gate-mcp-installer

What This Skill Does

The gate-mcp-installer is a specialized automation skill designed to streamline the integration of Gate MCP (mcporter) into your OpenClaw environment. It acts as a comprehensive manager that handles the entire lifecycle of the Gate MCP CLI tool—from initial installation and dependency resolution to endpoint configuration and connectivity validation. By centralizing these operations, it eliminates the manual overhead typically associated with setting up complex API-integrated development tools.

Installation

You can initiate the setup through two primary methods. For a seamless, automated experience, execute the primary installation script directly within your terminal: bash ~/.openclaw/skills/gate-mcp-installer/scripts/install-gate-mcp.sh. This script handles the global installation of the mcporter CLI via npm and automatically configures your environment variables. Alternatively, you can trigger the skill directly through the OpenClaw agent interface, which will guide you step-by-step. If you prefer manual intervention, you may run npm i -g mcporter followed by the configuration command mcporter config add gate https://api.gatemcp.ai/mcp --scope home to register your endpoint.

Use Cases

This skill is perfect for developers, quantitative traders, and crypto analysts who need to interface with Gate exchange data programmatically. It allows users to query real-time market data, automate strategy backtesting, or integrate Gate's vast ecosystem of exchange tools into their local agent workflows. Whether you are debugging connectivity issues between your local machine and the Gate server or setting up a fresh development environment, this skill ensures the pipeline is correctly initialized.

Example Prompts

1. "Install and configure the Gate MCP tool for me so I can start trading."
2. "Verify my current Gate MCP setup and list all available market analysis tools."
3. "I am having trouble connecting to the Gate API, can you run the troubleshooting diagnostic for mcporter?"

Tips & Limitations

To ensure success, always verify that your Node.js and npm versions are up to date before running the installer. If the tool fails to detect the installed binary, ensure your system PATH includes the npm global bin directory. Note that the skill relies on network access to fetch the mcporter package and verify connections, so it will not work in air-gapped environments. Always run the verification command mcporter list gate --schema after installation to confirm that your API keys and configuration URLs are correctly mapped, as invalid configurations are the most common cause of runtime errors.