Garth (Garmin Connect)▌

by matin
Integrate Garth with Garmin Connect to access fitness data from your Garmin watch for fitness tracking, including sleep
Integrates with Garmin Connect to provide access to fitness and health data including sleep statistics, daily stress, and intensity minutes with customizable date ranges.
best for
- / Fitness enthusiasts tracking health metrics
- / Developers building health analytics applications
- / Researchers analyzing sleep and activity patterns
capabilities
- / Fetch detailed sleep data with movement tracking
- / Retrieve daily stress and intensity minutes
- / Get activity details and workout history
- / Access body composition metrics
- / Query user profile and device settings
- / Filter available tools to reduce overhead
what it does
Connects to Garmin Connect to retrieve your fitness and health data including sleep patterns, stress levels, activities, and body metrics. Requires Garmin account authentication.
about
Garth (Garmin Connect) is a community-built MCP server published by matin that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. Integrate Garth with Garmin Connect to access fitness data from your Garmin watch for fitness tracking, including sleep It is categorized under developer tools, analytics data.
how to install
You can install Garth (Garmin Connect) 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
Garth (Garmin Connect) is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.
readme
garth-mcp-server
Garmin Connect MCP server based on garth.
Usage
Install
{
"mcpServers": {
"Garth - Garmin Connect": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"garth-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"GARTH_TOKEN": "<output of `uvx garth login`>"
}
}
}
}
Make sure the path for the uvx command is fully scoped as MCP doesn't
use the same PATH your shell does. On macOS, it's typically
/Users/{user}/.local/bin/uvx.
Tool Filtering
By default, all 30 tools are exposed. To reduce context size for LLM usage, you can filter tools using environment variables.
Enable specific tools only (whitelist)
{
"mcpServers": {
"Garth - Garmin Connect": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["garth-mcp-server"],
"env": {
"GARTH_TOKEN": "<token>",
"GARTH_ENABLED_TOOLS": "get_activities,get_activity_details,daily_steps,nightly_sleep"
}
}
}
}
Disable specific tools (blacklist)
"env": {
"GARTH_TOKEN": "<token>",
"GARTH_DISABLED_TOOLS": "get_gear,get_gear_stats,get_device_settings,get_connectapi_endpoint"
}
Tool names are case-insensitive and comma-separated. If GARTH_ENABLED_TOOLS
is set, GARTH_DISABLED_TOOLS is ignored.
Tools
Health & Wellness (using Garth data classes)
user_profile- Get user profile informationuser_settings- Get user settings and preferencesnightly_sleep- Get detailed sleep data with optional movement datadaily_sleep- Get daily sleep summary datadaily_stress/weekly_stress- Get stress datadaily_intensity_minutes/weekly_intensity_minutes- Get intensity minutesdaily_body_battery- Get body battery datadaily_hydration- Get hydration datadaily_steps/weekly_steps- Get steps datadaily_hrv/hrv_data- Get heart rate variability data
Activities (using Garmin Connect API)
get_activities- Get list of activities with optional filtersget_activities_by_date- Get activities for a specific dateget_activity_details- Get detailed activity informationget_activity_splits- Get activity lap/split dataget_activity_weather- Get weather data for activities
Additional Health Data (using Garmin Connect API)
get_body_composition- Get body composition dataget_respiration_data- Get respiration dataget_spo2_data- Get SpO2 (blood oxygen) dataget_blood_pressure- Get blood pressure readings
Device & Gear (using Garmin Connect API)
get_devices- Get connected devicesget_device_settings- Get device settingsget_gear- Get gear informationget_gear_stats- Get gear usage statistics
Utility Tools
monthly_activity_summary- Get monthly activity overviewsnapshot- Get snapshot data for date rangesget_connectapi_endpoint- Direct access to any Garmin Connect API endpoint
FAQ
- What is the Garth (Garmin Connect) MCP server?
- Garth (Garmin Connect) 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 Garth (Garmin Connect)?
- This profile displays 35 aggregated ratings (sample rows for discoverability plus signed-in user reviews). Average score is about 4.7 out of 5—verify behavior in your own environment before production use.
Ratings
4.7★★★★★35 reviews- ★★★★★Fatima Taylor· Dec 28, 2024
Garth (Garmin Connect) has been reliable for tool-calling workflows; the MCP profile page is a good permalink for internal docs.
- ★★★★★Ira Jackson· Dec 4, 2024
According to our notes, Garth (Garmin Connect) benefits from clear Model Context Protocol framing — fewer ambiguous “AI plugin” claims.
- ★★★★★James Mensah· Dec 4, 2024
Useful MCP listing: Garth (Garmin Connect) is the kind of server we cite when onboarding engineers to host + tool permissions.
- ★★★★★Rahul Santra· Nov 23, 2024
Garth (Garmin Connect) is a well-scoped MCP server in the explainx.ai directory — install snippets and categories matched our Claude Code setup.
- ★★★★★Diya Park· Nov 23, 2024
I recommend Garth (Garmin Connect) for teams standardizing on MCP; the explainx.ai page compares cleanly with sibling servers.
- ★★★★★James Kim· Nov 23, 2024
Garth (Garmin Connect) reduced integration guesswork — categories and install configs on the listing matched the upstream repo.
- ★★★★★Pratham Ware· Oct 14, 2024
Garth (Garmin Connect) has been reliable for tool-calling workflows; the MCP profile page is a good permalink for internal docs.
- ★★★★★Ishan Shah· Oct 14, 2024
We evaluated Garth (Garmin Connect) against two servers with overlapping tools; this profile had the clearer scope statement.
- ★★★★★Emma Iyer· Oct 14, 2024
We wired Garth (Garmin Connect) into a staging workspace; the listing’s GitHub and npm pointers saved time versus hunting across READMEs.
- ★★★★★Aarav Thomas· Sep 25, 2024
Garth (Garmin Connect) has been reliable for tool-calling workflows; the MCP profile page is a good permalink for internal docs.
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