diffbot-mcp MCP Server

The easiest way to get started is to connect your MCP client directly to the remote MCP server hosted by Diffbot.

Local serverstdio

What is the diffbot-mcp Server?

diffbot-mcp is an MCP project maintained in the diffbot/diffbot-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “The easiest way to get started is to connect your MCP client directly to the remote MCP server hosted by Diffbot”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using python3. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Configuration values

The example declares DIFFBOT_TOKEN. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the diffbot-mcp Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "diffbot-mcp": {
      "command": "python3",
      "args": [
        "/<YOUR_PROJECT_FOLDER>/diffbot-mcp/diffbot_mcp_server.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DIFFBOT_TOKEN": "YOUR_DIFFBOT_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
DIFFBOT_TOKENDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation