Set up Mailchimp MCP in Claude Code
Email campaign management, audience lists, automation workflows, and campaign analytics from Mailchimp.
1
Locate the config file
Claude Code reads MCP server configuration from the following file:
~/.claude.jsonCreate this file if it does not already exist.
2
Add the configuration
You can configure Mailchimp MCP using the CLI command or by editing the config file directly.
Option A: CLI command
bash
claude mcp add mailchimp-mcp -e MAILCHIMP_API_KEY=YOUR_MAILCHIMP_API_KEY -- npx -y mailchimp-mcp-serverOption B: Config file
json
{
"mcpServers": {
"mailchimp-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mailchimp-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"MAILCHIMP_API_KEY": "YOUR_MAILCHIMP_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}3
Set up environment variables
Mailchimp MCP requires the following environment variables:
MAILCHIMP_API_KEYRequiredMailchimp API key
4
Verify it works
Restart Claude Code. Mailchimp MCP should appear in your MCP server list with 15 tools available.
This server adds approximately 7,725 tokens to your context window for tool definitions.