Solana MCP Server

Solana MCP server for wallet management, transaction handling, and program interactions on Solana blockchain

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What is the Solana MCP server?

Connect Solana to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. Solana MCP server for wallet management, transaction handling, and program interactions on Solana blockchain. The solana mcp server is what makes that connection.

What the server does

The most actively maintained Solana MCP. Covers the complete SPL token lifecycle (create, mint, burn, freeze, thaw, delegate, authority management) that competitors skip.

  • Complete SPL token lifecycle. — Create, mint, burn, freeze, thaw, set authority, delegate, close -- 10 token tools covering every operation. Competitors stop at create/transfer
  • Production-ready infrastructure. — Lazy connection initialization (no startup timeouts), 10-second network call timeouts, comprehensive error handling, and Smithery deployment support
  • Anchor integration. — Built with @coral-xyz/anchor support for interacting with Anchor programs alongside raw SPL token operations

Installation

solana-mcp-server on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.

Credentials and setup notes

Configuration is passed through the environment: SOLANA_RPC_URL. 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

Among the cloud and infrastructure 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. It is maintained by purplesquirrel; 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.

How to install the Solana MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "solana": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "solana-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "SOLANA_RPC_URL": "https://api.mainnet-beta.solana.com"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
SOLANA_RPC_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes

Frequently asked questions

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