MCP-Airflow-API is an MCP server that leverages the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to transform Apache Airflow REST API operations into natural
MCP MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on MCP directly instead of describing what you should do. MCP-Airflow-API is an MCP server that leverages the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to transform Apache Airflow REST API operations into natural language tools. This project hides the complexity of API structures and enables intuitive.
Have you ever wondered how amazing it would be if you could manage your Apache Airflow workflows using natural language instead of complex REST API calls or web interface manipulations? MCP-Airflow-API is the revolutionary open-source project that makes this goal a reality.
Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.
Once MCP is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
Feature — API v1 (Airflow 2.x)Configuration — The Configuration tool exposed by this serverCleanup — The Cleanup tool exposed by this serverYou will need 5 environment variables: AIRFLOW_API_VERSION, AIRFLOW_API_BASE_URL, AIRFLOW_API_USERNAME, AIRFLOW_API_PASSWORD, REMOTE_SECRET_KEY. 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.
Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. MCP's toolset — Feature, Configuration, Cleanup — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Feature | API v1 (Airflow 2.x) |
| Configuration | The Configuration tool exposed by this server. |
| Cleanup | The Cleanup tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-airflow-api": {
"type": "streamable-http",
"url": "http://your-server:8000/mcp",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer your-secure-secret-key-here"
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| AIRFLOW_API_VERSION | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| AIRFLOW_API_BASE_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
| AIRFLOW_API_USERNAME | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| AIRFLOW_API_PASSWORD | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| REMOTE_SECRET_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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