bash installer, installs an unpinned global npm package, and configures a persistent third-party MCP endpoint.

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- Downloads: 13
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