Strava MCP Server

Strava MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with the Strava API.

User Guide

Installation

You can easily install Strava MCP with uvx:

Setting Up Strava Credentials

1. Create a Strava API Application:
   • Go to https://www.strava.com/settings/api
   • Create a new application to obtain your Client ID and Client Secret
   • For "Authorization Callback Domain", enter localhost
2. Configure Your Credentials: Create a credentials file (e.g., ~/.ssh/strava.sh):
   export STRAVA_CLIENT_ID=your_client_id export STRAVA_CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret
3. Configure Claude Desktop: Add the following to your Claude configuration (/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):
   "strava": { "command": "bash", "args": [ "-c", "source ~/.ssh/strava.sh && uvx strava-mcp" ] }

Authentication

The first time you use the Strava MCP tools:

1. An authentication flow will automatically start
2. Your browser will open to the Strava authorization page
3. After authorizing, you'll be redirected back to a local page
4. Your refresh token will be saved automatically for future use

Available Tools

Get User Activities

Retrieves activities for the authenticated user.

Parameters:

• before (optional): Epoch timestamp for filtering
• after (optional): Epoch timestamp for filtering
• page (optional): Page number (default: 1)
• per_page (optional): Number of items per page (default: 30)

Get Activity

Gets detailed information about a specific activity.

Parameters:

• activity_id: The ID of the activity
• include_all_efforts (optional): Include segment efforts (default: false)

Get Activity Segments

Retrieves segments from a specific activity.

Parameters:

• activity_id: The ID of the activity

Get Segment Leaderboard

Gets the leaderboard for a specific segment.

Parameters:

• segment_id: The ID of the segment
• Various optional filters (gender, age group, etc.)

Developer Guide

Project Setup

1. Clone the repository:
   git clone <repository-url> cd strava
2. Install dependencies:
   uv install
3. Set up environment variables:
   export STRAVA_CLIENT_ID=your_client_id export STRAVA_CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret
   Alternatively, create a .env file with these variables.

Running in Development Mode

Run the server with MCP CLI:

Manual Authentication

You can get a refresh token manually by running:

Project Structure

• strava_mcp/: Main package directory
  • __init__.py: Package initialization
  • config.py: Configuration settings using pydantic-settings
  • models.py: Pydantic models for Strava API entities
  • api.py: Low-level API client for Strava
  • auth.py: Strava OAuth authentication implementation
  • oauth_server.py: Standalone OAuth server implementation
  • service.py: Service layer for business logic
  • server.py: MCP server implementation
• tests/: Unit tests
• strava_mcp/main.py: Main entry point to run the server
• get_token.py: Utility script to get a refresh token manually

Running Tests

Publishing to PyPI

Building the package

Publishing to PyPI

License

MIT License

Acknowledgements

• Strava API
• Model Context Protocol (MCP)