Set up Convex MCP in Continue

Introspect tables, call functions, read and write data, manage environment variables, and view logs on your Convex reactive backend.

Locate the config file

Continue reads MCP server configuration from the following file:

~/.continue/config.yaml

Create this file if it does not already exist.

Add the following to your Continue config file:

yaml

mcpServers:
  - name: convex-mcp
    command: npx
    args:
      - -y
      - convex@latest
      - mcp
      - start

No environment variables needed. Convex MCP works out of the box without any API keys or tokens.

Restart Continue. Convex MCP should appear in your MCP server list with 12 tools available.

This server adds approximately 6,180 tokens to your context window for tool definitions.