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Grist MCP Server

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Grist MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 149 installs a week from npm. Last commit 30 Jan 2026.

11 tools for managing Grist documents with AI

Installs per day peak 42 · avg 12 · -15% w/w
a month agotoday
149
Installs / week
npm · grist-mcp-server
3
Stars
1 open issues
30 Jan 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 20 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

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.

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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 grist-mcp-server -- npx -y grist-mcp-server
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grist-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "grist-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.grist-mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "grist-mcp-server"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grist-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "grist-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grist-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "grist-mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: GRIST_API_KEY (Your Grist API key), GRIST_BASE_URL (Base URL for Grist instance (default: https://docs.getgrist.com)). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Grist MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Grist MCP Server?
Grist MCP Server 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 grist-mcp-server was installed 149 times last week.
How do I connect Grist MCP Server?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls grist-mcp-server straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Grist MCP Server?
The npm package grist-mcp-server was installed 149 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 Grist MCP Server open source?
We cannot say either way: written in TypeScript, 3 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue, but we could not determine the licence, and without one the code is not open source by default.