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CiviCRM MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 12 min ago. It exposes 24 tools. Last commit 25 Oct 2026.

Work with your own CiviCRM: contacts, contributions, memberships, events; log activities.

Uptime history 21 hours of history

21 hours agonow

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351 ms

Response time

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last commit 25 Oct 2026

What changed 3

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 25 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

25 Oct a tool changed version3 times that day

and 2 more, back to 25 October 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check CiviCRM MCP by usefulapi every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 12 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add civicrm --transport http https://civicrm.usefulapi.io/mcp

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://civicrm.usefulapi.io/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.civicrm]
url = "https://civicrm.usefulapi.io/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "civicrm": {
      "url": "https://civicrm.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "civicrm": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://civicrm.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 24

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

civicrm

civicrm_add_contact_note

WRITE: adds ONE note to a contact's record, written by the contact this API key belongs to. Sends nothing. APIv4 Note.create.

civicrm_add_contact_to_group

WRITE: adds ONE contact to ONE static group. If the group is used as a mailing list, the contact will receive future mailings sent to it, so only add people who agreed. Sends nothing by itself. Adding a contact who is already in the group changes nothing; a contact who was removed from it (or is pending) is set back to Added. APIv4 GroupContact.save matched on group and contact.

civicrm_create_contact

WRITE: creates ONE new contact (an individual, organization or household) and optionally its first e-mail address and phone number. Does not check for duplicates: search first with civicrm_search_contacts. Sends nothing. APIv4 Contact.create, Email.create, Phone.create.

civicrm_create_membership

WRITE: gives ONE contact a membership of a type. CiviCRM works out the dates and status from the type unless you give dates. It does NOT record a payment (use civicrm_record_contribution for that) and sends nothing. APIv4 Membership.create.

civicrm_get_contact

One contact by id: name, type, job title, source, communication preferences (do not e-mail, opted out, ...), dates, plus all their e-mail addresses, phone numbers and postal addresses. APIv4 Contact.get, Email.get, Phone.get, Address.get.

civicrm_get_fields

The fields of one CiviCRM entity (Contact, Contribution, Event, ...) including custom fields: name, label, data type, whether required, and the allowed options for a pick-list field. Use it to find the right field names for civicrm_query and the right option names for the filters and write tools. APIv4 <Entity>.getFields.

civicrm_list_activities

Activities (meetings, phone calls, e-mails, follow-ups, ...) with type, subject, status, date and details, newest first. With contact_id: the activities that contact took part in, with their role (source, target or assignee). Otherwise all activities, optionally of one type or status. APIv4 ActivityContact.get / Activity.get.

civicrm_list_cases

Cases (CiviCase) with subject, case type, status and dates. With contact_id: the cases that contact is a client of. Needs the CiviCase component to be enabled. APIv4 CaseContact.get / Case.get.

civicrm_list_contact_notes

The notes recorded on one contact (subject, text, who wrote it, when), newest first. APIv4 Note.get.

civicrm_list_contributions

Contributions (donations, membership dues, event fees) with contact, amount, currency, financial type, status, payment method, date and source, newest first. Filter by contact, status, financial type, date range and minimum amount. Test contributions are left out. APIv4 Contribution.get.

civicrm_list_entities

The APIv4 entities this CiviCRM site offers (Contact, Contribution, Event, plus those of installed extensions), with a short description. Use the names with civicrm_get_fields and civicrm_query. APIv4 Entity.get.

civicrm_list_events

Events with title, type, start and end date, whether active and public, maximum participants and summary. Upcoming events first when upcoming_only is set. Template events are left out. APIv4 Event.get.

civicrm_list_group_contacts

The members of one static group (or the groups one contact belongs to): contact, group and membership status (Added, Removed, Pending). Smart groups are computed by CiviCRM and not listed here. APIv4 GroupContact.get.

civicrm_list_groups

Contact groups (mailing lists, static groups, smart groups) with title, description, visibility and type. APIv4 Group.get.

civicrm_list_memberships

Memberships with contact, membership type, status (New, Current, Grace, Expired, ...), join, start and end date. Filter by contact, status, type, or those ending before a date (renewal follow-up). Test memberships are left out. APIv4 Membership.get.

civicrm_list_participants

Event registrations with event, contact, status (Registered, Attended, Cancelled, ...), role, registration date and fee. Filter by event, contact or status. Test registrations are left out. APIv4 Participant.get.

civicrm_list_relationships

The relationships of one contact (employee of, spouse of, volunteer for, ...) with the other contact, start and end date and whether it is active. APIv4 Relationship.get.

civicrm_log_activity

WRITE: records ONE activity (a meeting, phone call, e-mail, follow-up, ...) with one or more contacts. It only STORES the record: an activity of type Email does not send an e-mail. Added by the contact this API key belongs to unless source_contact_id is given. APIv4 Activity.create.

civicrm_query

Read records of ANY CiviCRM entity with APIv4 Entity.get: choose fields, filter, sort and page. Use civicrm_list_entities and civicrm_get_fields for the names. Field names may be joined (`contact_id.display_name`, `email_primary.email`) or ask for an option's text (`status_id:label`). Examples: entity Tag; entity Campaign with where [{field:'is_active',op:'=',value:true}]; entity Contribution with select ['id','total_amount'] and where [{field:'total_amount',op:'>=',value:1000}]. Read-only; credential fields and system entities (settings, payment processors, mailings, users) are refused.

civicrm_record_contribution

WRITE: records ONE contribution (a donation, a payment received elsewhere) for a contact. It only STORES the financial record: no card is charged, no receipt is e-mailed, and the amount shows up in CiviCRM's reports and the contact's giving history. Check civicrm_list_contributions first to avoid a duplicate. APIv4 Contribution.create.

civicrm_register_participant

WRITE: registers ONE contact for ONE event (a participant record). It does not check the event's capacity or fee, does not take payment and sends no confirmation e-mail. APIv4 Participant.create.

civicrm_search_contacts

Find contacts (people, organizations, households) by a word in their name, e-mail address or phone number, optionally of one contact type. Trashed contacts are left out. Returns id, display name, type, primary e-mail and phone. APIv4 Contact.get.

civicrm_update_contact

WRITE: changes basic fields of ONE existing contact (name, job title, source, preferred language) and/or its communication preferences (do not e-mail, do not phone, do not mail, do not SMS, opted out of bulk mail). Only the fields you give are changed. Setting a do-not flag to false re-enables contact the person may have declined, so only do that on the person's request. APIv4 Contact.update.

civicrm_whoami

The CiviCRM contact this API key belongs to (contact id, display name, contact type) and how it authenticated. Everything the other tools do is limited to that contact's permissions. GET /civicrm/authx/id, then APIv4 Contact.get.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://civicrm.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	216 ms	12 min ago

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CiviCRM MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can CiviCRM MCP by usefulapi do?

It exposes 24 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: civicrm_add_contact_note, civicrm_add_contact_to_group, civicrm_create_contact, civicrm_create_membership, civicrm_get_contact, civicrm_get_fields and 18 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is CiviCRM MCP by usefulapi working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 77 of 77 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 351 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect CiviCRM MCP by usefulapi?

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 is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does CiviCRM MCP by usefulapi need an API key?

No. CiviCRM MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 24 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is CiviCRM MCP by usefulapi?

It answers our handshake in 351 ms on average, which is faster than 43% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is CiviCRM MCP by usefulapi open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 0 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at civicrm.usefulapi.io, which runs on its operator's own terms.