TL;DR Connecting Claude Code directly to multiple Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers causes severe token bloat, credential fragmentation, and security blind spots. Evaluating open source mcp gateways for claude code allows engineering teams to centralize tool discovery, enforce granular access controls, and secure local environments. Bifrost ranks as the top open-source gateway for Claude Code workloads, delivering sub-millisecond routing overhead, unified multi-provider model swi...