Openapi MCP server

# OpenAPI MCP

Turn any OpenAPI 3 spec into a working MCP server. One file, about 130 lines, no dependencies.

node openapi-mcp.mjs https://your-api.com/openapi.json

Every API endpoint becomes a tool that an AI client (Claude, Cursor, etc.) can call. There is no code generation and no per-endpoint files. The spec is read at startup, and the tools are built in memory.

Quick start

Requires Node 18 or newer.

git clone <this-repo>
cd openapi-mcp
node openapi-mcp.mjs sample/animechan.openapi.json

It prints openapi-mcp: 4 tools from "Animechan" -> ... and then waits silently for an MCP client. That is normal: it talks JSON-RPC over stdin/stdout and is not meant to be read by humans.

Use it with an AI client

Claude Desktop (local mode)

Add this to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claudedesktopconfig.json, then restart the app:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "animechan": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/full/path/openapi-mcp.mjs", "/full/path/animechan.openapi.json"]
    }
  }
}

If the client can't find node, use the full path from which node.

Claude Code (remote mode)

Start the server, then register it:

MCP_AUTH_TOKEN=secret node openapi-mcp.mjs sample/animechan.openapi.json --http 8787

claude mcp add --transport http animechan http://localhost:8787/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer secret"

Then ask in plain English: "give me a random quote from Naruto".

Two modes

In HTTP mode, clients send JSON-RPC messages as POST http://host:/mcp. Put --http last.

Test it by hand:

curl -X POST localhost:8787/mcp -H 'Authorization: Bearer secret' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'

Options

node openapi-mcp.mjs <spec-url-or-file> [base-url] [--http <port>]

Big APIs can have hundreds of endpoints. Too many tools makes the model choose worse, so use TOOL_FILTER to keep the useful ones.

Authentication

The server reads securitySchemes from the spec and puts your secret in the right place. You only supply the secret as an environment variable:

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.