Kontent.Ai MCP Server

The Official Kontent.ai MCP server. Connect your AI with Kontent.ai.

Local serverstdio

What is the Kontent.Ai MCP server?

Connect Kontent.Ai to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. The Official Kontent.ai MCP server. Connect your AI with Kontent.ai. The kontent.ai mcp server is what makes that connection.

What the server does

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Installation

The server ships on npm as @kontent-ai/mcp-server, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.

Credentials and setup notes

Configuration is passed through the environment: KONTENT_API_KEY, KONTENT_ENVIRONMENT_ID. 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.

Worth knowing first

  • 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.

Where it fits

Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. It is maintained by kontent-ai; 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We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

How to install the Kontent.Ai MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "server-kontent-ai": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@kontent-ai/mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "KONTENT_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "KONTENT_ENVIRONMENT_ID": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
KONTENT_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
KONTENT_ENVIRONMENT_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional

Frequently asked questions

You need a Kontent.ai account, a project, a Management API key with appropriate permissions, and your environment ID.