BoardGameGeek MCP Server

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add bgg-mcp -e BGG_API_KEY=... -e BGG_COOKIE=... -e BGG_USERNAME=... -- docker run -i --rm docker.io/kdaniel/bgg-mcp:1.6.1

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bgg-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/kdaniel/bgg-mcp:1.6.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BGG_API_KEY": "...",
        "BGG_COOKIE": "...",
        "BGG_USERNAME": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

BoardGameGeek MCP server providing access to BGG API data through standardized tools

Questions

BoardGameGeek MCP Server is a local MCP server distributed as the oci package docker.io/kdaniel/bgg-mcp:1.6.1.

Run: claude mcp add bgg-mcp -e BGG_API_KEY=... -e BGG_COOKIE=... -e BGG_USERNAME=... -- docker run -i --rm docker.io/kdaniel/bgg-mcp:1.6.1

Run: codex mcp add bgg-mcp --env BGG_API_KEY=... --env BGG_COOKIE=... --env BGG_USERNAME=... -- docker run -i --rm docker.io/kdaniel/bgg-mcp:1.6.1

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