Coda MCP server

The Coda MCP Server acts as a bridge between AI assistants and the Coda API, allowing for seamless interaction with Coda documents and pages. You can perform various actions such as listing documents, creating pages, and managing content through this Model Context Protocol implementation.

Installation Options

Using NPX (Recommended)

You can easily add the MCP server to Cursor, Claude Desktop, or other compatible applications by adding the following configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "coda": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "coda-mcp@latest"],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "your-coda-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Using Docker

Alternatively, you can run the MCP server using Docker:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "coda": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "API_KEY", "reaperberri/coda-mcp:latest"],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "your-coda-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Manual Installation

If you prefer to run the server directly:

1. Install Node.js if not already installed
2. Install the package:

npm install coda-mcp

Required Configuration

For all installation methods, you'll need to set the following environment variable:

• API_KEY: Your Coda API key, which can be generated from your Coda account settings

Available Features

The Coda MCP Server provides several tools for interacting with Coda:

• Document Management

  • List all available documents
  • List all pages within a document

• Page Operations

  • Create new pages (including subpages)
  • Read page content as markdown
  • Update/replace page content
  • Append content to existing pages
  • Duplicate pages
  • Rename pages
  • Peek at the beginning of a page
  • Resolve browser links to Coda objects

Usage Examples

Once configured, the MCP client (such as an AI assistant) can use any of the following tools:

Listing Documents

coda_list_documents

Listing Pages in a Document

coda_list_pages

Creating a New Page

coda_create_page

Parameters:

• Page name
• Optional parent page ID (for subpages)
• Initial markdown content

Reading Page Content

coda_get_page_content

Parameters:

• Page ID or name

Updating Page Content

coda_replace_page_content

Parameters:

• Page ID or name
• New markdown content

Appending Content to a Page

coda_append_page_content

Parameters:

• Page ID or name
• Markdown content to append

Duplicating a Page

coda_duplicate_page

Parameters:

• Source page ID or name
• New page name

Renaming a Page

coda_rename_page

Parameters:

• Page ID or name
• New name

The MCP server handles communication between the client and the Coda API automatically, making these operations seamless for the end user.

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 "coda" '{"command":"npx","args":["-y","coda-mcp@latest"],"env":{"API_KEY":"..."}}'

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": {
        "coda": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "coda-mcp@latest"
            ],
            "env": {
                "API_KEY": "..."
            }
        }
    }
}

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": {
        "coda": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "coda-mcp@latest"
            ],
            "env": {
                "API_KEY": "..."
            }
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect