NocoDB MCP Server

A standalone Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides full integration with a self-hosted NocoDB instance. This server exposes NocoDB's Meta API and Data API as MCP tools, enabling LLMs like Claude to create, update, and delete bases, tables, connections, fields, views, and records.

Features

25 MCP tools covering the full NocoDB API surface:

Related MCP server: MCP Server NocoBase Remote

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ (for native fetch)

• A running NocoDB instance

• A NocoDB API token (generate from Team & Settings > Tokens)

Setup

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build
npm run build

# Run (for testing)
NOCODB_URL=http://localhost:8080 NOCODB_API_TOKEN=your-token npm start

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nocodb": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/Users/youruser/Local Apps/nocodb-mcp-server/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "NOCODB_URL": "http://localhost:8080",
        "NOCODB_API_TOKEN": "your-api-token-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Development

# Run in dev mode (no build step needed)
NOCODB_URL=http://localhost:8080 NOCODB_API_TOKEN=your-token npm run dev

Architecture

• Zero NocoDB forking — communicates entirely via REST API

• Safe for NocoDB updates — upgrade NocoDB independently

• stdio transport — compatible with Claude Desktop and other MCP clients