Garmin Connect MCP server

The Garmin MCP Server connects to Garmin Connect and exposes your fitness and health data to Claude and other MCP-compatible clients. It provides access to your activities, health metrics, and body composition data through a structured API that AI assistants can understand and interact with.

Features

• List recent activities
• Get detailed activity information
• Access health metrics (steps, heart rate, sleep)
• View body composition data

Installation

To install the Garmin MCP server, you need to use the UV package manager:

uv sync

Configuration and Running

Setting Up With Claude Desktop

1. Edit your Claude Desktop configuration file:

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

2. Add the server configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "garmin": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--python",
        "3.12",
        "--from",
        "git+https://github.com/Taxuspt/garmin_mcp",
        "garmin-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GARMIN_EMAIL": "YOUR_GARMIN_EMAIL",
        "GARMIN_PASSWORD": "YOUR_GARMIN_PASSWORD"
      }
    }
  }
}

3. Replace YOUR_GARMIN_EMAIL and YOUR_GARMIN_PASSWORD with your actual Garmin Connect credentials

4. Restart Claude Desktop to apply the changes

Testing With MCP Inspector

For testing purposes, you can run the server using MCP Inspector:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector uv run garmin-mcp

Using The Server

Once the Garmin MCP server is running and connected to Claude, you can ask questions about your fitness and health data, such as:

• "Show me my recent activities"
• "What was my sleep like last night?"
• "How many steps did I take yesterday?"
• "Show me the details of my latest run"

Claude will connect to your Garmin data through the MCP server and provide relevant information based on your queries.

Troubleshooting

If you experience login issues:

• Verify your Garmin Connect credentials are correct
• Check if Garmin Connect requires additional verification
• Ensure the garminconnect package is up to date

For other issues, check the Claude Desktop logs at:

• macOS: ~/Library/Logs/Claude/mcp-server-garmin.log
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\logs\mcp-server-garmin.log

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 "garmin" '{"command":"python","args":["<path to>/garmin_mcp/garmin_mcp_server.py"]}'

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": {
        "garmin": {
            "command": "python",
            "args": [
                "<path to>/garmin_mcp/garmin_mcp_server.py"
            ]
        }
    }
}

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": {
        "garmin": {
            "command": "python",
            "args": [
                "<path to>/garmin_mcp/garmin_mcp_server.py"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect