Kintone MCP server

The MCP Server for kintone allows you to connect Claude Desktop and other MCP host applications to your kintone environment. With this integration, you can query and update kintone data, create new kintone applications, and perform various administrative tasks through AI-powered interfaces.

Installation

Using the .dxt File (Recommended Method)

1. Download the latest .dxt file from the releases page.
2. Open Claude Desktop app and go to Settings > Desktop App > Extensions.
3. Click on "Advanced Settings".
4. Click "Install Extension..." and select the downloaded .dxt file.
5. Enter your kintone connection information:
   • Domain
   • Username
   • Password
6. Click "Save" and enable the extension by toggling the switch to "Enabled".
7. Close the settings window.

When you open a new chat, you can click the tools icon to see the loaded extensions. The "unofficial-kintone-mcp-server" should be available. Click the ">" button next to it to see all available tools.

Manual Installation

1. Download the source code to a directory with a simple path (no spaces, English characters only).

2. Install Node.js 20 or later.

3. Install dependencies:

   npm i
   

4. Edit the Claude Desktop configuration file (claude_desktop_config.json) by adding the following to the "mcpServers" section:

   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "kintone": {
         "command": "node",
         "env": {
           "KINTONE_DOMAIN": "[your-subdomain].cybozu.com",
           "KINTONE_USERNAME": "your-kintone-username",
           "KINTONE_PASSWORD": "your-kintone-password"
         },
         "args": [
           "[path-to-kintone-mcp-server]/server.js"
         ]
       }
     }
   }
   

5. Restart Claude Desktop (make sure to completely quit the application).

Usage

Testing the Connection

To test if the connection works, ask Claude: "kintoneアプリ「[exact name of an app you have access to]」のアプリIDを調べて"

The app name must be entered exactly as it appears in kintone.

Available Tools

Record Operations

• get_record: Retrieve a single record from a kintone app
• search_records: Search for records in a kintone app
• create_record: Create a new record in a kintone app
• update_record: Update an existing record in a kintone app
• upsert_record: Create or update a record based on a unique field
• add_record_comment: Add a comment to a kintone record
• update_record_status: Update the status of a kintone record
• update_record_assignees: Update the assignees of a kintone record
• get_record_comments: Get comments from a kintone record
• update_record_comment: Update an existing comment on a kintone record

File Operations

• upload_file: Upload a file to kintone
• download_file: Download a file from kintone (Note: files over 1MB may not download properly)

App Information

• get_apps_info: Get information about kintone apps based on search keywords
• get_form_layout: Get the form layout of a kintone app
• get_app_actions: Get app action settings
• get_app_plugins: Get a list of plugins added to a kintone app
• get_process_management: Get process management settings
• get_app_acl: Get access permissions for a kintone app
• get_field_acl: Get field access permissions
• get_record_acl: Get access permissions for a specific record
• evaluate_records_acl: Evaluate record access permissions based on conditions
• get_views: Get view settings for a kintone app
• get_reports: Get graph settings for a kintone app
• get_notifications: Get notification settings for a kintone app
• get_per_record_notifications: Get per-record notification settings
• get_reminder_notifications: Get reminder notification settings

App Operations

• create_app: Create a new kintone app
• add_fields: Add fields to a kintone app
• update_field: Update settings for an existing field
• update_form_layout: Change the form layout of a kintone app
• update_app_settings: Change general app settings
• deploy_app: Deploy app settings to production
• get_deploy_status: Check the deployment status of app settings
• move_app_to_space: Move a kintone app to a specified space
• move_app_from_space: Remove a kintone app from a space
• update_app_acl: Update app access permissions
• update_field_acl: Update field access permissions
• update_views: Update view settings
• update_reports: Update graph settings
• update_notifications: Update notification settings
• update_per_record_notifications: Update per-record notification settings
• update_reminder_notifications: Update reminder notification settings
• update_process_management: Update process management settings
• update_app_actions: Update app action settings

Space Operations

• get_space: Get general information about a space
• update_space: Update space settings
• update_space_body: Update the body content of a space
• get_space_members: Get a list of space members
• update_space_members: Update space members
• add_thread: Add a thread to a space
• update_thread: Update a thread
• add_thread_comment: Add a comment to a thread
• add_guests: Add guest users
• update_space_guests: Update guest members of a space

User and Group Information

• get_users: Get kintone user information
• get_groups: Get kintone group information
• get_group_users: Get a list of users belonging to a specified group

kintone Connection Information

• get_kintone_domain: Get the domain of the connected kintone
• get_kintone_username: Get the username used for kintone connection

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":"node","env":{"KINTONE_DOMAIN":"[\u3042\u306a\u305f\u304c\u4f7f\u7528\u3059\u308b\u30b5\u30d6\u30c9\u30e1\u30a4\u30f3].cybozu.com","KINTONE_USERNAME":"MCP\u63a5\u7d9a\u3067\u4f7f\u7528\u3059\u308bkintone\u30e6\u30fc\u30b6\u30fc\u540d","KINTONE_PASSWORD":"kintone\u30e6\u30fc\u30b6\u30fc\u306e\u30d1\u30b9\u30ef\u30fc\u30c9\uff08\u5e73\u6587\uff09"},"args":["[kintone-mcp-server\u3092\u914d\u7f6e\u3057\u305f\u30d1\u30b9]/server.js"]}'

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": "node",
            "env": {
                "KINTONE_DOMAIN": "[\u3042\u306a\u305f\u304c\u4f7f\u7528\u3059\u308b\u30b5\u30d6\u30c9\u30e1\u30a4\u30f3].cybozu.com",
                "KINTONE_USERNAME": "MCP\u63a5\u7d9a\u3067\u4f7f\u7528\u3059\u308bkintone\u30e6\u30fc\u30b6\u30fc\u540d",
                "KINTONE_PASSWORD": "kintone\u30e6\u30fc\u30b6\u30fc\u306e\u30d1\u30b9\u30ef\u30fc\u30c9\uff08\u5e73\u6587\uff09"
            },
            "args": [
                "[kintone-mcp-server\u3092\u914d\u7f6e\u3057\u305f\u30d1\u30b9]/server.js"
            ]
        }
    }
}

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": "node",
            "env": {
                "KINTONE_DOMAIN": "[\u3042\u306a\u305f\u304c\u4f7f\u7528\u3059\u308b\u30b5\u30d6\u30c9\u30e1\u30a4\u30f3].cybozu.com",
                "KINTONE_USERNAME": "MCP\u63a5\u7d9a\u3067\u4f7f\u7528\u3059\u308bkintone\u30e6\u30fc\u30b6\u30fc\u540d",
                "KINTONE_PASSWORD": "kintone\u30e6\u30fc\u30b6\u30fc\u306e\u30d1\u30b9\u30ef\u30fc\u30c9\uff08\u5e73\u6587\uff09"
            },
            "args": [
                "[kintone-mcp-server\u3092\u914d\u7f6e\u3057\u305f\u30d1\u30b9]/server.js"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect