Contentful (Official)▌

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Official Contentful integration for advanced content management software, automating full content lifecycle via Contentf
Official Contentful integration that enables full content lifecycle management including entries, content types, assets, environments, locales, tags, and automated content generation through Contentful's Content Management API with bulk operations and intelligent response handling.
best for
- / Content managers maintaining Contentful spaces
- / Marketing teams creating and updating campaigns
- / Developers building content-driven applications
- / Teams needing bulk content operations
capabilities
- / Create and edit content entries
- / Manage content types and fields
- / Upload and organize assets
- / Handle multilingual content and locales
- / Perform bulk content operations
- / Automate publishing workflows
what it does
Official Contentful integration that lets you manage content, assets, and workflows in Contentful spaces through natural language commands. Supports full content lifecycle operations including creation, editing, publishing, and bulk operations.
about
Contentful (Official) is an official MCP server published by contentful that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. Official Contentful integration for advanced content management software, automating full content lifecycle via Contentf It is categorized under productivity.
how to install
You can install Contentful (Official) in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server runs locally on your machine via the stdio transport.
license
MIT
Contentful (Official) is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.
readme
Contentful MCP Server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides AI assistants with comprehensive tools to interact with Contentful APIs.
🚀 Example Use Cases
This MCP server provides a comprehensive set of tools for content management, allowing AI to help you create, edit, organize, and publish content directly within Contentful. Once configured, you can use natural language in your AI assistant of choice to manage and interact with your Contentful spaces, including:
- Content Creation: "Create a new blog post for our fall product launch"
- Content Management: "Update all product entries to include the new pricing structure"
- Asset Organization: "Upload and organize these marketing images by campaign"
- Workflow Automation: "Create an AI action that translates content to Spanish"
- Content Modeling: "Add a new field to the product content type for customer ratings"
📓 Table of Contents
- ⚙️ Getting Started
- 🛠️ Available Tools
- 🔍 Development
- 📦 Releases
- 🤝 Contributing
- 📚 Documentation
- ❓ Help & Support
- 📄 License and Notices
- 🛡️ Code of Conduct
⚙️ Getting started
Prerequisites
- Node.js
- npm
- A Contentful account with a Space ID
- Contentful Management API personal access token
Installation
One-Click install
Note: This requires Cursor to be installed. If the link doesn't work, try the manual installation below.
Claude Desktop:
Download the .dxt configuration file here from the latest release and import it into Claude Desktop to automatically configure the MCP server with your environment variables.
Codex:
codex mcp add contentful --env CONTENTFUL_MANAGEMENT_ACCESS_TOKEN="your-CMA-token" --env SPACE_ID="your-space-id" --env ENVIRONMENT_ID="master" --env CONTENTFUL_HOST="api.contentful.com" -- npx -y @contentful/mcp-server
Install from source
git clone https://github.com/contentful/contentful-mcp-server.git
cd contentful-mcp-server
npm install
npm run build
Environment Variables
| Environment Variable | Required | Default Value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
CONTENTFUL_MANAGEMENT_ACCESS_TOKEN | ✅ Yes | - | Your Contentful Management API personal access token |
SPACE_ID | ✅ Yes | - | Your Contentful Space ID |
ENVIRONMENT_ID | ❌ No | master | Target environment within your space |
CONTENTFUL_HOST | ❌ No | api.contentful.com | Contentful API host |
NODE_ENV | ❌ No | production | Node Environment to run in |
Configuration
Refer to the documentation for your AI tool of choice for how to configure MCP servers. For example, see the documentation for Codex, Cursor, VS Code, or Claude Desktop.
