Freelancer MCP Server

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What is the Freelancer MCP server?

Freelancer MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Freelancer directly instead of describing what you should do. Search, bid, and message clients on Freelancer.com from Claude. Multi-account support.

What you get

An MCP server that connects Claude (Desktop, Code, or any MCP-compatible client) directly to Freelancer.com. Search and bid on projects, read and reply to client messages, review your track record, and manage skills/specialty profiles — all from a chat.

Setting it up

The server ships on npm as freelancer-mcp-server, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.

Configuration and credentials

You will need 2 environment variables: FREELANCER_OAUTH_TOKEN, FREELANCER_ACCOUNTS. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

Before you rely on it

  • 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.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the freelancer mcp server does with a few real requests.

Choosing this one

This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. It is maintained by godesigntech; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against Freelancer's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

How to install the Freelancer MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "freelancer": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "freelancer-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "FREELANCER_OAUTH_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "FREELANCER_ACCOUNTS": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
FREELANCER_OAUTH_TOKENCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
FREELANCER_ACCOUNTSConfiguration value read at startup.Optional

Frequently asked questions

It connects Freelancer to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Freelancer directly.