MCP Nextjs MCP Server

This is a Next.js-based application that provides an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server with OAuth 2.1 authentication support. It is intended as a

Local serverstdio

What is the MCP Nextjs MCP server?

If you want an AI assistant working directly with MCP Nextjs, the mcp nextjs mcp server is the bridge. This is a Next.js-based application that provides an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server with OAuth 2.1 authentication support. It is intended as a model for building your own MCP server in a Next.js context. It uses the @vercel/mcp-adapter to handle the MCP.

What MCP Nextjs does

This is a Next.js-based application that provides an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server with OAuth 2.1 authentication support. It is intended as a model for building your own MCP server in a Next.js context. It uses the @vercel/mcp-adapter to handle the MCP protocol, in order to support both SSE and Streamable HTTP transports.

Installing the mcp nextjs mcp server

The server is distributed via npm as prisma, so most clients can run it without a manual build step. Add it to your MCP client's configuration and restart the client to pick it up — the copy-paste configs for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are on this page.

Configuration

Before the server will start you need to supply 5 environment variables: DATABASE_URL, AUTH_SECRET, GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID, GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET, REDIS_URL. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than committing them.

Where it fits

Cloud and DevOps servers put infrastructure on speaking terms with your assistant, so "why is this broken?" is answered from real state rather than a generic checklist. MCP Nextjs sits in that group. Worth comparing against the other cloud devops servers in this directory before you commit to one, since several overlap in scope but differ sharply in setup cost and permissions.

Practical notes

  • This server runs locally, so it operates with whatever access your machine and its credentials already have. Scope that deliberately rather than by default.
  • It will not start until its required credentials are present, so set those before wondering why the tools never appear.
  • Maintained by run-llama.
  • MCP clients ask for confirmation before each tool call by default. Keep that on while you learn what the mcp nextjs mcp server actually does with your data.
  • Every entry in this directory is reviewed by hand before it goes live, and details are checked against the project's own documentation.

How to install the MCP Nextjs MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
      "MyServer": {
        "name": "LlamaIndex MCP Demo",
        "url": "https://example.com/mcp/mcp",
        "transport": "http-stream"
      },
  }
}

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

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
DATABASE_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes
AUTH_SECRETCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
GOOGLE_CLIENT_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRETCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
REDIS_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes

Frequently asked questions

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