# building-mcp-server-on-cloudflare

A skill that walks the agent through building a remote MCP server on Cloudflare Workers: tools, OAuth, deployment. Useful when you need to expose your own functions over MCP.

- skill · `type=skill` · Codex, ChatGPT · 2 installs · ★ 7596
- Author: Cloudflare · official OpenAI repository
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/cloudflare/skills/building-mcp-server-on-cloudflare/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-08
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/building-mcp-server-on-cloudflare

## What it does

The skill kicks in when you ask to build an MCP server, add OAuth, or deploy one to Workers. Inside is a step-by-step path: define tools with `server.tool()`, wire up the entry point, test locally in MCP Inspector, ship with `npx wrangler deploy`, then connect a client via `codex mcp add`.

Input validation runs on Zod — types, enums, ranges. A separate section covers bindings like D1 and KV through `this.env`, plus a minimal `wrangler.toml` with durable objects and migrations. For authenticated servers the skill points to `references/oauth-setup.md`, listing GitHub, Google, Auth0, Stytch, WorkOS and any OAuth 2.0 provider.

You need a Cloudflare account with Workers enabled, Node.js 18+ and the Wrangler CLI. The skill deliberately biases the agent toward reading Cloudflare docs and the MCP spec instead of pre-trained knowledge — SDK details go stale, so trusting memory here is a bad bet.

## Install

### Codex (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill building-mcp-server-on-cloudflare -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/building-mcp-server-on-cloudflare/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Claude Code

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add openai/plugins --skill building-mcp-server-on-cloudflare -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/building-mcp-server-on-cloudflare/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/building-mcp-server-on-cloudflare/

### Cursor

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/building-mcp-server-on-cloudflare/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install openai/plugins building-mcp-server-on-cloudflare
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/building-mcp-server-on-cloudflare/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/openai/plugins --path plugins/cloudflare/skills/building-mcp-server-on-cloudflare
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/building-mcp-server-on-cloudflare/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/openai/plugins/tree/HEAD/plugins/cloudflare/skills/building-mcp-server-on-cloudflare/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a remote MCP server on Cloudflare Workers
- define MCP tools with Zod-validated parameters
- attach an OAuth provider to an MCP server
- deploy the Worker and register it as an MCP client in Claude
- debug connection failures and OAuth redirect errors

## Example prompts
- build an MCP server on Cloudflare Workers with a weather tool
- add GitHub OAuth to my MCP server
- deploy my MCP server to Workers and connect it in Claude

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: building-mcp-server-on-cloudflare
description: |
  Builds remote MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers on Cloudflare Workers
  with tools, OAuth authentication, and production deployment. Generates
  server code, configures auth providers, and deploys to Workers.

  Use when: user wants to "build MCP server", "create MCP tools", "remote
  MCP", "deploy MCP", add "OAuth to MCP", or mentions Model Context Protocol
  on Cloudflare. Also triggers on "MCP authentication" or "MCP deployment".
  Biases towards retrieval from Cloudflare docs over pre-trained knowledge.
---

# Building MCP Servers on Cloudflare

Your knowledge of the MCP SDK and Cloudflare Workers integration may be outdated. **Prefer retrieval over pre-training** for any MCP server task.

## Retrieval Sources

| Source | How to retrieve | Use for |
|--------|----------------|---------|
| MCP docs | `https://developers.cloudflare.com/agents/mcp/` | Server setup, auth, deployment |
| MCP spec | `https://modelcontextprotocol.io/` | Protocol spec, tool/resource definitions |
| Workers docs | Search tool or `https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/` | Runtime APIs, bindings, config |

## When to Use

- User wants to build a remote MCP server
- User needs to expose tools via MCP
- User asks about MCP authentication or OAuth
- User wants to deploy MCP to Cloudflare Workers

## Prerequisites

- Cloudflare account with Workers enabled
- Node.js 18+ and npm/pnpm/yarn
- Wrangler CLI (`npm install -g wrangler`)

## Quick Start

### Option 1: Public Server (No Auth)

```bash
npm create cloudflare@latest -- my-mcp-server \
  --template=cloudflare/ai/demos/remote-mcp-authless
cd my-mcp-server
npm start
```

Server runs at `http://localhost:8788/mcp`

### Option 2: Authenticated Server (OAuth)

```bash
npm create cloudflare@latest -- my-mcp-server \
  --template=cloudflare/ai/demos/remote-mcp-github-oauth
cd my-mcp-server
```

Requires OAuth app setup. See [references/oauth-setup.md](references/oauth-setup.md).

## Core Workflow

### Step 1: Define Tools

Tools are functions MCP clients can call. Define them using `server.tool()`:

```typescript
import { McpAgent } from "agents/mcp";
import { z } from "zod";

export class MyMCP extends McpAgent {
  server = new Server({ name: "my-mcp", version: "1.0.0" });

  async init() {
    // Simple tool with parameters
    this.server.tool(
      "add",
      { a: z.number(), b: z.number() },
      async ({ a, b }) => ({
        content: [{ type: "text", text: String(a + b) }],
      })
    );

    // Tool that calls external API
    this.server.tool(
      "get_weather",
      { city: z.string() },
      async ({ city }) => {
        const response = await fetch(`https://api.weather.com/${city}`);
        const data = await response.json();
        return {
          content: [{ type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(data) }],
        };
      }
    );
  }
}
```

### Step 2: Configure Entry Point
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