Mapbox MCP Server

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Mapbox MCP Server connects Claude and other MCP clients to Mapbox location intelligence. It can geocode addresses, reverse geocode coordinates, search for points of interest, get directions, calculate travel-time matrices, match GPS traces to roads, generate isochrones, render static maps, and run offline geospatial calculations with Turf.js.

Use it when a Claude workflow needs location-aware reasoning, travel planning, logistics analysis, route optimization, or map visualization backed by Mapbox. It supports a local npx stdio install path and a hosted streamable HTTP endpoint for clients that can connect to remote MCP servers.

Source Review

• https://github.com/mapbox/mcp-server
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mapbox/mcp-server/main/README.md
• https://registry.npmjs.org/%40mapbox%2Fmcp-server
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mapbox/mcp-server/main/LICENSE.md
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mapbox/mcp-server/main/package.json
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mapbox/mcp-server/main/server.json
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mapbox/mcp-server/main/TOOL_CONFIGURATION.md
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mapbox/mcp-server/main/docs/hosted-mcp-guide.md
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mapbox/mcp-server/main/src/index.ts

These sources were reviewed on 2026-06-06. Prefer the live repository, README, npm metadata, license, package metadata, server manifest, tool configuration guide, hosted MCP guide, and server entry point for current setup and operating details.

Features

• Convert addresses and place names to coordinates with forward geocoding.
• Convert coordinates back into human-readable places with reverse geocoding.
• Search for places, points of interest, brands, chains, categories, and nearby locations.
• Get driving, walking, or cycling directions with Mapbox routing data.
• Calculate travel-time matrices between multiple origins and destinations.
• Optimize multi-stop routes for delivery, travel, and field-service planning.
• Snap noisy GPS traces to road networks with map matching.
• Generate isochrones for reachable-area analysis.
• Render static map images with routes, markers, and geographic data.
• Run offline calculations for distance, area, bearing, centroid, midpoint, bounding boxes, buffers, intersections, and point-in-polygon checks.
• Expose category-list MCP resources and optional fallback resource tools.
• Provide MCP Apps and MCP-UI map previews in compatible clients.
• Limit the tool surface at startup with --enable-tools or --disable-tools.

Installation

Set a Mapbox access token and run the npm package:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mapbox": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@mapbox/mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN": "YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

Disable tools that are not needed for a workflow:

npx -y @mapbox/mcp-server --disable-tools static_map_image_tool,matrix_tool

Connect Claude Code to the hosted endpoint:

claude mcp add --transport http mapbox-mcp-production https://mcp.mapbox.com/mcp

Use Cases

• Ask Claude for directions between named locations or coordinates.
• Search for restaurants, hotels, stores, gas stations, landmarks, or other POI categories near a route or place.
• Build logistics and delivery workflows that compare travel times across multiple stops.
• Visualize a route, service area, neighborhood, or set of points with a static map image.
• Clean up GPS traces before reviewing rides, drives, or field-service routes.
• Calculate geospatial relationships such as distance, area, bearing, centroid, midpoint, or point-in-polygon checks.
• Use the hosted Mapbox MCP endpoint for clients that support remote MCP servers and authentication flows.

Safety and Privacy

Mapbox MCP handles location data. Addresses, coordinates, routes, place names, GPS traces, and map images can reveal homes, workplaces, customer sites, delivery routes, protected facilities, or sensitive travel patterns. Limit the tools available to the model, avoid sending location data that is not approved for Mapbox processing, and keep access tokens out of logs and screenshots.

Routing, traffic, matrix, and optimization results are planning aids rather than guarantees. Verify critical navigation, safety, emergency, legal, accessibility, and logistics decisions with authoritative systems and current local conditions.

Duplicate Notes

Existing catalog entries cover general map search, web search, and geospatial data tools. This entry covers the official mapbox/mcp-server repository and @mapbox/mcp-server package, including Mapbox API-backed tools, MCP resources, prompts, hosted MCP setup, and MCP Apps map previews.