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Cloudflare MCP Server

by ry-ops

Cloudflare MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides seamless integration with the Cloudflare API. Built with Python and managed with uv for blazing-fast dependency management.

Features

🌐 Zone Management

  • List all zones in your account

  • Get detailed zone information

  • Filter zones by name and status

šŸ”§ DNS Management

  • List DNS records with filtering

  • Create new DNS records (A, AAAA, CNAME, TXT, MX, etc.)

  • Update existing records

  • Delete records

  • Full support for proxied records and TTL configuration

šŸ’¾ Workers KV Storage

  • List KV namespaces

  • Read values from KV

  • Write key-value pairs with optional TTL

  • Delete keys

  • List keys with prefix filtering

  • Support for metadata

⚔ Cache & Performance

  • Purge cache (entire zone or specific files/tags/hosts)

  • Get zone analytics (requests, bandwidth, threats)

Installation

Prerequisites

  • Python 3.10 or higher

  • uv installed

  • A Cloudflare account with an API token

Quick Start with uv

  1. Clone or create the project:

mkdir cloudflare-mcp-server cd cloudflare-mcp-server
  1. Install with uv:

uv pip install -e .

Or install from the directory:

uv pip install cloudflare-mcp-server

Alternative: Using pip

pip install -e .

Configuration

Getting Your Cloudflare Credentials

  1. API Token (Required):

    • Go to Cloudflare Dashboard

    • Click "Create Token"

    • Use "Edit zone DNS" template or create a custom token with the permissions you need

    • Copy the token

  2. Account ID (Optional, but required for KV operations):

    • Go to your Cloudflare dashboard

    • Select any website

    • Scroll down on the Overview page to find your Account ID

Environment Variables

Set the following environment variables:

export CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN="your_api_token_here" export CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID="your_account_id_here" # Optional, needed for KV

Or create a .env file (see .env.example).

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to your Claude Desktop config file:

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

Using uv (recommended):

{ "mcpServers": { "cloudflare": { "command": "uv", "args": [ "--directory", "/absolute/path/to/cloudflare-mcp-server", "run", "cloudflare-mcp-server" ], "env": { "CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN": "your_api_token_here", "CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID": "your_account_id_here" } } } }

Using Python directly:

{ "mcpServers": { "cloudflare": { "command": "python", "args": ["-m", "cloudflare_mcp_server"], "env": { "CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN": "your_api_token_here", "CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID": "your_account_id_here" } } } }

Available Tools

The server provides 13 powerful tools for managing Cloudflare resources:

Zone Operations

  • list_zones - List all zones (domains) with optional filtering

  • get_zone - Get detailed information about a specific zone

DNS Operations

  • list_dns_records - List DNS records with filtering

  • create_dns_record - Create new DNS records

  • update_dns_record - Update existing DNS records

  • delete_dns_record - Delete DNS records

Cache Operations

  • purge_cache - Purge cached content (entire zone or specific files/tags/hosts)

Workers KV Operations

  • list_kv_namespaces - List all KV namespaces

  • read_kv_value - Read a value from KV storage

  • write_kv_value - Write a key-value pair to KV

  • delete_kv_value - Delete a key from KV

  • list_kv_keys - List all keys in a namespace

Analytics

  • get_zone_analytics - Get analytics data for a zone

For detailed documentation on each tool, see EXAMPLES.md.

Development

Using uv for Development

# Install in development mode with dev dependencies uv pip install -e ".[dev]" # Run the server directly uv run cloudflare-mcp-server # Run tests (when implemented) uv run pytest # Format code with ruff uv run ruff format src/ # Lint code uv run ruff check src/

Project Structure

cloudflare-mcp-server/ ā”œā”€ā”€ src/ │ └── cloudflare_mcp_server/ │ └── __init__.py # Main server implementation ā”œā”€ā”€ tests/ # Tests (to be implemented) ā”œā”€ā”€ pyproject.toml # Project configuration (uv-compatible) ā”œā”€ā”€ README.md # This file ā”œā”€ā”€ QUICKSTART.md # Quick start guide ā”œā”€ā”€ EXAMPLES.md # Usage examples └── .env.example # Environment template

Usage Examples

Example 1: List Your Zones

Ask Claude:

"Show me all my Cloudflare zones"

Example 2: Create a DNS Record

Ask Claude:

"Create an A record for api.example.com pointing to 192.0.2.100 with proxy enabled"

Example 3: Purge Cache

Ask Claude:

"Clear the cache for https://example.com/style.css"

For more examples, see EXAMPLES.md.

API Permissions

Your Cloudflare API token needs appropriate permissions based on what operations you want to perform:

Minimum Permissions:

  • Zone - Zone - Read (for listing zones)

  • Zone - DNS - Edit (for DNS operations)

Additional Permissions for Advanced Features:

  • Account - Workers KV Storage - Edit (for KV operations)

  • Zone - Cache Purge - Purge (for cache operations)

  • Zone - Analytics - Read (for analytics)

Troubleshooting

Common Issues

  1. "CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN environment variable is required"

    • Make sure you've set the environment variable

    • Check your Claude Desktop config has the correct token in the env section

  2. "Account ID is required"

    • Set CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID environment variable for KV operations

    • Or pass account_id parameter directly in tool calls

  3. uv command not found

    • Install uv: curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

    • Or use pip as an alternative

  4. Module not found errors

    • Make sure you installed the package: uv pip install -e .

    • Check you're in the right directory

Why uv?

This project uses uv because it's:

  • ⚔ 10-100x faster than pip

  • šŸ”’ More reliable with better dependency resolution

  • šŸŽÆ Simpler - one tool for everything

  • šŸ Modern - built in Rust, designed for Python

Security Notes

  • Never commit your API token to version control

  • Store tokens securely using environment variables

  • Use API tokens instead of API keys (they're more secure and can be scoped)

  • Regularly rotate your API tokens

  • Use the minimum required permissions for your token

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Links

Support

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remote-capable server

The server can be hosted and run remotely because it primarily relies on remote services or has no dependency on the local environment.

Enables AI assistants to manage Cloudflare resources through natural language, including DNS records, zone management, Workers KV storage, cache purging, and analytics. Supports comprehensive Cloudflare operations with secure API token authentication.

  1. Features
    1. 🌐 Zone Management
    2. šŸ”§ DNS Management
    3. šŸ’¾ Workers KV Storage
    4. ⚔ Cache & Performance
  2. Installation
    1. Prerequisites
    2. Quick Start with uv
    3. Alternative: Using pip
  3. Configuration
    1. Getting Your Cloudflare Credentials
    2. Environment Variables
    3. Claude Desktop Configuration
  4. Available Tools
    1. Zone Operations
    2. DNS Operations
    3. Cache Operations
    4. Workers KV Operations
    5. Analytics
  5. Development
    1. Using uv for Development
    2. Project Structure
  6. Usage Examples
    1. Example 1: List Your Zones
    2. Example 2: Create a DNS Record
    3. Example 3: Purge Cache
  7. API Permissions
    1. Minimum Permissions:
    2. Additional Permissions for Advanced Features:
  8. Troubleshooting
    1. Common Issues
  9. Why uv?
    1. Security Notes
      1. Contributing
        1. License
          1. Links
            1. Support

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