Vk MCP Server

MCP server for VK (VKontakte) API: users, walls, groups, friends, newsfeed, photos.

Local serverstdio

What is the Vk MCP server?

MCP server for VK (VKontakte) API: users, walls, groups, friends, newsfeed, photos. Exposed over MCP by the vk mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.

What it actually does

Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for VK (VKontakte) social network API

  • 19 tools — across users, walls, communities, photos, likes and statistics
  • Read and write — search and read freely; posting, editing and deleting are
  • Structured output — every tool declares an output schema, so the model gets
  • Pagination that explains itself — list results say how many matches exist
  • Things you can look at — on hosts that support MCP Apps
  • Prompts — ready-made workflows — community digest, engagement report,

Adding it to your client

The server ships on npm as vk-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.

Its toolset

Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:

  • Users — The Users tool exposed by this server
  • Wall — The Wall tool exposed by this server
  • Groups — The Groups tool exposed by this server
  • Photos — The Photos tool exposed by this server
  • Other — The Other tool exposed by this server

Configuration

You will need 2 environment variables: VK_ACCESS_TOKEN, YOUR_APP_ID. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

Caveats

  • 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.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the vk mcp server does with a few real requests.

When to reach for it

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. Vk's toolset — Users, Wall, Groups and 2 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by bulatko; 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.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
UsersThe Users tool exposed by this server.
WallThe Wall tool exposed by this server.
GroupsThe Groups tool exposed by this server.
PhotosThe Photos tool exposed by this server.
OtherThe Other tool exposed by this server.

How to install the Vk MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vk": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "vk-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "VK_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "YOUR_APP_ID": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
VK_ACCESS_TOKENCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
YOUR_APP_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional

Example prompts to try

  • Use Vk to Users.
  • Use Vk to Wall.
  • Use Vk to Groups.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Vk to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 5 tools (Users, Wall, Groups, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Vk directly.