Express MCP Server

MCP example Netlify Express

View this demo site: https://mcp-example-express.netlify.app/

About this example site

This site shows a very a basic example of developing and running serverless MCP using Netlify Functions. It includes links to a deployed serverless function and an example of accessing the function using a customized URL.

• Model Context Protocol (MCP)
• Docs: Netlify Functions
• Agent Experience (AX)

Importantly, because of how Express handles mapping routes, ensure you set the netlify.toml redirects to the correct path. In this example we have the following to ensure /mcp catches all of the requests to this server:

Speedily deploy your own version

Deploy your own version of this example site, by clicking the Deploy to Netlify Button below. This will automatically:

• Clone a copy of this example from the examples repo to your own GitHub account
• Create a new project in your Netlify account, linked to your new repo
• Create an automated deployment pipeline to watch for changes on your repo
• Build and deploy your new site
• This repo can then be used to iterate on locally using netlify dev

Install and run the examples locally

You can clone this entire examples repo to explore this and other examples, and to run them locally.