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MCP Philips Hue MCP Server

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MCP Philips Hue runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 21 installs a week from npm.

MCP server for Philips Hue smart lighting control

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private.

Installs per day peak 21 · avg 6 · +7% w/w
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21
Installs / week
npm · mcp-philips-hue
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Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
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This one has been quiet for a while

Quiet is not dead — but it is worth knowing when it wakes up, or when someone else takes it over. We watch the repository and tell you either way.

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

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: HUE_BRIDGE_IP (IP address of your Philips Hue Bridge), HUE_API_KEY (Your Hue Bridge API key). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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MCP Philips Hue — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for MCP Philips Hue?
MCP Philips Hue 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 mcp-philips-hue was installed 21 times last week.
Is MCP Philips Hue still maintained?
The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.
How do I connect MCP Philips Hue?
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 mcp-philips-hue straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use MCP Philips Hue?
The npm package mcp-philips-hue was installed 21 times in the last week. Week over week that is +7%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.