Set up Cloudflare MCP in Claude Desktop
Interact with Cloudflare services including Workers, KV, R2, D1, and DNS management from your AI editor.
1
Locate the config file
Claude Desktop reads MCP server configuration from the following file:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.jsonCreate this file if it does not already exist.
2
Add the configuration
Add the following to your Claude Desktop config file:
json
{
"mcpServers": {
"cloudflare-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@cloudflare/mcp-server-cloudflare"
],
"env": {
"CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN",
"CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID": "YOUR_CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_ID"
}
}
}
}3
Set up environment variables
Cloudflare MCP requires the following environment variables:
CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKENRequiredCloudflare API token
CLOUDFLARE_ACCOUNT_IDRequiredCloudflare account ID
4
Verify it works
Restart Claude Desktop. Cloudflare MCP should appear in your MCP server list with 18 tools available.
This server adds approximately 9,270 tokens to your context window for tool definitions.