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Apollo MCP Server

Apollo MCP Server is an MCP server that exposes GraphQL operations as tools for AI models. It has 311 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/apollographql/apollo-mcp-server:v2.0.0. It works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code.

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Install Apollo MCP Server

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apollo-mcp-server": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/apollographql/apollo-mcp-server:v2.0.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio apollo-mcp-server -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/apollographql/apollo-mcp-server:v2.0.0

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "apollo-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/apollographql/apollo-mcp-server:v2.0.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "apollo-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/apollographql/apollo-mcp-server:v2.0.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Apollo MCP Server

Apollo MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol server that exposes GraphQL operations as MCP tools. It provides a standard way for AI models to access and orchestrate your APIs running with Apollo.

  • mcp
  • graphql

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What is Apollo MCP Server?

Apollo MCP Server is an MCP server that exposes GraphQL operations as tools for AI models. It has 311 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/apollographql/apollo-mcp-server:v2.0.0. It works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. The source code is at github.com/apollographql/apollo-mcp-server.

How do I install the Apollo MCP Server MCP server?

Add the command docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/apollographql/apollo-mcp-server:v2.0.0 to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Apollo MCP Server free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Apollo MCP Server actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 7, 2026. The latest release is v2.0.0, published Oct 6, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.