HubSpot MCP server

The HubSpot MCP Server enables AI assistants like Claude to interact directly with HubSpot CRM data. It provides access to contacts, companies, and engagement data with built-in vector storage and caching mechanisms to overcome API limitations while improving response times.

Setup Requirements

Prerequisites

Before installing the HubSpot MCP Server, you'll need a HubSpot access token with these scopes:

• crm.objects.contacts (read/write)
• crm.objects.companies (read/write)
• sales-email-read

Installation Options

Using Smithery (Recommended)

The simplest way to install the HubSpot MCP Server is via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli@latest install mcp-hubspot --client claude

Using Docker Directly

Alternatively, you can pull and run the Docker image directly:

docker run -e HUBSPOT_ACCESS_TOKEN=your_token buryhuang/mcp-hubspot:latest

Manual Configuration in Claude Desktop

For manual configuration in Claude desktop, use the following JSON configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hubspot": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run", "-i", "--rm",
        "-e", "HUBSPOT_ACCESS_TOKEN=your_token",
        "-v", "/path/to/storage:/storage",
        "buryhuang/mcp-hubspot:latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Building Docker Image Locally

If you prefer to build the Docker image yourself:

git clone https://github.com/buryhuang/mcp-hubspot.git
cd mcp-hubspot
docker build -t mcp-hubspot .

Using the MCP Server

Available Tools

The server provides several tools for managing HubSpot data:

• hubspot_create_contact: Create contacts with duplicate prevention
• hubspot_create_company: Create companies with duplicate prevention
• hubspot_get_company_activity: Retrieve activity for specific companies
• hubspot_get_active_companies: Retrieve most recently active companies
• hubspot_get_active_contacts: Retrieve most recently active contacts
• hubspot_get_recent_conversations: Retrieve recent conversation threads with messages
• hubspot_search_data: Semantic search across previously retrieved HubSpot data

Example Prompts

You can use the following example prompts with Claude to interact with your HubSpot data:

Create HubSpot contacts and companies from this LinkedIn profile:
[Paste LinkedIn profile text]

What's happening lately with my pipeline?

Key Features

Performance Optimizations

• Vector Storage: Uses FAISS for efficient semantic search and retrieval
• Thread-Level Indexing: Stores each conversation thread individually for precise retrieval
• Embedding Caching: Implements SentenceTransformer with automatic caching
• Persistent Storage: Data persists between sessions in configurable storage directory
• Multi-platform Support: Optimized Docker images for various architectures

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 "hubspot" '{"command":"docker","args":["run","-i","--rm","-e","HUBSPOT_ACCESS_TOKEN=your_token","-v","/path/to/storage:/storage","buryhuang/mcp-hubspot:latest"]}'

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": {
        "hubspot": {
            "command": "docker",
            "args": [
                "run",
                "-i",
                "--rm",
                "-e",
                "HUBSPOT_ACCESS_TOKEN=your_token",
                "-v",
                "/path/to/storage:/storage",
                "buryhuang/mcp-hubspot:latest"
            ]
        }
    }
}

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": {
        "hubspot": {
            "command": "docker",
            "args": [
                "run",
                "-i",
                "--rm",
                "-e",
                "HUBSPOT_ACCESS_TOKEN=your_token",
                "-v",
                "/path/to/storage:/storage",
                "buryhuang/mcp-hubspot:latest"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect