Airflow MCP server
Airflow MCP — list DAGs/runs/task instances, tail logs, trigger and clear (write-gated)
2 stars50 downloads/wk
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Airflow tools
No tool declarations could be read from the package source. They show once the server is installed.
Public scan report
scanner v0.1.9 · 2026-09-26 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it
- Code scan22 source files scanned25/25
- –Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
- –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
- Auth qualitystatic API keys via environment variables6/15
- Maintenancelast push 79 days ago12/15
- Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year9/10
How Airflow compares
Against every graded Productivity MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.
- Safety score
- 80/100
- higher than 53% of 1,297 Productivity servers
- GitHub stars
- 2
- more than 60% of 852 Productivity servers
- Downloads a week
- 50
- more than 40% of 423 Productivity servers with a package
Install Airflow in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code
Runs npx -y @us-all/airflow-mcp on your machine. Read the scan report first; the gateway never runs local packages.
claude mcp add airflow -- npx -y @us-all/airflow-mcp
What the publisher says
From the Airflow repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub
@us-all/airflow-mcp
Airflow MCP server — read DAGs, runs, task instances, log tails; trigger and clear (write-gated). Built on @us-all/mcp-toolkit.
A focused MCP for the Airflow 3.x REST API (/api/v2). Read by default; airflow-trigger-dag and airflow-clear-task are gated behind AIRFLOWALLOWWRITE=true. Auth is JWT via SimpleAuthManager — supply AIRFLOWUSERNAME + AIRFLOWPASSWORD and the server mints/refreshes the token transparently.
For deeper dbt integration (manifest parsing, run-results history, source freshness, per-column test coverage, lineage walks, custom DQ result tables), install the companion @us-all/dbt-mcp alongside.
- 7 tools in airflow + meta categories
- 2 MCP Prompts for DAG triage workflows
- 1 aggregation tool that replaces the list-runs → get-task-instances combo
Install
pnpm add -D @us-all/airflow-mcpRun
AIRFLOW_API_URL=http://airflow.example.com:8080 \
AIRFLOW_USERNAME=admin AIRFLOW_PASSWORD=... \
npx @us-all/airflow-mcpPass the host base only — the server prepends /api/v2 internally. A trailing /api/v1 or /api/v2 is stripped if supplied. JWT tokens are cached for the lifetime of the session and refreshed 1 minute before they expire.
The server speaks MCP stdio; wire it into Claude Desktop / Cursor / any MCP client. Set MCP_TRANSPORT=http to opt in to Streamable HTTP transport (Bearer auth, /health endpoint).
Tools
airflow (6 + 1 aggregation)
meta
search-tools — natural-language tool discovery.
Prompts
Environment variables
Tested-against schemas
- Airflow 3.0–3.2 /api/v2 (verified against 3.2.1, current Airflow release as of 2026-05). Airflow 2.x is not supported by v0.2+ because basic auth + /api/v1 were removed; pin to @us-all/airflow-mcp@0.1.0 for Airflow 2.x deployments.
Companion server
For dbt artifact parsing, run-results history, and DQ result tables, install @us-all/dbt-mcp alongside.
Build
pnpm install
pnpm run build # tsc → dist/
pnpm test # vitest
pnpm run smoke # spawns dist/index.js, calls initialize + tools/list (set env first)License
MIT — see LICENSE.
Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.
Airflow: common questions
- Is Airflow MCP server safe?
- Mostly: it is graded B (80/100). Read the Airflow safety report
- How do I install Airflow?
- It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.
- Does Airflow need an API key?
- Yes. The registry entry asks for
AIRFLOW_PASSWORD. - Is Airflow maintained?
- The last commit was 115 days ago (2026-07-10). The latest release is v1.4.1.
- What can I use instead of Airflow?
- Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Tidewave Phoenix MCP server.
- How does Airflow compare with other Productivity MCP servers?
- safety score 80/100 (higher than 53% of 1,297 Productivity servers); github stars 2 (more than 60% of 852 Productivity servers); downloads a week 50 (more than 40% of 423 Productivity servers with a package). Full comparison.
Alternatives to Airflow
Same job from other publishers: the closest match first, then the best rated.
- Tidewave PhoenixRuntime-level MCP server for Phoenix development: run code, read logs, query the DB, read docs.not reviewedEstablishedB