Kintone MCP server

The MCP server for kintone allows you to connect your kintone database to AI tools like Claude Desktop, enabling natural language interactions with your data. This server acts as a bridge between AI assistants and your kintone applications, letting you query and manipulate information through conversational prompts.

Installation

Download and Setup

Download the executable file from the GitHub releases page and place it anywhere on your system:

1. Visit the GitHub releases page at https://github.com/macrat/mcp-server-kintone/releases
2. Download the appropriate version for your operating system
3. No installation is required - just save the executable file to a location of your choice

Configure Claude Desktop

You'll need to edit Claude Desktop's configuration file to connect to the MCP server:

Configuration File Location:

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

Add the following configuration to the mcpServers section:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kintone": {
      "command": "C:\\path\\to\\mcp-server-kintone.exe",
      "env": {
        "KINTONE_BASE_URL": "https://<domain>.cybozu.com",
        "KINTONE_USERNAME": "<your username>",
        "KINTONE_PASSWORD": "<your password>",
        "KINTONE_API_TOKEN": "<your api token>, <another api token>, ...",
        "KINTONE_ALLOW_APPS": "1, 2, 3, ...",
        "KINTONE_DENY_APPS": "4, 5, ..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Configuration Options

Required Environment Variables

• KINTONE_BASE_URL: Your kintone instance URL (e.g., https://example.cybozu.com)

Authentication Options

You must provide either username/password OR API tokens:

• KINTONE_USERNAME: Your kintone username
• KINTONE_PASSWORD: Your kintone password

OR

• KINTONE_API_TOKEN: Comma-separated list of API tokens for accessing your kintone apps

Access Control

These optional variables help you control which applications can be accessed:

• KINTONE_ALLOW_APPS: Comma-separated list of app IDs to allow (by default, all apps are allowed)
• KINTONE_DENY_APPS: Comma-separated list of app IDs to deny (these take precedence over allowed apps)

Using the MCP Server

After configuration, restart Claude Desktop to apply the changes. You can now interact with your kintone data through natural language. Here are some example prompts you can use:

• "What is the latest status of Customer A's project?"
• "Update the progress of Project B to 50%."
• "Show me the projects that are behind schedule."
• "Create a new record in the Sales app for the meeting I had with XYZ Corp."
• "Summarize all tasks due this week in the Project Management app."

Claude will communicate with your kintone instance through the MCP server, allowing you to retrieve, update, and analyze your business data through conversation.

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 "kintone" '{"command":"C:\\path\\to\\mcp-server-kintone.exe","env":{"KINTONE_BASE_URL":"https://<domain>.cybozu.com","KINTONE_USERNAME":"<your username>","KINTONE_PASSWORD":"<your password>","KINTONE_API_TOKEN":"<your api token>, <another api token>, ...","KINTONE_ALLOW_APPS":"1, 2, 3, ...","KINTONE_DENY_APPS":"4, 5, ..."}}'

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": {
        "kintone": {
            "command": "C:\\path\\to\\mcp-server-kintone.exe",
            "env": {
                "KINTONE_BASE_URL": "https://<domain>.cybozu.com",
                "KINTONE_USERNAME": "<your username>",
                "KINTONE_PASSWORD": "<your password>",
                "KINTONE_API_TOKEN": "<your api token>, <another api token>, ...",
                "KINTONE_ALLOW_APPS": "1, 2, 3, ...",
                "KINTONE_DENY_APPS": "4, 5, ..."
            }
        }
    }
}

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": {
        "kintone": {
            "command": "C:\\path\\to\\mcp-server-kintone.exe",
            "env": {
                "KINTONE_BASE_URL": "https://<domain>.cybozu.com",
                "KINTONE_USERNAME": "<your username>",
                "KINTONE_PASSWORD": "<your password>",
                "KINTONE_API_TOKEN": "<your api token>, <another api token>, ...",
                "KINTONE_ALLOW_APPS": "1, 2, 3, ...",
                "KINTONE_DENY_APPS": "4, 5, ..."
            }
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect