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DreamFactory MCP

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for DreamFactory integration with Claude.

Desktop Extension Installation (Claude Desktop Only)

The easiest way to start using DreamFactory's MCP Server is by going to this repository's releases and downloading the most recent Desktop Extension file. Desktop Extensions are a new file format created by Anthropic (the company behind Claude.ai). Once downloaded, double-click the DXT file to start installation. Note you'll need to install Claude Desktop before doing so. After starting installation you'll see this prompt:

Claude Desktop Extension Prompt

Click the Install button and you'll see:

Claude Desktop Extension Prompt #2

Click Install and if all goes well you'll be prompted to input a DreamFactory API key and service URL:

Configuring your DreamFactory MCP Server

If you don't have this information readily available, just click Cancel. You can add it later by clicking on the Extensions tab inside Settings and then clicking Configure:

Viewing your Extensions

In either case, before you can use the DreamFactory MCP Server you'll need to manually enable it by flipping the Disabled switch to Enabled:

Enabling the extension

Manual Installation

  1. Clone this repository and then install dependencies:
    cd df-mcp npm install
  2. Build the project:
    npm run build

Setting up Claude Desktop

  1. Install Claude Desktop from https://claude.ai/download.
  2. Open Claude Desktop and navigate to Settings.
  3. In the Settings menu, go to the "Developer" section.
  4. Click on "Edit Config" to modify Claude's configuration.
  5. Add the following configuration to enable the DreamFactory MCP server:
    { "mcpServers": { "add": { "command": "node", "args": [ "/Users/dreamfactory/Documents/df-mcp/build/index.js" ], "env": { "DREAMFACTORY_URL": "https://example.dreamfactory.com/api/v2/<service-name>", "DREAMFACTORY_API_KEY": "" } } } }
  6. Important: Modify the path in the args array to match your local installation path if different from /Users/dreamfactory/Documents/df-mcp/.
  7. Add your DreamFactory URL and API key to the DREAMFACTORY_URL DREAMFACTORY_API_KEY environment variables as required.
  8. Save the configuration and restart Claude Desktop.

Note About Claude Desktop, NodeJS and NVM

DreamFactory MCP requires Node 22.10.0 or newer. Even if you are running Node 22.10 or newer, you may encounter a confusing issue if you're running NVM (Node Version Manager) which hampers installation. Sometimes these issues are further complicated if you're additionally using other developer tools such as Laravel Herd which make additional changes to Node paths.

If the MCP server log indicates the wrong version of Node is being used by Claude Desktop, you can easily force it to use the desired version by creating a shell script that looks something like this:

#!/bin/zsh source ~/.zshrc exec /Applications/Herd/config/nvm/versions/node/v22.17.1/bin/node

Call the script node-for-claude.sh or similar, and place it in /usr/local/bin. Then make it executable:

$ chmod +x node-for-claude.sh

Finally, update the claude_desktop_config.json file to point to this script:

{ "mcpServers": { "df-mcp": { "command": "/usr/local/bin/node-for-claude.sh", "args": [ "/Users/wjgilmore/Software/df-mcp/build/index.js" ], "env": { "DREAMFACTORY_URL": "<URL>", "DREAMFACTORY_API_KEY": "<API_KEY>" } } } }

Usage

Once configured, the DreamFactory MCP server will be available to Claude Desktop. You can use DreamFactory's capabilities through Claude's interface.

Development

  • Source code is located in the src directory
  • Built files are in the build directory
  • Use npm start to run the built server directly
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local-only server

The server can only run on the client's local machine because it depends on local resources.

DreamFactory MCP Server enables AI assistants like Claude to directly query your databases through DreamFactory's auto-generated REST APIs. This Node.js server implements the Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing natural language database interactions while maintaining enterprise-grade security.

  1. Desktop Extension Installation (Claude Desktop Only)
    1. Manual Installation
      1. Setting up Claude Desktop
    2. Note About Claude Desktop, NodeJS and NVM
      1. Usage
        1. Development

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