Salonrunner MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 51 installs a week from npm. Last commit 7 Jul 2026.
Self-hosted MCP to find, book, and cancel salon appointments via SalonRunner.
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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 mcp add salonrunner-mcp -e 'SALONRUNNER_SALON_ID=<SALONRUNNER_SALON_ID>' -e 'SALONRUNNER_USERNAME=<SALONRUNNER_USERNAME>' -e 'SALONRUNNER_PASSWORD=<SALONRUNNER_PASSWORD>' -- npx -y salonrunner-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"salonrunner-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"salonrunner-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SALONRUNNER_PASSWORD": "<SALONRUNNER_PASSWORD>",
"SALONRUNNER_SALON_ID": "<SALONRUNNER_SALON_ID>",
"SALONRUNNER_USERNAME": "<SALONRUNNER_USERNAME>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.salonrunner-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "salonrunner-mcp"]
env = { SALONRUNNER_SALON_ID = "<SALONRUNNER_SALON_ID>", SALONRUNNER_USERNAME = "<SALONRUNNER_USERNAME>", SALONRUNNER_PASSWORD = "<SALONRUNNER_PASSWORD>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"salonrunner-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"salonrunner-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SALONRUNNER_PASSWORD": "<SALONRUNNER_PASSWORD>",
"SALONRUNNER_SALON_ID": "<SALONRUNNER_SALON_ID>",
"SALONRUNNER_USERNAME": "<SALONRUNNER_USERNAME>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"salonrunner-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"salonrunner-mcp"
],
"env": {
"SALONRUNNER_PASSWORD": "<SALONRUNNER_PASSWORD>",
"SALONRUNNER_SALON_ID": "<SALONRUNNER_SALON_ID>",
"SALONRUNNER_USERNAME": "<SALONRUNNER_USERNAME>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<SALONRUNNER_SALON_ID> (Your salon's numeric id (from your booking URL)), <SALONRUNNER_USERNAME> (Your SalonRunner client login (same as the booking site)), <SALONRUNNER_PASSWORD> (Your SalonRunner client password).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
SALONRUNNER_READ_ONLY (Set to 'true' to disable booking/cancelling (read-only)).
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