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Connector Gateway intro: add how it works and full admin scope #1183
Description
Part of #1175. Page: docs/connector-gateway/index.mdx
Problems
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It doesn't explain how the gateway works or who does what (lines 18-24). The page says what the gateway is, but not how anyone gets value from it. There are two roles:
- Admins register connectors and grant access.
- Users connect an MCP client (Claude Code, Claude, Codex, Cursor, VS Code) to a single gateway endpoint and sign in once per connector.
The only diagram of the flow is on the configure page.
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"What you administer here" is incomplete, and the sidebar doesn't match the console (lines 38-42). In the console, the Connectors admin nav group has four items: Connectors, Identity Providers, Managed Secrets, and Tool Usage. The docs put identity providers and managed secrets under Platform → Identity and directory, and this list doesn't mention them.
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The vMCP comparison implies a difference that isn't there (line 32). It lists "multiple authentication methods" as a vMCP advantage, but the Connector Gateway supports five auth types in the console and eight through the API.
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The directory-groups pointer repeats at lines 19 and 49-51, and access is also policy-based (see Connector Gateway: correct inaccurate claims and stale API spec #1177). "Before you start" (lines 44-47) is a single link.
Recommendations
- Add a short "How it works" section: the request flow (client → gateway → directory policy → connector), plus the admin and user roles, with links to each
- List all four admin areas with links. Consider adding sidebar links to the identity providers and managed secrets pages in
connectorGatewaySidebar. - Turn the vMCP section into a comparison table covering:
- who picks the tools: admins and users vs. a fixed config
- how authorization works: per-user connector policy vs.
ToolhiveAuthorizationPolicy - tool filtering and renaming: users narrow their own tools vs. admin-defined
- who it's for: people vs. applications
- Link
ToolhiveAuthorizationPolicy - Replace "Before you start" with real prerequisites: gateway deployed (Connector Gateway: fix configure page so the install renders #1176), at least one directory group, and identity providers or managed secrets for connectors that need auth
- State the directory-groups pointer once
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