Minecraft MCP MCP Server

Control a Minecraft character to build, explore, and interact with the game world using natural language.

Local serverstdio

What is the Minecraft MCP MCP server?

Minecraft MCP MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Minecraft MCP directly instead of describing what you should do. Control a Minecraft character to build, explore, and interact with the game world using natural language.

What you get

This bot is designed to be used with Claude Desktop through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

Setting it up

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.

What the assistant can call

Once Minecraft MCP is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • Movement — The Movement tool exposed by this server
  • Flight — The Flight tool exposed by this server
  • Inventory — The Inventory tool exposed by this server
  • Furnace — The Furnace tool exposed by this server
  • Communication — The Communication tool exposed by this server

Configuration and credentials

  • Git - Node.js (>= 20.10.0) - A running Minecraft game (the setup below was tested with Minecraft 1.21.8 Java Edition included in Microsoft Game Pass) - An MCP-compatible client. Claude Desktop will be used as an example, but other MCP clients are also supported

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.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the minecraft mcp mcp server does with a few real requests.

Choosing this one

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. Minecraft MCP's toolset — Movement, Flight, Inventory and 2 more — 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.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
MovementThe Movement tool exposed by this server.
FlightThe Flight tool exposed by this server.
InventoryThe Inventory tool exposed by this server.
FurnaceThe Furnace tool exposed by this server.
CommunicationThe Communication tool exposed by this server.

How to install the Minecraft MCP MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "minecraft": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "github:yuniko-software/minecraft-mcp-server",
        "--host",
        "localhost",
        "--port",
        "25565",
        "--username",
        "ClaudeBot"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

  • Git - Node.js (>= 20.10.0) - A running Minecraft game (the setup below was tested with Minecraft 1.21.8 Java Edition included in Microsoft Game Pass) - An MCP-compatible client. Claude Desktop will be used as an example, but other MCP clients are also supported

Example prompts to try

  • Use Minecraft MCP to Movement.
  • Use Minecraft MCP to Flight.
  • Use Minecraft MCP to Inventory.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Minecraft MCP to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 5 tools (Movement, Flight, Inventory, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Minecraft MCP directly.