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# [Reading AgentGateway's config.yaml (From Scary First Line to Writing Your Own)](https://blogs.codingfreaks.net/reading-agentgateway-s-config-yaml-from-scary-first-line-to-writing-your-own?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

One file runs everything — binds, listeners, routes, backends, policies. Here's how to read it top to bottom, and why the same skeleton powers an MCP gateway, an LLM gateway, and a plain proxy.

Jun 17 · 8 min read · blogs.codingfreaks.net  
Updated Jul 4  
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