Is this Strapi's official MCP?

No. Strapi does not publish a first-party MCP server; this is a community wrapper with about 1.4k weekly npm downloads. Contentful and Sanity are the vendor-published options in this category.

Admin password or API token?

Both work, but they are not equivalent. The API token cannot reach the schema endpoints, so the content-type and component tools silently stop working. Admin credentials unlock the full set — at the cost of putting admin credentials in a config file.

Does it work with Strapi v5?

It targets the documented REST and admin APIs, which v5 kept. Run it against a staging instance first and check `list_content_types` returns your types before trusting the rest.

Strapi

Name: Top MCPs — curated MCP directory
Creator: Top MCPs
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Self-hosted CMS content and schema editing from an agent — 20 tools including content-type creation.

Score 50(?)Community (l33tdawg)MIT 25Verified Sep 17, 2026Top MCPs for Website Builders and CMS →

Install View on GitHub

Quick answer

What it does

Wraps a Strapi instance's REST and admin APIs: `list_content_types`, `get_entries` with filtering and population, `create_entry` / `update_entry` / `delete_entry`, `publish_entry` / `unpublish_entry`, `upload_media` and `upload_media_from_path`, `connect_relation` / `disconnect_relation`, and the `*_content_type` and `*_component` families.

Best for

Bulk entry creation and updates
Creating content types and components from a description
Relation wiring between entries
Media uploads from a local path

Not for

Hosted-CMS convenience (use Contentful or Sanity)
Setups where admin credentials cannot be issued

Source: top-mcps.com/mcp/strapi — verified Sep 2026

Setup recipe

Pick your client, then follow the three steps.

Install

claude_desktop_config.jsonjson

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "strapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "strapi-mcp@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "STRAPI_URL": "${STRAPI_URL}",
        "STRAPI_ADMIN_EMAIL": "${STRAPI_ADMIN_EMAIL}",
        "STRAPI_ADMIN_PASSWORD": "${STRAPI_ADMIN_PASSWORD}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Paste under mcpServers. Fully quit and reopen Claude after editing.

CLI or .mcp.jsonshell

# export STRAPI_URL=http://localhost:1337
# export STRAPI_ADMIN_EMAIL=admin@example.com
# export STRAPI_ADMIN_PASSWORD=your_admin_password
claude mcp add strapi -- npx -y strapi-mcp@latest

Run from your repo. Commit .mcp.json to share with your team.

.cursor/mcp.jsonjson

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "strapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "strapi-mcp@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "STRAPI_URL": "${STRAPI_URL}",
        "STRAPI_ADMIN_EMAIL": "${STRAPI_ADMIN_EMAIL}",
        "STRAPI_ADMIN_PASSWORD": "${STRAPI_ADMIN_PASSWORD}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Global path: ~/.cursor/mcp.json. Reload window after editing.

.vscode/mcp.jsonjsonc

{
  "servers": {
    "strapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "strapi-mcp@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "STRAPI_URL": "${STRAPI_URL}",
        "STRAPI_ADMIN_EMAIL": "${STRAPI_ADMIN_EMAIL}",
        "STRAPI_ADMIN_PASSWORD": "${STRAPI_ADMIN_PASSWORD}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code uses the "servers" key (not "mcpServers").

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.jsonjson

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "strapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "strapi-mcp@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "STRAPI_URL": "${STRAPI_URL}",
        "STRAPI_ADMIN_EMAIL": "${STRAPI_ADMIN_EMAIL}",
        "STRAPI_ADMIN_PASSWORD": "${STRAPI_ADMIN_PASSWORD}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Open via Cascade → hammer icon → Configure.

cline_mcp_settings.jsonjson

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "strapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "strapi-mcp@latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "STRAPI_URL": "${STRAPI_URL}",
        "STRAPI_ADMIN_EMAIL": "${STRAPI_ADMIN_EMAIL}",
        "STRAPI_ADMIN_PASSWORD": "${STRAPI_ADMIN_PASSWORD}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Open via the Cline sidebar → MCP Servers → Edit.

~/.continue/config.jsonjson

{
  "experimental": {
    "modelContextProtocolServers": [
      {
        "transport": {
          "type": "stdio",
          "command": "npx",
          "args": [
            "-y",
            "strapi-mcp@latest"
          ],
          "env": {
            "STRAPI_URL": "${STRAPI_URL}",
            "STRAPI_ADMIN_EMAIL": "${STRAPI_ADMIN_EMAIL}",
            "STRAPI_ADMIN_PASSWORD": "${STRAPI_ADMIN_PASSWORD}"
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Continue uses modelContextProtocolServers with a transport block.

~/.codex/config.tomlshell

# ~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.strapi]
command = "npx"
args = [
  "-y",
  "strapi-mcp@latest",
]
env = { STRAPI_URL = "${STRAPI_URL}", STRAPI_ADMIN_EMAIL = "${STRAPI_ADMIN_EMAIL}", STRAPI_ADMIN_PASSWORD = "${STRAPI_ADMIN_PASSWORD}" }

Codex uses TOML. Each server is a [mcp_servers.<name>] subtable.

~/.config/zed/settings.jsonjsonc

{
  "context_servers": {
    "strapi": {
      "command": {
        "path": "npx",
        "args": [
          "-y",
          "strapi-mcp@latest"
        ]
      },
      "env": {
        "STRAPI_URL": "${STRAPI_URL}",
        "STRAPI_ADMIN_EMAIL": "${STRAPI_ADMIN_EMAIL}",
        "STRAPI_ADMIN_PASSWORD": "${STRAPI_ADMIN_PASSWORD}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Zed calls them "context_servers". Settings live-reload on save.

