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:

uvx strava-mcp

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.)

Related MCP server: Strava MCP Server

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:

mcp dev strava_mcp/main.py

Manual Authentication

You can get a refresh token manually by running:

python get_token.py

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

pytest

Publishing to PyPI

Building the package

# Build both sdist and wheel
uv build

Publishing to PyPI

# Publish to Test PyPI first
uv publish --index testpypi

# Publish to PyPI
uv publish

License

MIT License

Acknowledgements

• Strava API

• Model Context Protocol (MCP)