Cloudflare DNS Analytics MCP server for AI agents

The Cloudflare DNS Analytics MCP server provides a Model Context Protocol (MCP) implementation that connects to Cloudflare's DNS Analytics API, allowing you to analyze and optimize your DNS settings through various tools. With built-in Cloudflare OAuth, you can securely access your account information.

Available Tools

The server currently offers these tools:

Category	Tool	Description
Zone Information	`zones_list`	List zones under the current active account.
DNS Analytics	`dns_report`	Fetch the DNS Report for a zone over a specific time frame.
Account DNS Setting	`show_account_dns_settings`	Fetch the DNS setting for the current active account.
Zone DNS Setting	`show_zone_dns_settings`	Fetch the DNS setting for a given zone.

Using the MCP Server

Example Prompts

List zones under my Cloudflare account.
What are the DNS Settings for my account?
Show me the zones under my account and fetch DNS Report for them.
How can I optimize my DNS Setting based on my DNS Report?
Which of my zones has the highest traffic?
Show me DNS Report for https://example.com in the last X days.

Connecting to the Server

Using an MCP Client with Native Support

If your MCP client directly supports remote MCP servers, simply enter the server URL:

https://dns-analytics.mcp.cloudflare.com

Clients like Cloudflare AI Playground provide a direct interface for entering this URL.

Using a Client Without Native Support

For clients without built-in remote server support, configure them using mcp-remote:

Install the required package:

npm install mcp-remote

Create a configuration file with the following content:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "cloudflare": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": ["mcp-remote", "https://dns-analytics.mcp.cloudflare.com/sse"]
        }
    }
}

Restart your MCP client
Complete the OAuth authentication when the browser window opens
After authentication, the tools will become available in your client

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 "cloudflare" '{"command":"npx","args":["mcp-remote","https://dns-analytics.mcp.cloudflare.com/sse"]}'

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": {
        "cloudflare": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://dns-analytics.mcp.cloudflare.com/sse"
            ]
        }
    }
}

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": {
        "cloudflare": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://dns-analytics.mcp.cloudflare.com/sse"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect