# Sanity (MCP server)

> Sanity is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. Direct access to your Sanity projects (content, datasets, releases, schemas) and agent rules. It has 187 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs as a remote server at https://mcp.sanity.io.

Collection of resources to help AI agents build better with Sanity. Supports Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, VS Code, Lovable, v0, Replit, OpenCode, and any other editor/agent compatible with MCP or Agent Skills.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/sanity-io/agent-toolkit |
| GitHub stars | 187 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | JavaScript |
| Transport | streamable-http |
| Packages | none (remote only) |
| Remote URL | https://mcp.sanity.io |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | yes |
| Works with | Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Claude.ai, ChatGPT |
| Category | Developer tools |
| Latest release | none |
| Last commit | Sep 16, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | io.sanity.www/mcp |

## Install

### Claude Desktop

```
Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector
URL: https://mcp.sanity.io
```

Remote servers are added as a custom connector, not in claude_desktop_config.json.

### Claude Code

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

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

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sanity": {
      "url": "https://mcp.sanity.io"
    }
  }
}
```

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

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "sanity": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.sanity.io"
    }
  }
}
```

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

## Tools

- `query_documents`: run GROQ queries directly
- `create_documents`: create draft documents from structured content, or version documents when a release ID is provided
- `patch_documents`: surgical edits to existing documents; published documents are edited by creating or updating drafts
- `publish_documents`: / unpublishdocuments — manage document lifecycle
- `deploy_schema`: / getschema — deploy MCP-managed schemas and inspect deployed schemas
- `deploy_studio`: deploy a hosted Studio bound to an MCP-managed schema
- `create_release`: / listreleases — create and inspect Content Releases
- `create_version`: create version documents for releases
- `generate_image`: / transformimage — AI image generation and editing
- `whoami`: verify the authenticated Sanity user
- `get_project_studios`: list Studio applications linked to a project
- `search_docs`: / readdocs — search and read Sanity documentation
- `list_sanity_rules`: / getsanityrules — load agent rules on demand
- `give_feedback`: report MCP tool errors, missing capabilities, confusing output, or documentation issues

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