Sitecore MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Sitecore with GraphQL API, version control, parent navigation, and item statistics. Query Sitecore items via AI assistants like Claude and GitHub Copilot.

✨ Features

🎯 Core Tools (21 total)

Item Operations:

• 🔍 sitecore_get_item - Get a specific Sitecore item (with version support)

• 👶 sitecore_get_children - Get child items (with version support)

• 📄 sitecore_get_field_value - Get a field value (with version support)

• � sitecore_get_item_fields - Get all fields of an item (template-aware)

• �🔎 sitecore_query - Execute Sitecore queries

• 🔍 sitecore_search - Search items with filters and ordering

• 📄 sitecore_search_paginated - Search with pagination support

Template Operations:

• 📋 sitecore_get_template - Get template information

• 📚 sitecore_get_templates - Get multiple templates

Version Control:

• 🕐 sitecore_get_item_versions - See all versions of an item

• 📊 sitecore_get_item_with_statistics - Get created/updated dates and users

Navigation:

• ⬆️ sitecore_get_parent - Navigate to parent item

• 🧭 sitecore_get_ancestors - Get all ancestors (breadcrumb)

Layout & Sites:

• 🎨 sitecore_get_layout - Get layout/presentation information

• 🌐 sitecore_get_sites - Get Sitecore site configurations

Mutations (Create/Update/Delete):

• ➕ sitecore_create_item - Create new Sitecore items

• ✏️ sitecore_update_item - Update existing items

• ❌ sitecore_delete_item - Delete items

Advanced Features:

• 🔬 sitecore_scan_schema - Automatic GraphQL schema analysis

• 💬 sitecore_command - Natural language /sitecore commands in chat

• 🔍 sitecore_discover_item_dependencies - Comprehensive item discovery with template, fields, and relationships

📣 Live progress (all tools)

All MCP tools now report progress via stderr so you can see what's happening during longer operations in your AI client.

• Format: [tool_name] Message...

• Examples:

  • [sitecore_get_item] Starting (path=/sitecore/content/Home, language=nl-NL)

  • [sitecore_get_item] Completed: Home (template=Page, version=1)

  • [sitecore_search_paginated] Completed: 50 item(s), hasNextPage=true

Note: We always mention the language in messages (critical for Sitecore).

🎨 Examples

Via Slash Command Menu (Type / in chat):

# 1. Type / to open the menu
# 2. Choose "🔧 /sitecore - Sitecore command interface"
# 3. Type your command (with or without /sitecore prefix)

help
get item /sitecore/content/Home
get item /sitecore/content/Home version 2    # NEW: Version support!
get parent /sitecore/content/Home/Article    # NEW: Parent navigation!
get ancestors /sitecore/content/Home/Article # NEW: Breadcrumb!
search articles
field Title from /sitecore/content/Home
templates

Direct Natural Language Commands:

/sitecore help
/sitecore scan schema
/sitecore get item /sitecore/content/Home
/sitecore get item /sitecore/content/Home version 2
/sitecore get parent /sitecore/content/Home/Article
/sitecore get ancestors /sitecore/content/Home/Article
/sitecore search articles
/sitecore field Title from /sitecore/content/Home
/sitecore templates

Version Control Examples:

// Get specific version
sitecore_get_item({ 
  path: "/sitecore/content/Home", 
  language: "en",
  version: 2 
})

// Get all versions
sitecore_get_item_versions({
  path: "/sitecore/content/Home",
  language: "en"
})
// Returns: { totalVersions: 5, versions: [...], latestVersion: 5 }

// Get item with statistics
sitecore_get_item_with_statistics({
  path: "/sitecore/content/Home",
  language: "en"
})
// Returns: { created: "20211011T073530Z", createdBy: "sitecore\admin", ... }

Navigation Examples:

// Get parent
sitecore_get_parent({
  path: "/sitecore/content/Home/Article"
})
// Returns: { name: "Home", path: "/sitecore/content/Home", ... }

// Get all ancestors (breadcrumb)
sitecore_get_ancestors({
  path: "/sitecore/content/Home/Article"
})
// Returns: { 
//   count: 3,
//   ancestors: [...],
//   breadcrumb: "sitecore > content > Home"
// }

📚 Docs Map

• docs/guides/ - Technical guides and implementation details (GUID formats, content discovery, slash commands, etc.)

