Opal MCP Server

Developer-friendly & type-safe Typescript SDK specifically catered to leverage *opal-mcp* API.

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What is the Opal MCP MCP server?

Connect Opal MCP to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. Developer-friendly & type-safe Typescript SDK specifically catered to leverage opal-mcp API. The opal mcp mcp server is what makes that connection.

Installation

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.

Available tools

The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:

  • Read-only — For applications that only need to view resources
  • Full-access — For applications that need to create or modify resources
  • Installation — The Installation tool exposed by this server
  • PNPM — The PNPM tool exposed by this server
  • Yarn — The Yarn tool exposed by this server

Credentials and setup notes

Configuration is passed through the environment: API_KEY, SERVER_URL. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.

Worth knowing first

  • 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.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

Where it fits

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. Opal MCP's toolset — Read-only, Full-access, Installation and 2 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by opalsecurity; 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We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
Read-onlyFor applications that only need to view resources
Full-accessFor applications that need to create or modify resources
InstallationThe Installation tool exposed by this server.
PNPMThe PNPM tool exposed by this server.
YarnThe Yarn tool exposed by this server.

How to install the Opal MCP MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "OpalMcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y", "--package", "opal-mcp",
        "--",
        "mcp", "start",
        "--bearer-auth", "<API_TOKEN>"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
SERVER_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Opal MCP to Read-only.
  • Use Opal MCP to Full-access.
  • Use Opal MCP to Installation.

Frequently asked questions

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