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Strava MCP Server

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Strava MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 139 installs a week from npm. Last commit 8 Oct 2026.

Privacy-first MCP server for Strava activities, streams, routes and training.

Installs per day peak 58 · avg 24 · -15% w/w
a month agotoday
139
Installs / week
npm · strava-mcp-unofficial
3
Stars
0 open issues
8 Oct 2026
Last commit
5 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 2 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Runs an external command src/cli/auth.ts:154
  const child = spawn(command, args, { detached: true, stdio: "ignore" });

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add strava-mcp -- npx -y strava-mcp-unofficial
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "strava-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "strava-mcp-unofficial"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.strava-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "strava-mcp-unofficial"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "strava-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "strava-mcp-unofficial"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "strava-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "strava-mcp-unofficial"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: STRAVA_CLIENT_ID (Strava OAuth client ID. Optional when configured with strava-mcp-server setup), STRAVA_CLIENT_SECRET (Strava OAuth client secret. Prefer strava-mcp-server setup so this secret is stored in ~/.strava-mcp/config.json instead of MCP client config), STRAVA_REDIRECT_URI (Redirect URI configured in the Strava Developer Dashboard. Optional when configured with strava-mcp-server setup), STRAVA_TOKEN_PATH (Optional local path for OAuth tokens. Defaults to ~/.strava-mcp/tokens.json), STRAVA_PRIVACY_MODE (Optional payload mode: summary, structured, or raw. Defaults to structured. raw means full Strava API payloads, not continuous 24/7 raw sensor telemetry), STRAVA_CACHE (Optional SQLite cache toggle. Set to true or sqlite to enable), STRAVA_CACHE_PATH (Optional local SQLite cache path. Defaults to ~/.strava-mcp/cache.sqlite), STRAVA_NO_CACHE (Set to true to bypass the in-memory HTTP response cache (60s TTL for GET only). POST/PUT/DELETE and 4xx/5xx responses are never cached regardless).

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Strava MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Strava MCP?
Strava MCP runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package strava-mcp-unofficial was installed 139 times last week.
How do I connect Strava MCP?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls strava-mcp-unofficial straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Strava MCP?
The npm package strava-mcp-unofficial was installed 139 times in the last week. Week over week that is -15%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Strava MCP open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 3 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.