Pokeapi MCP Server

Empower your AI with Pokédex powers! Fetch and explore Pokémon data seamlessly via PokeAPI.

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What is the Pokeapi MCP server?

Pokeapi MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Pokeapi directly instead of describing what you should do. Empower your AI with Pokédex powers! Fetch and explore Pokémon data seamlessly via PokeAPI.

What the assistant can call

Once Pokeapi is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • Moves — getMoveByName, getMoveCategoryByName, getMoveDamageClassByName, getMoveAilmentByName, getMoveBattleStyleByName, getMoveLearnMethodByName
  • Items — getItemByName, getItemCategoryByName, getItemAttributeByName, getItemFlingEffectByName, getItemPocketByName
  • Encounters — getLocationByName, getLocationAreaByName, getEncounterMethodByName, getEncounterConditionByName, getEncounterConditionValueByName
  • Berries — getBerryByName, getBerryFirmnessByName, getBerryFlavorByName
  • Contests — getContestTypeByName, getContestEffectById, getSuperContestEffectById
  • Evolution — getEvolutionChainById, getEvolutionTriggerByName
  • Other — getCharacteristicById, getMachineById, getPalParkAreaByName, getPokeathlonStatByName, getRegionByName

Configuration and credentials

You will need one environment variable: MCP_HTTP_SERVER_URL. 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.

Setting it up

Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at pokeapi-mcp-server 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.

Choosing this one

Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Pokeapi's toolset — Moves, Items, Encounters and 4 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by Asthanaji05; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

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 pokeapi mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
MovesgetMoveByName, getMoveCategoryByName, getMoveDamageClassByName, getMoveAilmentByName, getMoveBattleStyleByName, getMoveLearnMethodByName, getMoveTargetByName.
ItemsgetItemByName, getItemCategoryByName, getItemAttributeByName, getItemFlingEffectByName, getItemPocketByName.
EncountersgetLocationByName, getLocationAreaByName, getEncounterMethodByName, getEncounterConditionByName, getEncounterConditionValueByName.
BerriesgetBerryByName, getBerryFirmnessByName, getBerryFlavorByName.
ContestsgetContestTypeByName, getContestEffectById, getSuperContestEffectById.
EvolutiongetEvolutionChainById, getEvolutionTriggerByName.
OthergetCharacteristicById, getMachineById, getPalParkAreaByName, getPokeathlonStatByName, getRegionByName.

How to install the Pokeapi MCP server

Or if installed globally:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pokemon-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "pokeapi-mcp-server@1.4.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
MCP_HTTP_SERVER_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Pokeapi to Moves.
  • Use Pokeapi to Items.
  • Use Pokeapi to Encounters.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Pokeapi to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 7 tools (Moves, Items, Encounters, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Pokeapi directly.