This tool creates a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that acts as a proxy for any API that has an OpenAPI v3.1 specification. This allows you to use Claude Desktop to easily interact with both local and remote server APIs.
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Claude/Cursor that enables searching and exploring OpenAPI specifications through oapis.org.
The MCP works by applying a 3 step process :
[!IMPORTANT] OpenAPI MCP has found a new owner and has been migrated from v1.2 to v2, which works different to the previous version. You can still access any version prior to v2.0.0 and their README is here
OpenAPI MCP v2 is a Work In Progress and focuses on exploration and providing context about APIs. It does not allow executing the endpoints as tools directly, as authentication isn't a solved problem with MCP yet. However, it's great for codegen!
Expect bugs. Open To Contributers, DM
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Basic understanding of the OpenAPI MCP Server | |
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To install openapi-mcp-server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
npx -y @smithery/cli install @janwilmake/openapi-mcp-server --client claude
Run and follow instructions:
npx openapi-mcp-server@latest init
Once installed, you can ask Claude to:
Claude will use the MCP server to:
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