# Appwrite MCP Server (MCP server)

> Appwrite MCP Server is an MCP server that adds database tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Manage Appwrite projects, databases, auth, storage, functions, and messaging; search Appwrite docs. It has 72 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx mcp-server-appwrite.

A Model Context Protocol server for Appwrite. It exposes Appwrite's API — databases, users, functions, teams, storage, and more — as tools your MCP client can call.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/appwrite/mcp |
| GitHub stars | 72 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | Python |
| Transport | stdio, streamable-http |
| Packages | pypi: mcp-server-appwrite |
| Remote URL | https://mcp.appwrite.io/ |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | yes |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Claude.ai, ChatGPT |
| Category | Databases |
| Latest release | v1.0.6 (Oct 7, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | io.github.appwrite/mcp |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "appwrite-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-appwrite"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

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

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport stdio appwrite-mcp-server -- uvx mcp-server-appwrite
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "appwrite-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-appwrite"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

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

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "appwrite-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-appwrite"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Claude Code (remote)

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http appwrite-mcp-server "https://mcp.appwrite.io/"
```

The same server is also hosted as a remote MCP endpoint, so nothing runs on your machine.

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

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