# GatewayProtocolConfiguration
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The configuration for a gateway protocol. This structure defines how the gateway communicates with external services.

## Contents
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**Important**  
This data type is a UNION, so only one of the following members can be specified when used or returned.

 ** mcp **   <a name="bedrockagentcorecontrol-Type-GatewayProtocolConfiguration-mcp"></a>
The configuration for the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This protocol enables communication between Amazon Bedrock Agent and external tools.  
Type: [MCPGatewayConfiguration](API_MCPGatewayConfiguration.md) object  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/bedrock-agentcore-control-2023-06-05/GatewayProtocolConfiguration) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/bedrock-agentcore-control-2023-06-05/GatewayProtocolConfiguration) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/bedrock-agentcore-control-2023-06-05/GatewayProtocolConfiguration)