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Clerk MCP Server for Claude

Get accurate Clerk SDK snippets and implementation patterns directly inside Claude — for authentication flows, Organizations, custom sign-in, B2B SaaS, and more — with the official Clerk remote MCP server.

by Clerk·added 2026-06-18·
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Safety notes

  • The server is read-only — it serves documentation and SDK snippets only; it does not access your Clerk dashboard or application data.
  • No authentication credentials or secret keys are transmitted.

Privacy notes

  • Queries you send (e.g. feature names, framework) are sent to mcp.clerk.com — Clerk's hosted infrastructure; no personal or application data is required.

Prerequisites

  • No API keys required — the Clerk MCP server is publicly accessible.
  • An MCP client such as Claude Code or Claude Desktop.

Schema details

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cli
Troubleshooting
No
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Scope
Source repo
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Estimated setup
5 minutes
Difficulty
beginner
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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clerk": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.clerk.com/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

About this resource

Overview

The Clerk MCP Server is the official Model Context Protocol server from Clerk. It provides AI coding assistants — Claude, Cursor, GitHub Copilot — with accurate, up-to-date Clerk SDK snippets and implementation patterns, eliminating hallucinated API calls and stale code examples. The server is hosted at https://mcp.clerk.com/mcp, requires no authentication, and is free to use.

Clerk launched this server specifically to improve the quality of AI-assisted Clerk integrations, where outdated training data often produces incorrect SDK usage.

Key capabilities

  • clerk_sdk_snippet — retrieve a framework-specific code snippet for a particular Clerk feature (sign-in, Organizations, custom flows, session management, etc.).
  • list_clerk_sdk_snippets — list all available snippets and bundle categories.

Snippet bundles include: b2b-saas, organizations, custom-flows, authentication, and framework-specific patterns for Next.js, React, and other supported frameworks.

How it compares

Server Auth SDK docs Framework-specific No credentials Hosted
Clerk MCP Yes (Clerk) Next.js, React, Express Yes Yes
Auth0 MCP Auth0 docs Limited API key No
WorkOS MCP WorkOS guides Limited API key No
Supabase MCP Auth + DB Limited API key No

Clerk's MCP is notable for requiring zero configuration — connect and immediately get accurate snippets without any account or API key.

Installation

Claude Code

claude mcp add clerk --transport http https://mcp.clerk.com/mcp

Then run /mcp in a Claude Code session to verify the connection.

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clerk": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.clerk.com/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop after saving.

Requirements

  • No API keys or accounts required.
  • An MCP client (Claude Code or Claude Desktop).

Security

  • The server is read-only (SDK snippets + documentation only) — no write access, no account connection, no credentials required.

Source Verification Notes

Verified on 2026-06-18:

  • Clerk's official documentation at clerk.com/docs/guides/ai/mcp/clerk-mcp-server confirms the remote endpoint https://mcp.clerk.com/mcp, the two tools (clerk_sdk_snippet and list_clerk_sdk_snippets), the snippet bundles, and the no-auth requirement.
  • Clerk's changelog entry confirms the server launched in public beta in January 2026.
  • The github.com/clerk/mcp-tools repository documents Clerk's MCP SDK for building auth-enabled MCP integrations and confirms the organization's MCP toolchain.
  • Claude Code's MCP documentation describes the --transport http installation pattern used above.
#clerk#authentication#auth#sdk#developer-tools#next-js#react

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Safety notes✓The server is read-only — it serves documentation and SDK snippets only; it does not access your Clerk dashboard or application data. No authentication credentials or secret keys are transmitted.✓Mutation operations (write, update, delete) require `confirm_write=true` to be passed explicitly, adding a confirmation step before any destructive action. The API key scope determines what operations are available — use least-privilege scopes for your use case.✓Sessions start in read-only mode. Write operations require explicit elevation and out-of-band one-time passcode confirmation — preventing accidental changes to production auth infrastructure. The server has access to your Descope project including user PII, tenant config, and auth secrets; scope usage to least-privilege workflows.✓ChunkHound reads source files, Markdown, text, PDFs, and supported config files under the target directory and stores indexed chunks in a local database. Realtime indexing and daemon mode can continue watching project files after the initial MCP connection. Code research and web search tools require embedding, reranking, and LLM configuration and may invoke local CLIs or external model APIs depending on settings. Exclude generated files, vendored dependencies, secrets, large artifacts, and unrelated repositories before indexing broad workspace roots. Review MCP client configuration carefully when using an absolute project path in a global Claude Desktop config.
Privacy notes✓Queries you send (e.g. feature names, framework) are sent to mcp.clerk.com — Clerk's hosted infrastructure; no personal or application data is required.✓User records, database documents, function logs, team memberships, and messaging data from your Appwrite project are surfaced in Claude's context. Your `APPWRITE_API_KEY` grants project-level access — keep it in the MCP config env and never commit it to version control.✓User profiles, tenant configurations, auth flow definitions, audit log entries, and API key metadata from your Descope project are surfaced in Claude's context. Authenticated via your Descope account — no API keys stored in the MCP configuration.✓Indexed chunks, file paths, symbols, comments, Markdown, PDFs, configuration values, database files, daemon state, and search results can reveal proprietary source code and internal architecture. Embedding, reranking, LLM, and web search providers may receive code-derived queries or snippets if configured. Local ChunkHound database files, logs, daemon state, and MCP transcripts may retain code-derived context after the session ends. Avoid sharing ChunkHound databases, config files with API keys, verbose logs, research outputs, and screenshots from private repositories.
Prerequisites
  • No API keys required — the Clerk MCP server is publicly accessible.
  • An MCP client such as Claude Code or Claude Desktop.
  • An Appwrite account — log in at cloud.appwrite.io or self-hosted.
  • An Appwrite project with an API key that has the required scopes for your use case.
  • Python with `uvx` available.
  • An MCP client such as Claude Code or Claude Desktop.
  • A Descope account — authenticate via your Descope account when prompted on first tool use.
  • An MCP client such as Claude Code or Claude Desktop.
  • Python 3.10 or newer and the `uv` package manager.
  • A local repository or workspace you are authorized to index.
  • ChunkHound JSON config reviewed for database path, excludes, embeddings, and LLM provider settings.
  • Optional embedding provider credentials for semantic search, or regex-only usage when no embedding key is configured.
Install
claude mcp add clerk --transport http https://mcp.clerk.com/mcp
claude mcp add appwrite -e APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID=<project-id> -e APPWRITE_API_KEY=<api-key> -- uvx mcp-server-appwrite
claude mcp add --transport http descope https://mcp.descope.com
uv tool install chunkhound
Config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clerk": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.clerk.com/mcp"]
    }
  }
}
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "appwrite": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-appwrite"],
      "env": {
        "APPWRITE_PROJECT_ID": "<project-id>",
        "APPWRITE_API_KEY": "<api-key>",
        "APPWRITE_ENDPOINT": "https://cloud.appwrite.io/v1"
      }
    }
  }
}
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "descope": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.descope.com"
    }
  }
}
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "chunkhound": {
      "command": "chunkhound",
      "args": ["mcp", "/path/to/approved/project"]
    }
  }
}
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