# How to connect the Appwrite MCP server

To connect the official Appwrite MCP server, add https://mcp.appwrite.io/ to your MCP client as a Streamable HTTP server, then sign in with OAuth when your client prompts you. Appwrite documents setup for Claude Code, Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex, Windsurf and ChatGPT.

- Endpoint: https://mcp.appwrite.io/
- Transport: Streamable HTTP
- Registry: io.github.appwrite/mcp 2.4.1
- Publisher documentation reviewed: 2026-11-05 (not a tested connection)
- Guide page: https://apitracker.io/mcp-guides/appwrite-mcp

## Before you start

- An Appwrite Cloud account with a project. The hosted server works only with Appwrite Cloud; self-hosted instances use the local server with an API key instead.

## Steps

1. **Open Appwrite's MCP server setup instructions for your client** <https://appwrite.io/docs/tooling/ai/mcp-servers/api>
2. **Add the Appwrite MCP server to your client** Add https://mcp.appwrite.io/ as a remote MCP server that uses the Streamable HTTP transport (often labelled "http"). The path /mcp is an alias for the same server. Clients without OAuth support for remote servers, such as JetBrains AI Assistant and Cline, connect through the mcp-remote bridge, which needs Node.js.
3. **Sign in to Appwrite and approve the requested scopes on the consent screen**
4. **On a machine without a browser, finish sign-in from your local browser** The OAuth redirect goes to a localhost callback on the machine that runs the client. Over SSH or on a remote host, open the sign-in URL the client prints in your local browser, approve access, then paste the full localhost callback URL back into the client.
5. **List the server's tools**

## Questions

### What is the Appwrite MCP server URL?

The official Appwrite MCP server is at https://mcp.appwrite.io/ and uses the Streamable HTTP transport.

### How do I authenticate with the Appwrite MCP server?

Sign in with OAuth when your client prompts you. On a machine without a browser, finish sign-in from your local browser: The OAuth redirect goes to a localhost callback on the machine that runs the client. Over SSH or on a remote host, open the sign-in URL the client prints in your local browser, approve access, then paste the full localhost callback URL back into the client.

### Which AI clients can use the Appwrite MCP server?

Appwrite's documentation covers Claude Code, Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex, Windsurf and ChatGPT. Other clients that support remote Streamable HTTP MCP servers may also work.

### What do I need before connecting Appwrite MCP?

An Appwrite Cloud account with a project. The hosted server works only with Appwrite Cloud; self-hosted instances use the local server with an API key instead.

### Has this Appwrite MCP guide been tested?

Appwrite's documentation was reviewed on 2026-11-05. It is not a tested connection; your account and permissions decide which tools work.

## Sources

- https://appwrite.io/docs/tooling/ai/mcp-servers/api (checked 2026-11-05)
- https://github.com/appwrite/mcp (checked 2026-11-05)
- https://github.com/appwrite/mcp/blob/main/docs/authentication.md (checked 2026-11-05)
- https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0.1/servers/io.github.appwrite%2Fmcp/versions/2.4.1 (checked 2026-11-05)
- https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2026-07-28/basic/authorization (checked 2026-11-05)

Guide JSON: https://github.com/apideck-libraries/mcp-connect/blob/626f6a146170ded34891b30dca3af26f09e07466/proposals/connection-guide/0.1/reviewed/guides/appwrite-mcp.json