# Anythink all-in-one backend: data, auth, files, workflows, payments, APIs

Anythink's MCP server connects your agent to a headless backend: entities, data, workflows, users, files and payments, all from the terminal.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 6
- Author: anythink-cloud
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/anythink-cloud/anythink-cli
- Updated: 2026-10-17
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/anythink-all-in-one-backend-data-auth-files-workflows-payments-apis

## What it does

Anythink is a headless backend platform, and `anythink-mcp` is its MCP server. Once connected, the agent handles projects, entities, fields, data, search, workflows, users, files, email, roles, API keys, menus, charts, dashboards, settings, integrations, payments and OAuth. No context switching.

The server speaks HTTP at `https://mcp.anythink.cloud/mcp`. In Claude it's one line: `claude mcp add --transport http anythink https://mcp.anythink.cloud/mcp`. Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor and GitHub Copilot each get their own config snippet.

A companion CLI ships alongside. Homebrew installs both binaries to your `PATH` with `brew install anythink-cloud/tap/anythink`. There are also macOS and Linux builds, a .NET global tool, and a source build. Credentials live in `~/.anythink/config.json`, and `anythink projects use` switches the active profile.

One catch: `signup` and `login` are interactive. They ask for email and password, then walk you through linking a billing account and project on first run.

## Requirements
- Remote server: `https://mcp.anythink.cloud/mcp`

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http anythink https://mcp.anythink.cloud/mcp
```

### Codex

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
codex mcp add anythink-all-in-one-backend-data-auth-files-workflows-payments-apis --url https://mcp.anythink.cloud/mcp
```

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "anythink-all-in-one-backend-data-auth-files-workflows-payments-apis": {
            "url": "https://mcp.anythink.cloud/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "anythink-all-in-one-backend-data-auth-files-workflows-payments-apis": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.anythink.cloud/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
gemini mcp add -t http anythink-all-in-one-backend-data-auth-files-workflows-payments-apis https://mcp.anythink.cloud/mcp
```

## When to use it
- spin up a project and attach it to a billing account
- define entities and fields for a new database
- upload files and serve them to users
- wire a workflow from ready-made steps
- hook payments and OAuth into an app

## Example prompts
- List the entities in the current project
- Create an `orders` entity with `total` and `status` fields
- Show the workflows and run the latest one

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