Strava MCP - Activities Reader

MCP to fetch Strava activities with OAuth and automatic token refresh.

Installation

1. Create a Strava app

1. Go to strava.com/settings/api

2. Create an application

3. Authorization Callback Domain: localhost

4. Note the Client ID and Client Secret

2. Install the MCP

mkdir -p /home/sreno/mcps/strava_custom
cp -r * /home/sreno/mcps/strava_custom/
cd /home/sreno/mcps/strava_custom

# Create the venv
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Configure

Copy config.json.exemple to config.json Edit config.json:

{
  "client_id": "YOUR_CLIENT_ID",
  "client_secret": "YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET"
}

4. Authentication (once only)

source .venv/bin/activate
python auth.py

This opens the browser, you authorize, and tokens are saved.

5. Configure Claude Desktop

In ~/.config/claude-desktop/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "StravaCustom": {
      "command": "bash",
      "args": ["/home/sreno/mcps/strava_custom/run.sh"]
    }
  }
}

Related MCP server: strava-mcp

Available tools

• get_recent_activities: Latest activities (configurable limit)

• get_activities_range: Activities between two dates

• get_activity_details: Details of a specific activity

• get_athlete_stats: Athlete global stats

Notes

• Tokens are refreshed automatically

• If an error occurs after several months, re-run python auth.py

• Port 8081 is used for the OAuth callback