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Nhost

local MCP server

Nhost is a local MCP server: Let your users work with their own data through an AI assistant, limited to what they can see. Install it from oci as docker.io/nhost/mcp:0.3.0.

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add nhost-github-io -e MCP_GRAPHQL_ENDPOINT=... -e MCP_AUTH_URL=... -- docker run -i --rm docker.io/nhost/mcp:0.3.0

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": {
    "nhost-github-io": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/nhost/mcp:0.3.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_GRAPHQL_ENDPOINT": "...",
        "MCP_AUTH_URL": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

What you need

  • Runtime: Docker.
  • MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.
  • Environment variables: MCP_GRAPHQL_ENDPOINT, MCP_AUTH_URL

Summary

Let your users work with their own data through an AI assistant, limited to what they can see.

Nhost vs similar servers

ServerStarsTypeAPI keyRuntime
Nhost9,317LocalYesoci
ha-mcp4,868LocalNopypi
GitHub33KHostedNoNone
OpenWork MCP Gateway24KHostedNoNone
Semiotic2,707HostedNoNone

Questions

It reads 2 environment variables: MCP_GRAPHQL_ENDPOINT, MCP_AUTH_URL. Set them in your MCP config before starting the server.

Docker, plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.

Nhost is a local MCP server distributed as the oci package docker.io/nhost/mcp:0.3.0.

Run: claude mcp add nhost-github-io -e MCP_GRAPHQL_ENDPOINT=... -e MCP_AUTH_URL=... -- docker run -i --rm docker.io/nhost/mcp:0.3.0

Run: codex mcp add nhost-github-io --env MCP_GRAPHQL_ENDPOINT=... --env MCP_AUTH_URL=... -- docker run -i --rm docker.io/nhost/mcp:0.3.0

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