• docs/releases/ - Release notes per version (RELEASE-NOTES-v1.x.md)

• docs/ready-to-ship/ - Release checklists and readiness documents per version

• docs/status/ - Progress reports and status updates

• docs/summaries/ - Version summaries and overviews

• docs/BACKLOG.md - Product backlog and planning

Tip: All documentation is organized under docs/. Root contains only README.md.

📁 Repository Structuur

SitecoreMCP/
├── .github/                        # CI/CD workflows en GitHub configuratie
│   └── workflows/
│       └── root-scan.yml          # Root hygiene enforcement
│
├── src/                            # TypeScript source code
│   ├── index.ts                   # MCP server entry point (11 tools)
│   ├── sitecore-service.ts        # GraphQL client & business logic
│   ├── sitecore-types.ts          # TypeScript type definitions (auto-generated)
│   └── sitecore-types-FULL.ts     # Extended type definitions
│
├── dist/                           # Compiled JavaScript (build output)
│
├── scripts/                        # All scripts organized by category
│   ├── build/
│   │   └── build-vsix.ps1         # VS Code extension packaging
│   │
│   ├── schema/                     # GraphQL schema management
│   │   ├── download-schema.ps1    # Download schema from Sitecore
│   │   ├── download-full-schema.ps1
│   │   ├── analyze-schema.ps1     # Analyze schema structure
│   │   ├── extract-schema-types.ps1
│   │   ├── find-mutations.ps1     # Find mutation capabilities
│   │   ├── generate-types.ps1     # Generate TypeScript types
│   │   ├── generate-types-full.ps1
│   │   └── check-search-schema.cjs # Validate search schema
│   │
│   ├── tests/                      # Test scripts (72 files)
│   │   ├── Load-DotEnv.ps1        # Environment loader for tests
│   │   ├── test-*.ps1             # PowerShell test scripts
│   │   └── test-*.cjs             # Node.js test scripts
│   │
│   ├── tools/                      # Utility tools
│   │   ├── build-relationship-graph.ps1  # Build item relationship graphs
│   │   ├── parse-field-references.ps1    # Parse field references
│   │   └── Load-DotEnv.ps1              # Canonical environment loader
│   │
│   └── wrappers/                   # Backward compatibility wrappers
│       ├── *.ps1                  # PowerShell wrappers (deprecated)
│       └── *.cjs                  # Node.js wrappers (deprecated)
│
├── docs/                           # All documentation
│   ├── guides/                    # Technical guides (35+ documents)
│   ├── releases/                  # Release notes per version
│   ├── ready-to-ship/             # Release readiness checklists
│   ├── status/                    # Status and progress reports
│   ├── summaries/                 # Version summaries
│   └── BACKLOG.md                # Product backlog
│
├── data/                          # Schema and graph data (generated)
│   ├── graphql-schema.json       # GraphQL schema dump
│   ├── graphql-schema-full.json  # Full introspection result
│   └── graph.json                # Relationship graph data
│
├── .env.example                   # Environment variabelen template
├── package.json                   # NPM dependencies en scripts
├── tsconfig.json                  # TypeScript compiler configuratie
├── LICENSE                        # MIT licentie
└── README.md                      # Dit bestand (quick start)

Purpose per Directory

Hygiene Policy: Root contains ONLY config files and README.md. All documentation is under docs/, all scripts under scripts/. This structure is enforced by CI workflow (root-scan.yml).

✅ API Status

GraphQL API is active and working!

• ✅ Item queries

• ✅ Get children

• ✅ Get field values

• ✅ Template information

• ✅ Variables in queries

Requirements

• Node.js 18 or higher

• Sitecore instance with GraphQL endpoint: /sitecore/api/graph/items/master

• Sitecore API Key (see configuration)

🚀 Quick Start

1. Install dependencies

cd c:\gary\Sitecore\SitecoreMCP
npm install
npm run build

2. Configure Environment

Copy .env.example to .env and configure your Sitecore instance:

SITECORE_HOST=https://your-sitecore-instance.com
SITECORE_API_KEY=your-api-key-here

3. Run Tests

Verify that all MCP tools are working correctly:

.\scripts\tests\run-tests.ps1

This will run a comprehensive test suite covering:

• ✅ Basic queries (item retrieval, children, fields)

• ✅ Advanced search & discovery

• ✅ Navigation & hierarchy (parent, ancestors)

• ✅ Utilities & extensions

Expected output: 17/17 tests passed (100% success rate)

4. Configure your IDE/Tool

Choose your favorite tool and configure the Sitecore MCP server:

Claude Desktop: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json VS Code: .vscode/settings.json or User Settings
Rider: %APPDATA%\JetBrains\Rider2024.3\options\mcp-servers.json
Visual Studio: %USERPROFILE%\.github-copilot\mcp-servers.json

See docs/guides/INSTALLATION.md for detailed configuration per tool.

