Anytype MCP server

The Anytype MCP Server enables AI assistants to interact with Anytype's API through natural language. It converts Anytype's OpenAPI specification into Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools, allowing you to manage your knowledge base through conversational commands without needing to understand the underlying API structure.

Getting Started

Get Your API Key

Before using the Anytype MCP Server, you need to obtain an API key:

1. Open Anytype
2. Go to App Settings
3. Navigate to API Keys section
4. Click on Create new button

Alternatively, you can get your API key using the command line:

npx -y @anyproto/anytype-mcp get-key

Configure Your MCP Client

Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Raycast, etc.

Add the following configuration to your MCP client settings after replacing <YOUR_API_KEY> with your actual API key:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anytype": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@anyproto/anytype-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OPENAPI_MCP_HEADERS": "{\"Authorization\":\"Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>\", \"Anytype-Version\":\"2025-05-20\"}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tip: After creating an API key in Anytype, you can copy a ready-to-use configuration snippet with your API key already filled in from the API Keys section.

Claude Code (CLI)

Run this command to add the Anytype MCP server after replacing <YOUR_API_KEY> with your actual API key:

claude mcp add anytype -e OPENAPI_MCP_HEADERS='{"Authorization":"Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>", "Anytype-Version":"2025-05-20"}' -s user -- npx -y @anyproto/anytype-mcp

Global Installation (Alternative)

If you prefer to install the package globally:

1. Install the package:

npm install -g @anyproto/anytype-mcp

2. Update your MCP client configuration to use the global installation:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anytype": {
      "command": "anytype-mcp",
      "env": {
        "OPENAPI_MCP_HEADERS": "{\"Authorization\":\"Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>\", \"Anytype-Version\":\"2025-05-20\"}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Example Usage

Here are some examples of how you can interact with your Anytype through natural language:

• "Create a new space called 'Project Ideas' with description 'A space for storing project ideas'"
• "Add a new object of type 'Task' with title 'Research AI trends' to the 'Project Ideas' space"
• "Create a second one with title 'Dive deep into LLMs' with due date in 3 days and assign it to me"
• "Now create a collection with the title 'Tasks for this week' and add the two tasks to that list. Set due date of the first one to 10 days from now"

Available Features

The Anytype MCP Server supports interactions with:

• Global & Space Search
• Spaces & Members
• Objects & Lists
• Properties & Tags
• Types & Templates

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "anytype" '{"command":"npx","args":["-y","@anyproto/anytype-mcp"],"env":{"OPENAPI_MCP_HEADERS":"{\"Authorization\":\"Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>\", \"Anytype-Version\":\"2025-05-20\"}"}}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "anytype": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@anyproto/anytype-mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "OPENAPI_MCP_HEADERS": "{\"Authorization\":\"Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>\", \"Anytype-Version\":\"2025-05-20\"}"
            }
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "anytype": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@anyproto/anytype-mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "OPENAPI_MCP_HEADERS": "{\"Authorization\":\"Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>\", \"Anytype-Version\":\"2025-05-20\"}"
            }
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect