An MCP server for interacting with the PI Dashboard API
Connect Pi Api to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. An MCP server for interacting with the PI Dashboard API. The pi api mcp server is what makes that connection.
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides standardized tools and resources for interacting with the PI Dashboard API. This implementation enables Claude and other MCP-compatible AI assistants to securely access and manage PI Dashboard resources, including categories and charts.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
Authentication — The Authentication tool exposed by this serverCategories — The Categories tool exposed by this serverCharts — The Charts tool exposed by this serverInstallation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at @smithery/cli on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
Configuration is passed through the environment: PI_API_KEY. 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.
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. Pi Api's toolset — Authentication, Categories, Charts — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by mingzilla; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against Pi Api's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Authentication | The Authentication tool exposed by this server. |
| Categories | The Categories tool exposed by this server. |
| Charts | The Charts tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"pi-api": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@smithery/cli"],
"env": {
"PI_API_KEY": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| PI_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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