Prefect MCP Server

io.github.PrefectHQ/prefect-mcp-server

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Prefect MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 3 785 installs a week from pypi.

MCP server for Prefect. Monitor and debug workflows, deployments, and automations.

Installs per day peak 1 050 · avg 433 · +51% w/w

a month agotoday

3 785

Installs / week

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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.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add prefect-mcp-server -- uvx prefect-mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "prefect-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "prefect-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.prefect-mcp-server]
command = "uvx"
args = ["prefect-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "prefect-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "prefect-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "prefect-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "prefect-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

Prefect MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Prefect MCP Server?

Prefect 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 pypi package prefect-mcp was installed 3 785 times last week.

How do I connect Prefect 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 prefect-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Prefect MCP Server?

The pypi package prefect-mcp was installed 3 785 times in the last week. Week over week that is +51%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.