MCP Lifx MCP Server

MCP Lifx MCP server is a locally run integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. MCP server for LIFX API.

What you get

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools for controlling LIFX smart lights through the LIFX HTTP API.

• 🔍 list_lights - Get all lights or filter by selector
• ⚡ set_state - Control power, color, brightness of lights
• 🔄 toggle_power - Toggle lights on/off
• 🫁 breathe_effect - Create breathing light effects
• 💫 pulse_effect - Create pulsing light effects
• 🎬 list_scenes - List all saved scenes

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.

Configuration and credentials

You will need one environment variable: LIFX_API_TOKEN. 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.

1. LIFX API Token: Get your token from LIFX Cloud Settings 2. Node.js: Version 16 or higher 3. VS Code with GitHub Copilot extension

Choosing this one

Plenty of developer tooling 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. It is maintained by lenvolk; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

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 mcp lifx mcp server does with a few real requests.