Tally MCP Server is a comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Tally form management, providing 23 powerful tools to manage forms, submissions, questions, webhooks, and enterprise-grade conditional logic directly through Claude Desktop.
git clone https://github.com/cathrynlavery/tally-mcp-server.git
cd tally-mcp-server
npm install
npm run build
# Copy the example environment file
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env and add your API key
TALLY_API_KEY=tally_your_actual_api_key_here
Open your Claude Desktop configuration file:
# Create the directory if it doesn't exist
mkdir -p ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude
# Open the config file (create if it doesn't exist)
open ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Add the Tally MCP server configuration:
{
"mcpServers": {
"tally": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["/path/to/your/tally-mcp-server/start-server.js"],
"env": {
"TALLY_API_KEY": "tally_your_actual_api_key_here"
}
}
}
}
Important: Replace /path/to/your/tally-mcp-server/ with your actual project path!
{
"mcpServers": {
"tally": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["C:\\path\\to\\your\\tally-mcp-server\\start-server.js"],
"env": {
"TALLY_API_KEY": "tally_your_actual_api_key_here"
}
}
}
}
Once configured, you can interact naturally with your Tally forms:
The server includes comprehensive form building support:
# Required
TALLY_API_KEY=tally_your_api_key_here
# Optional (for development)
NODE_ENV=development
DEBUG=true
"Command not found" error
"Authentication failed" error
Tools not appearing in Claude
"Module not found" errors
# Test the server starts without errors
npm start
# Or use the start script directly
node start-server.js
# Test with a simple API call (requires API key in .env)
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TALLY_API_KEY" https://api.tally.so/forms
Enable debug logging by setting environment variables:
DEBUG=true NODE_ENV=development node start-server.js
To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:
claude mcp add-json "tally" '{"command":"node","args":["/path/to/your/tally-mcp-server/start-server.js"],"env":{"TALLY_API_KEY":"tally_your_actual_api_key_here"}}'See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.
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.
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": {
"tally": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/your/tally-mcp-server/start-server.js"
],
"env": {
"TALLY_API_KEY": "tally_your_actual_api_key_here"
}
}
}
}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.
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.
To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:
1. Find your configuration file:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json2. Add this to your configuration file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"tally": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/path/to/your/tally-mcp-server/start-server.js"
],
"env": {
"TALLY_API_KEY": "tally_your_actual_api_key_here"
}
}
}
}3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect