What does the kintone mcp server do?

It connects Kintone to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Kintone directly.

How do I install the kintone mcp server?

Register the server in your MCP client's configuration file and restart the client. This page carries ready-made configuration blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor.

What credentials does it need?

It reads `KINTONE_BASE_URL`, `KINTONE_USERNAME`, `KINTONE_PASSWORD`, `KINTONE_API_TOKEN`, `KINTONE_ALLOW_APPS`, `KINTONE_DENY_APPS` from the environment. Store these in your client's env block or a secrets manager — never commit them to a repository — and grant the narrowest scope that still covers your use case.

Kintone MCP Server — Setup, Tools & Config

Name: Kintone MCP Server
Author: macrat

What is the Kintone MCP server?

Cybozu have released the official kintone MCP server! :tada: I believe this project's role has archieved, so I won't add any new features. Please use and contribute to the official MCP server!. That is what the kintone mcp server brings to an AI assistant: the same capability, reachable through the Model Context Protocol rather than a separate app or dashboard.

What it needs from you

Configuration is passed through the environment: KINTONE_BASE_URL, KINTONE_USERNAME, KINTONE_PASSWORD, KINTONE_API_TOKEN, KINTONE_ALLOW_APPS, KINTONE_DENY_APPS. 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.

Getting it running

Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.

How it compares

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. It is maintained by macrat; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

Things to watch

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.
Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

How to install the Kintone MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kintone": {
      "command": "C:\\path\\to\\mcp-server-kintone.exe",
      "env": {
        "KINTONE_BASE_URL": "https://<domain>.cybozu.com",
        "KINTONE_USERNAME": "<your username>",
        "KINTONE_PASSWORD": "<your password>",
        "KINTONE_API_TOKEN": "<your api token>, <another api token>, ...",
        "KINTONE_ALLOW_APPS": "1, 2, 3, ...",
        "KINTONE_DENY_APPS": "4, 5, ..."
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Configuration

Variable	Description	Required
KINTONE_BASE_URL	Endpoint or connection string the server talks to.	Yes
KINTONE_USERNAME	Configuration value read at startup.	Optional
KINTONE_PASSWORD	Configuration value read at startup.	Optional
KINTONE_API_TOKEN	Credential the server authenticates with.	Yes
KINTONE_ALLOW_APPS	Configuration value read at startup.	Optional
KINTONE_DENY_APPS	Configuration value read at startup.	Optional

Kintone MCP Server

What is the Kintone MCP server?

What it needs from you

Getting it running

How it compares

Things to watch

How to install the Kintone MCP server

Configuration

Frequently asked questions

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