Oura Ring MCP Server

MCP server for Oura Ring data with smart analysis tools

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What is the Oura Ring MCP MCP server?

MCP server for Oura Ring data with smart analysis tools. That is what the oura ring mcp mcp server brings to an AI assistant: the same capability, reachable through the Model Context Protocol rather than a separate app or dashboard.

The short version

An MCP server that connects your Oura Ring to Claude and other AI assistants. Get human-readable insights about your sleep, readiness, and activity—not just raw JSON.

  • Smart formatting — - Durations in hours/minutes, scores with context ("85 - Optimal")
  • Sleep analysis — - Sleep stages, efficiency, HRV, and biometrics
  • Readiness tracking — - Recovery scores and contributor breakdown
  • Activity data — - Steps, calories, and intensity breakdown
  • Health metrics — - Heart rate, SpO2, stress, cardiovascular age
  • Smart analysis — - Anomaly detection, correlations, trend analysis

Getting it running

oura-ring-mcp on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.

What it needs from you

Configuration is passed through the environment: OURA_ACCESS_TOKEN, OURA_CLIENT_ID, OURA_CLIENT_SECRET. 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.

Things to watch

  • 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.

How it compares

This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. It is maintained by mitchhankins01; 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We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

How to install the Oura Ring MCP MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oura-ring": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "oura-ring-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OURA_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "OURA_CLIENT_ID": "your-value",
        "OURA_CLIENT_SECRET": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
OURA_ACCESS_TOKENCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
OURA_CLIENT_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
OURA_CLIENT_SECRETCredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Frequently asked questions

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