# netlify-mcp-servers

Builds and deploys a remote Model Context Protocol server on a Netlify Function. Useful when exposing your project APIs and tools to AI agents over HTTP.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 3000 installs · ★ 45
- Author: netlify
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/netlify/context-and-tools/tree/HEAD/skills/netlify-mcp-servers/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/netlify-mcp-servers

## What it does

This skill scaffolds a custom MCP server inside a single Netlify Function at `netlify/functions/mcp.ts`. It pairs `@modelcontextprotocol/sdk` with `zod`. Using `WebStandardStreamableHTTPServerTransport`, the handler consumes standard Web `Request` objects and returns `Response` objects directly without Node-style adapters.

Do not confuse this with Netlify's hosted MCP server. The hosted server manages your Netlify account, builds, and deploys. This skill builds an endpoint for your own app tools and data. It runs statelessly on POST requests. Any GET request is rejected with HTTP 405, because serverless functions cannot keep long-lived SSE streams open without hitting a 502 error.

For security, the skill configures either a single shared Bearer token or per-user keys via Netlify Identity. Native desktop agents like Claude Code or Cursor ignore browser CORS rules. If your agent client runs in a browser web app, you must handle the preflight `OPTIONS` check yourself.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add netlify/context-and-tools --skill netlify-mcp-servers -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add netlify/context-and-tools --skill netlify-mcp-servers -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add netlify/context-and-tools --skill netlify-mcp-servers -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/netlify-mcp-servers/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install netlify/context-and-tools netlify-mcp-servers
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/netlify-mcp-servers/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add netlify/context-and-tools --skill netlify-mcp-servers -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/netlify/context-and-tools --path skills/netlify-mcp-servers
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add netlify/context-and-tools --skill netlify-mcp-servers -a opencode
```

### 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/netlify/context-and-tools/tree/HEAD/skills/netlify-mcp-servers/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- deploy a custom remote MCP server on a Netlify Function
- expose internal application APIs to AI coding agents
- configure Bearer secret or Netlify Identity authentication
- connect Claude Code and Cursor to remote serverless tools

## Example prompts
- Create an MCP server on a Netlify Function with a tool to fetch orders by id
- Set up Bearer token authentication for my Netlify MCP endpoint
- Add a stateless /mcp function to my existing Netlify repo using Zod

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: netlify-mcp-servers
description: Build, deploy, and secure Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers on Netlify. Use whenever the task involves creating an MCP server, exposing an app or API to AI agents as MCP tools, letting Claude / Cursor / Claude Code call a custom remote server, or adding MCP tools to an existing Netlify site. Covers the MCP SDK + Streamable HTTP transport on a Netlify Function, authentication (single shared secret vs per-user API keys with Netlify Identity), read/write safety, file uploads, and connecting clients. Use even when the user just says "MCP", "tool server for an agent", or "let an AI use my API".
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# Netlify MCP Servers

An MCP server exposes **tools** (and optionally resources/prompts) that an AI client — Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor — can call. On Netlify, a remote MCP server is just **one Netlify Function** that speaks the MCP protocol over HTTP. This skill gets you a working, secure server and connects a client to it.

**"Netlify MCP" means two different things — make sure you're building the right one.** Netlify publishes its *own* hosted MCP server that lets an AI client operate the **Netlify platform** on your behalf — create projects, trigger deploys, manage env vars and infrastructure through your Netlify account. You don't write that one; you point your client at Netlify's hosted MCP server per Netlify's MCP-server docs (and see the **netlify-agent-runner** skill for running agents against your site). This skill is the *other* thing: building **your own** MCP server — an endpoint that exposes *your* app's tools and data to an agent — hosted on a Netlify Function. If the ask is "let my agent manage my Netlify sites/deploys/env vars," that's the hosted Netlify MCP server, not a function you write.

The same setup works two ways:

- **Standalone server** — a repo whose only job is the MCP endpoint (e.g. wrapping a third-party API).
- **Added to an existing app** — one more function alongside your site. Have its tools call the **same service/data layer your UI and REST routes already use**, so logic isn't duplicated.

## Before you build

Decide one thing up front, because it shapes the auth code:

- **Who calls this server?** Just you (a personal/single-user server) → use a **single shared secret**. Multiple people, each acting as themselves → use **per-user API keys** backed by Netlify Identity. See [authentication](references/authentication.md).

If you're not sure, start with the single shared secret — it's a few lines and you can layer per-user keys on later. I'll default to that unless you say otherwise.

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