ChatGPT → Apps directorynone

Strapi doesn't ship a hosted HTTPS endpoint today. ChatGPT supports remote MCP servers only — to use this server in ChatGPT you'll need to deploy it to a public HTTPS URL first (e.g. via Cloudflare Workers or Vercel) or wait for an official remote build.

2
Set required secrets
Set STRAPI_URL, STRAPI_ADMIN_EMAIL, STRAPI_ADMIN_PASSWORD in your shell environment before launching your MCP client.
3
Try a minimum working prompt
Minimum working prompt pending verification. Try any prompt from the MCP’s README once installed.

Tools & permissions

Showing 12 of 20 tools the server reported. The rest are real, just not listed here.

Tool	Description	Args	Side effects
`list_content_types`	List every content type in the Strapi instance.	—	Read
`get_content_type_schema`	Return fields, types and relations for one content type.	—	Read
`get_entries`	List entries with filtering, pagination, sorting and relation population.	—	Read
`create_entry`	Create an entry for a content type.	—	Write
`update_entry`	Update an existing entry by ID.	—	Write
`delete_entry`	Delete a specific entry.	—	Write
`publish_entry`	Publish an entry.	—	Write
`unpublish_entry`	Unpublish an entry.	—	Write
`upload_media_from_path`	Upload media from a local path, up to 10MB, avoiding base64 bloat.	—	Write
`connect_relation`	Connect related entries to a relation field.	—	Write
`create_content_type`	Create a content type. Requires admin privileges.	—	Write
`delete_content_type`	Delete a content type. Requires admin privileges.	—	Write

Security & scope

Access scope: Read + write
Sandbox: No sandbox. Run it against a local or staging Strapi instance before pointing it at production.
Gotchas: The schema tools need Strapi admin credentials — email and password, not a scoped API token. That is a full admin grant sitting in an MCP config.
`delete_content_type` drops the type and, with it, the entries modelled on it. There is no confirmation step.
The API-token fallback works but has limited permissions; schema access in particular will fail, which reads as a missing tool rather than a permission error.

Agent prompt pack

— copy into Claude, Cursor, or ChatGPT.

Paste into Claude, Cursor, or ChatGPT. Edit the [brackets] before sending.

Recommend the best MCP servers for [task: e.g. website builders work] in [client: Claude].

Constraints:
- Prefer tools that are [official | open-source | read-only] — pick what matters for my use case.
- Exclude MCPs that require [e.g. a paid plan, OAuth-only flows, remote-only transport].
- Return at most 3 picks, ranked.

For each pick include:
1. One-sentence rationale.
2. The ready-to-paste install snippet for my client.
3. Any required secrets I need to create before installing.

Cross-check the top-mcps.com listing: https://top-mcps.com/top-mcps-for-website-builders

Compare Strapi against a real alternative. Swap the second MCP in [brackets] if you want a different match.

Compare Strapi MCP vs [Contentful MCP] for the following job: [describe the job, e.g. "let an agent create GitHub issues on bug triage"].

Judge them on:
- Setup time and complexity (what a new user hits first).
- Auth model (none / API key / OAuth 2.1) and credential risk.
- Transport (stdio / Streamable HTTP / SSE) and where the server runs.
- Required secrets and the blast radius if they leak.
- Operational risk in an unattended agent loop.
- Which one is "good enough" for a weekend prototype vs. production.

End with one sentence: which should I pick for my scenario, which is: [my scenario].

References:
- https://top-mcps.com/mcp/strapi
- top-mcps.com listing for Contentful

Asks the agent to install and verify. Works inside Claude Code, Cursor Agent, Codex CLI.

Install the Strapi MCP server for my [client: Claude] at the default config path for that client.

Use the exact install snippet published at https://top-mcps.com/mcp/strapi (fetch https://top-mcps.com/mcp/strapi.json for the canonical server.json if you can read URLs).

Before finishing:
1. Create the required secrets (STRAPI_URL, STRAPI_ADMIN_EMAIL, STRAPI_ADMIN_PASSWORD) and put them in the appropriate env block — do not hard-code them.
2. Restart or reload the client so it picks up the new server.
3. Verify the server is connected (green / running state) and at least one tool is listed.
4. If anything fails, read the client's MCP logs and report the exact error — do not silently retry.

Confirm when done and list the tools the server now exposes.

Frequently asked questions

What changed

— 1 update tracked.

Sep 17, 2026
Refreshed install snippets and fact sheet; verified for 2026.

At a glance

Maintainer: Community (l33tdawg)
Transport: stdio
Auth model: API key
Required secrets: STRAPI_URLSTRAPI_ADMIN_EMAILSTRAPI_ADMIN_PASSWORD
Supported clients: ChatGPT
Claude Desktop
Claude Code
Cursor
VS Code
Windsurf
Cline
Continue
Zed
Codex CLI
License: MIT
Language: TypeScript
Latest version: latest
Last verified: Sep 17, 2026

GitHub repo Official website

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Quick answer

What it does

Best for

Not for

Setup recipe

Install

Set required secrets

Try a minimum working prompt

Tools & permissions

Security & scope

Agent prompt pack

Full details

Frequently asked questions

Is this Strapi's official MCP?

Admin password or API token?

Does it work with Strapi v5?

What changed

More Website Builders MCPs

Hostinger

Webflow

Contentful

Compared with Strapi