Blinkbox MCP server

BlinkBox

Open-source automation platform (Zapier / Make / n8n alternative) with a native MCP server — connect Claude Code, Cursor or ChatGPT and let the agent build, run and debug your workflows.

Free hosted tier at blinkbox.net (no card) · self-host with Node 22 + MongoDB + Redis · MIT.

What it does

• MCP server — the whole platform is exposed over the Model Context Protocol (Streamable HTTP). Your coding agent lists, creates, runs, activates and debugs workflows with tool calls — see Use it from Claude Code
• Agent skill — a SKILL.md that teaches the agent node fields, expression syntax and execution rules, so a working flow takes ~4 tool calls instead of ~12 of guessing
• Drag-and-drop canvas — everything the agent builds is a normal workflow you can open and edit visually
• AI Agents — LLM nodes that reason over data and output structured results
• Headless scraping — full Chromium pool, defeats anti-bot, renders JavaScript
• Code sandbox — write JavaScript in an isolated V8 sandbox with memory limits
• 250+ integrations — Gmail, Slack, Stripe, GitHub, Notion, Airtable, Shopify, and more
• Encrypted credential vault — AES-256-GCM; secrets never leave the server decrypted

Use it from Claude Code, Cursor or ChatGPT (60 seconds)

1. Sign up at blinkbox.net → Dashboard → MCP → create an API key.
2. Add the server to your client:

# Claude Code
   claude mcp add --transport http blinkbox https://mcp.blinkbox.net/mcp \
     --header "Authorization: Bearer <your key>"

// Cursor / Claude Desktop / any client that takes a JSON config
   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "blinkbox": {
         "url": "https://mcp.blinkbox.net/mcp",
         "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <your key>" }
       }
     }
   }

Clients that can't send headers can pass the key in the URL instead: https://mcp.blinkbox.net/mcp?key=.

1. (Recommended) install the skill so the agent knows the node catalog and expression syntax:

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/blinkbox && curl -fsSL \
     https://raw.githubusercontent.com/blinkboxhq/Blinkbox/main/.claude/skills/blinkbox/SKILL.md \
     -o ~/.claude/skills/blinkbox/SKILL.md

1. Ask for what you want:

"Every morning at 8, find dentists in Berlin on OpenStreetMap that list a website, email and phone, dedupe against my Google Sheet and append the new ones."

The agent calls createautomation, runs it with runautomation, reads getexecutionlogs when something fails, and activate_automation when it's green. OAuth apps (Google, Slack, Notion…) are connected once by you in the dashboard — the agent never sees your tokens.

Tools: listautomations · getautomation · createautomation · runautomation · activateautomation · deactivateautomation · renameautomation · deleteautomation · listexecutions · getexecution · getexecutionlogs · listnodes · getnode · listnodeactions · listcredentials · createcredential · blinkboxapiget · blinkbox_api

Self-hosting? The same server is at /api/mcp — create keys in your own dashboard.

Stack

Local setup

Prerequisites

• Node.js ≥ 22
• MongoDB Atlas cluster (or local MongoDB)
• Redis (local or Upstash)

1. Clone

git clone https://github.com/blinkboxhq/Blinkbox.git
cd Blinkbox
npm install

2. Configure environment

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.