From af11d23c7fed501d6e3bb25693705cf4cf20408f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Doherty <john.doherty@gitbook.io>
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2025 10:45:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] MCP Auth Middleware Exception

---
 packages/gitbook/src/middleware.ts | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/gitbook/src/middleware.ts b/packages/gitbook/src/middleware.ts
index 915f2cc700..765cf8e818 100644
--- a/packages/gitbook/src/middleware.ts
+++ b/packages/gitbook/src/middleware.ts
@@ -414,6 +414,13 @@ async function serveSiteRoutes(requestURL: URL, request: NextRequest) {
         return writeResponseCookies(response, cookies);
     };
 
+    if (siteRequestURL.pathname.endsWith('/~gitbook/mcp')) {
+        const token = siteRequestURL.searchParams.get('apiToken');
+        if (token) {
+            return withAPIToken(token);
+        }
+    }
+
     // For https://preview/<siteURL> requests,
     if (siteRequestURL.hostname === 'preview') {
         // Do not track page views for preview requests