Appwrite MCP server

Appwrite MCP Server provides a Model Context Protocol server for interacting with Appwrite's API, allowing you to manage databases, users, functions, teams, and other resources within your Appwrite project through LLM interfaces.

Configuration

Before using the MCP server, you need to set up an Appwrite project and create an API key with the necessary permissions. Create a .env file in your working directory with the following:

APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID=your-project-id
APPWRITE_API_KEY=your-api-key
APPWRITE_ENDPOINT=https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1

Load these environment variables in your terminal:

Linux and MacOS

source .env

Windows Command Prompt

for /f "tokens=1,2 delims==" %A in (.env) do set %A=%B

Windows PowerShell

Get-Content .\.env | ForEach-Object {
  if ($_ -match '^(.*?)=(.*)$') {
    [System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable($matches[1], $matches[2], "Process")
  }
}

Installation

Using uv (Recommended)

The simplest way to use the server is with uv:

uvx mcp-server-appwrite [args]

Using pip

Alternatively, install via pip:

pip install mcp-server-appwrite

Then run the server:

python -m mcp_server_appwrite [args]

Command-line Arguments

Enable specific Appwrite API tools with these arguments:

--databases   # Enables the Databases API
--users       # Enables the Users API
--teams       # Enables the Teams API
--storage     # Enables the Storage API
--functions   # Enables the Functions API
--messaging   # Enables the Messaging API
--locale      # Enables the Locale API
--avatars     # Enables the Avatars API
--all         # Enables all Appwrite APIs

Note: Only the Databases API is enabled by default to conserve the model's context window. Each additional API tool you enable will use more of the available context.

Integration with LLM Tools

Claude Desktop Integration

1. Open Claude Desktop Settings (CTRL+, or CMD+,)
2. Go to the Developer tab
3. Click Edit Config
4. Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "appwrite": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-appwrite"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID": "your-project-id",
        "APPWRITE_API_KEY": "your-api-key",
        "APPWRITE_ENDPOINT": "https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor Integration

1. Go to Cursor Settings > MCP
2. Click Add new MCP server
3. Choose Command type
4. Add one of these commands:

MacOS:

env APPWRITE_API_KEY=your-api-key env APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID=your-project-id uvx mcp-server-appwrite

Windows:

cmd /c SET APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID=your-project-id && SET APPWRITE_API_KEY=your-api-key && uvx mcp-server-appwrite

Windsurf Editor Integration

1. Go to Windsurf Settings > Cascade > Model Context Protocol (MCP) Servers
2. Click View raw config
3. Update the mcp_config.json to include:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "appwrite": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-appwrite"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID": "your-project-id",
        "APPWRITE_API_KEY": "your-api-key",
        "APPWRITE_ENDPOINT": "https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1"
      }
    }
  }
}

Debugging

You can use the MCP inspector to debug the server:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector \
  uv \
  --directory . \
  run mcp-server-appwrite

Ensure your .env file is properly configured first. You can access the inspector at http://localhost:5173.

How to add this MCP server to 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 > MCP and click "Add new global MCP server".

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

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "cursor-rules-mcp": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "cursor-rules-mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}

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 explictly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.