Example configuration (Claude Desktop):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sitecore": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["c:\\gary\\Sitecore\\SitecoreMCP\\dist\\index.js"],
      "env": {
        "SITECORE_HOST": "https://your-sitecore-instance.com",
        "SITECORE_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

For VS Code, Rider and Visual Studio configurations, see docs/guides/INSTALLATION.md.

5. Restart your tool

• Claude Desktop: Close completely and restart

• VS Code: Reload Window (Ctrl+Shift+P)

• Rider: Invalidate Caches & Restart

• Visual Studio: Close solution and reopen

The Sitecore MCP server should now be available!

💡 Gebruik Voorbeelden

Slash Command Menu (New in v1.2.0!)

Step 1: Open your AI chat (Claude Desktop, VS Code Copilot, etc.)
Step 2: Type / to open the slash command menu
Step 3: Choose 🔧 /sitecore from the menu
Step 4: Type your command (prefix is automatically added)

# Via slash menu:
/ → choose /sitecore → "help"
/ → choose /sitecore → "get item /sitecore/content/Home"
/ → choose /sitecore → "search articles"
/ → choose /sitecore → "field Title from /sitecore/content/Home"

Direct Commands

You can also type direct commands:

Get the Home item: /sitecore/content/Home

Show all children of /sitecore/content/Home

Execute this query: /sitecore/content/Home//*[@@templatename='Sample Item']

Search for items with "contact" in the name

What is the Title field of /sitecore/content/Home?

See docs/guides/EXAMPLES.md and docs/guides/SLASH-COMMAND.md for more extensive examples.

Sitecore PowerShell Extensions API

This MCP server uses the Sitecore PowerShell Extensions (SPE) API endpoint:

POST https://your-sitecore-instance.com/sitecore/api/spe/v2/script

Ensure SPE is correctly configured and the API is accessible.

📚 Documentation

For a complete overview of all directories and their purposes, see the 📁 Repository Structure section above.

Main documents:

• README.md (this file): Overview and quick start

• docs/guides/INSTALLATION.md: Detailed installation for all IDEs

• docs/guides/EXAMPLES.md: Extensive usage examples and use cases

• docs/guides/SLASH-COMMAND.md: ⚡ Slash command menu guide

• docs/guides/SITECORE-COMMAND-GUIDE.md: Natural language command reference

Documentation Structure:

• docs/guides/ – Technical guides and how-to's (35+ documents)

• docs/releases/ – Release notes per version (RELEASE-NOTES-v1.x.md)

• docs/ready-to-ship/ – Release readiness checklists

• docs/status/ – Status and progress reports

• docs/summaries/ – Version summaries

Note: All documentation is under docs/. The root contains only README.md. Scripts are under scripts/ in categories (build, schema, tests, tools, wrappers).

🔧 Troubleshooting

MCP server doesn't appear

• Claude: Check claude_desktop_config.json syntax → Restart app

• VS Code: Reload Window (Ctrl+Shift+P) → Check Output panel

• Rider: Invalidate Caches → Check Event Log

• Visual Studio: Restart as Administrator → Check Extension logs

SPE API errors

• Run .\test-spe-api.ps1 to test the API

• Verify that SPE remoting is enabled in Spe.config

• Check Sitecore logs: https://your-sitecore-instance.com/sitecore/admin/showlog.aspx

Items not found

• Verify that the path exists (case-sensitive!)

• Verify database (master/web/core)

• Check language code (en/nl/etc.)

For more details, see docs/guides/INSTALLATION.md.

⚠️ Security

Warning: This configuration is intended for LOCAL development!

For production environments:

• ✅ Use HTTPS with valid certificate

• ✅ No credentials in configuration files

• ✅ Use Sitecore API keys

• ✅ Restrict SPE permissions

• ✅ Enable SSL certificate verification

🤝 Contributing

Suggestions and improvements are welcome! Create an issue or submit a pull request.

📄 License

MIT