dovetail-mcp MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for connecting AI tools to the Dovetail API.

Local serverstdio

What is the dovetail-mcp Server?

dovetail-mcp is an MCP project maintained in the dovetail/dovetail-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for connecting AI tools to the Dovetail API”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using node. 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 DOVETAIL_API_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 dovetail-mcp Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dovetail-mcp": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "<path-to-your-index-js-file>"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DOVETAIL_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_DOVETAIL_API_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

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