Adonis MCP Server

AdonisJS MCP - MCP server for your AdonisJS applications.

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What is the Adonis MCP server?

AdonisJS MCP - MCP server for your AdonisJS applications. That is what the adonis mcp server brings to an AI assistant: the same capability, reachable through the Model Context Protocol rather than a separate app or dashboard.

The short version

Adonis MCP provides a simple and elegant way for AI clients to interact with your AdonisJS application through the Model Context Protocol. It offers an expressive, fluent interface for defining tools, resources, and prompts that enable AI-powered interactions with your application.

  • Tools — — Type-safe handlers that AI models can call to perform actions (query a database, send emails, call external APIs…)
  • Resources — — Expose application data through URI templates with support for text and binary content
  • Prompts — — Reusable, argument-validated prompt templates to guide AI interactions
  • Multiple transports — — HTTP, stdio, and fake (testing) transports out of the box
  • Annotations — — Decorate tools and resources with metadata (@isReadOnly, @isDestructive, @priority…) so AI clients understand their behaviour
  • Authentication & Authorization — — First-class integration with AdonisJS Auth and Bouncer

The tools it exposes

The server publishes 1 tool. What each one is for:

  • Annotations — Annotations allow you to provide additional metadata about your tools and resources to help MCP clients better understand their behavior and

Getting it running

Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at skills on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.

How it compares

Plenty of database access servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Adonis's toolset — Annotations — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by batosai; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Things to watch

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
AnnotationsAnnotations allow you to provide additional metadata about your tools and resources to help MCP clients better understand their behavior and characteristics.

How to install the Adonis MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "adonis": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "skills"]
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Example prompts to try

  • Use Adonis to Annotations.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Adonis to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 1 tool (Annotations) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Adonis directly.