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Overview

Membership is how identities get attached to grants. The gateway supports three types of members: All three types are added to grants the same way and are subject to the same access rules. Every call they make is written to the audit log.
Account Owner or Admin permission is required to add and manage users and robots. Any user can create their own API key.

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Robots

Robots are non-human accounts for automated pipelines and agents. They authenticate to the gateway with a bearer token and are attached to grants the same way user accounts are. Everything a robot calls is checked against its grants and written to the audit log.
MCP Robots
1

Open the Robots page

In the Aptible dashboard, navigate to MCP > Robots.
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Create the robot

Enter a name and click Create Robot User.
3

Generate an API key

Open the robot and click + Create API Key to generate a token.
Robots appear in the Users & Robots selector on the Grant Details panel. Add them to a grant the same way you’d add a user.

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User API Keys

Any user can create an API key to authenticate to the gateway without using their Aptible session token. In the Aptible dashboard, navigate to MCP > API Keys to create and manage them.
MCP API Key

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Authenticating to the Gateway

Both robot tokens and user API keys are passed as a bearer token in the Authorization header when connecting an MCP client to the gateway endpoint:
For a full walkthrough of how to connect your MCP client to the gateway, see Connecting to MCP Gateway.

Connecting to MCP Gateway

Step-by-step guide for end users to get connected.

Grants

Attach members to a grant to give them tool access.