MCP example Netlify Express
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 # MCP example Netlify Express **View this demo site**: https://mcp-example-express.netlify.app/ [
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
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Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
MCP example Netlify ExpressCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
You can deploy your own version by clicking the "Deploy to Netlify" button, which clones the example, creates a Netlify project, and sets up an automated deployment pipeline. To run locally, clone the examples repository, install the Netlify CLI, run netlify dev in the examples/mcp/express-mcp directory, and then test using the MCP inspector with npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector npx mcp-remote@next http://localhost:8888/mcp.
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Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp example netlify express": {
"mcp-server-netlify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"@modelcontextprotocol/inspector",
"npx",
"mcp-remote@next",
"http://localhost:8888/mcp"
]
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"mcp-server-netlify": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"@modelcontextprotocol/inspector",
"npx",
"mcp-remote@next",
"http://localhost:8888/mcp"
]
}
}MCP example Netlify Express
View this demo site: https://mcp-example-express.netlify.app/
About this example site
This site shows a very a basic example of developing and running serverless MCP using Netlify Functions. It includes links to a deployed serverless function and an example of accessing the function using a customized URL.
- Model Context Protocol (MCP)
- Docs: Netlify Functions
- Agent Experience (AX)
Importantly, because of how Express handles mapping routes, ensure you set the netlify.toml redirects to the correct path. In this example we have the following to ensure <domain>/mcp catches all of the requests to this server:
[[redirects]]
force = true
from = "/mcp"
status = 200
to = "/.netlify/functions/express-mcp-server"
Speedily deploy your own version
Deploy your own version of this example site, by clicking the Deploy to Netlify Button below. This will automatically:
- Clone a copy of this example from the examples repo to your own GitHub account
- Create a new project in your Netlify account, linked to your new repo
- Create an automated deployment pipeline to watch for changes on your repo
- Build and deploy your new site
- This repo can then be used to iterate on locally using netlify dev
Install and run the examples locally
You can clone this entire examples repo to explore this and other examples, and to run them locally.
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