Polar MCP Server

MCP Server for Polar AccessLink API - Access your Polar fitness data (exercises, sleep, nightly recharge, daily activity) from Claude

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What is the Polar MCP server?

Connect Polar to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. MCP Server for Polar AccessLink API - Access your Polar fitness data (exercises, sleep, nightly recharge, daily activity) from Claude. The polar mcp server is what makes that connection.

What the server does

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for the Polar AccessLink API. Connect your Polar fitness data to Claude AI - access workouts, sleep analysis, recovery metrics, heart rate data, and more.

Available tools

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

  • Category — Tools
  • Exercises — get_exercises, get_exercise
  • Sleep — get_sleep, get_sleep_range
  • Recovery — get_nightly_recharge, get_nightly_recharge_range
  • Activity — get_daily_activity, get_daily_activity_range, get_activity_samples, get_activity_samples_range
  • SleepWise — get_sleepwise_alertness, get_sleepwise_circadian_bedtime
  • Biosensing — get_body_temperature, get_skin_temperature, get_spo2
  • User — get_user_info, get_physical_info
  • get_user_info — /users/{id}
  • get_physical_info — /users/physical-information
  • get_exercises — /exercises
  • get_exercise — /exercises/{id}

Installation

Because this one is hosted, setup is mostly authentication — you point your client at the endpoint and approve access. Nothing runs on your machine, so there is no runtime to keep patched.

Credentials and setup notes

Configuration is passed through the environment: POLAR_ACCESS_TOKEN, POLAR_CLIENT_ID, POLAR_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.

Where it fits

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. Polar's toolset — Category, Exercises, Sleep and 11 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by nelsonnew; 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.

Worth knowing first

  • Your data travels to the provider's service, so the usual questions apply about what you send and what they retain.
  • With 14 tools registered it takes up a noticeable share of the context window; turn it off in projects that never touch Polar.
  • 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.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
CategoryTools
Exercisesget_exercises, get_exercise
Sleepget_sleep, get_sleep_range
Recoveryget_nightly_recharge, get_nightly_recharge_range
Activityget_daily_activity, get_daily_activity_range, get_activity_samples, get_activity_samples_range
SleepWiseget_sleepwise_alertness, get_sleepwise_circadian_bedtime
Biosensingget_body_temperature, get_skin_temperature, get_spo2
Userget_user_info, get_physical_info
get_user_info/users/{id}
get_physical_info/users/physical-information
get_exercises/exercises
get_exercise/exercises/{id}
get_sleep/users/sleep
get_nightly_recharge/users/nightly-recharge

How to install the Polar MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "polar": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/polar-mcp-server/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "POLAR_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your_access_token"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
POLAR_ACCESS_TOKENCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
POLAR_CLIENT_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
POLAR_CLIENT_SECRETCredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Polar to Category.
  • Use Polar to Exercises.
  • Use Polar to Sleep.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Polar to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 14 tools (Category, Exercises, Sleep, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Polar directly.