Below is a sample configuration:
{
"mcpServers": {
"contentful-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@contentful/mcp-server"],
"env": {
"CONTENTFUL_MANAGEMENT_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your-CMA-token",
"SPACE_ID": "your-space-id",
"ENVIRONMENT_ID": "master",
"CONTENTFUL_HOST": "api.contentful.com"
}
}
}
}
🛠️ Available Tools
| Category | Tool Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Context & Setup | get_initial_context | Initialize connection and get usage instructions |
| Content Types | list_content_types | List all content types |
get_content_type | Get detailed content type information | |
create_content_type | Create new content types | |
update_content_type | Modify existing content types | |
publish_content_type | Publish content type changes | |
unpublish_content_type | Unpublish content types | |
delete_content_type | Remove content types | |
| Entries | search_entries | Search and filter entries |
get_entry | Retrieve specific entries | |
create_entry | Create new content entries | |
update_entry | Modify existing entries | |
publish_entry | Publish entries (single or bulk) | |
unpublish_entry | Unpublish entries (single or bulk) | |
delete_entry | Remove entries | |
| Assets | upload_asset | Upload new assets |
list_assets | List and browse assets | |
get_asset | Retrieve specific assets | |
update_asset | Modify asset metadata | |
publish_asset | Publish assets (single or bulk) | |
unpublish_asset | Unpublish assets (single or bulk) | |
delete_asset | Remove assets | |
| Spaces & Environments | list_spaces | List available spaces |
get_space | Get space details | |
list_environments | List environments | |
create_environment | Create new environments | |
delete_environment | Remove environments | |
| Locales | list_locales | List all locales in your environment |
get_locale | Retrieve specific locale information | |
create_locale | Create new locales for multi-language content | |
update_locale | Modify existing locale settings | |
delete_locale | Remove locales from environment | |
| Tags | list_tags | List all tags |
create_tag | Create new tags | |
| AI Actions | create_ai_action | Create custom AI-powered workflows |
invoke_ai_action | Invoke an AI action with variables | |
get_ai_action_invocation | Get AI action invocation details | |
get_ai_action | Retrieve AI action details and configuration | |
list_ai_actions | List AI actions in a space | |
update_ai_action | Update existing AI actions | |
publish_ai_action | Publish AI actions for use | |
unpublish_ai_action | Unpublish AI actions | |
delete_ai_action | Remove AI actions |
🤝 Contributing
We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guide for local development setup and contribution guide
FAQ
- What is the Contentful (Official) MCP server?
- Contentful (Official) is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server profile on explainx.ai. MCP lets AI hosts (e.g. Claude Desktop, Cursor) call tools and resources through a standard interface; this page summarizes categories, install hints, and community ratings.
- How do MCP servers relate to agent skills?
- Skills are reusable instruction packages (often SKILL.md); MCP servers expose live capabilities. Teams frequently combine both—skills for workflows, MCP for APIs and data. See explainx.ai/skills and explainx.ai/mcp-servers for parallel directories.
- How are reviews shown for Contentful (Official)?
- This profile displays 10 aggregated ratings (sample rows for discoverability plus signed-in user reviews). Average score is about 4.5 out of 5—verify behavior in your own environment before production use.
Ratings
4.5★★★★★10 reviews- ★★★★★Shikha Mishra· Oct 10, 2024
Contentful (Official) is among the better-indexed MCP projects we tried; the explainx.ai summary tracks the official description.
- ★★★★★Piyush G· Sep 9, 2024
We evaluated Contentful (Official) against two servers with overlapping tools; this profile had the clearer scope statement.
- ★★★★★Chaitanya Patil· Aug 8, 2024
Useful MCP listing: Contentful (Official) is the kind of server we cite when onboarding engineers to host + tool permissions.
- ★★★★★Sakshi Patil· Jul 7, 2024
Contentful (Official) reduced integration guesswork — categories and install configs on the listing matched the upstream repo.
- ★★★★★Ganesh Mohane· Jun 6, 2024
I recommend Contentful (Official) for teams standardizing on MCP; the explainx.ai page compares cleanly with sibling servers.
- ★★★★★Oshnikdeep· May 5, 2024
Strong directory entry: Contentful (Official) surfaces stars and publisher context so we could sanity-check maintenance before adopting.
- ★★★★★Dhruvi Jain· Apr 4, 2024
Contentful (Official) has been reliable for tool-calling workflows; the MCP profile page is a good permalink for internal docs.
- ★★★★★Rahul Santra· Mar 3, 2024
According to our notes, Contentful (Official) benefits from clear Model Context Protocol framing — fewer ambiguous “AI plugin” claims.
- ★★★★★Pratham Ware· Feb 2, 2024
We wired Contentful (Official) into a staging workspace; the listing’s GitHub and npm pointers saved time versus hunting across READMEs.
- ★★★★★Yash Thakker· Jan 1, 2024
Contentful (Official) is a well-scoped MCP server in the explainx.ai directory — install snippets and categories matched our Claude Code setup.