Cloudflare MCP
Cloudflare's MCP offering: 14 hosted remote MCP servers segmented by product surface (Workers Bindings, Observability, Radar, Browser Rendering, Logpush, AI Gateway, Audit Logs, DNS Analytics, DEX, CASB, GraphQL, Docs, Container, Builds) plus a Code Mode server for broader API access. All authenticate via OAuth.
“Cloudflare's MCP offering is structurally different from every other cloud server in this directory and worth understanding before installing. There are 14 domain-specific hosted servers (Workers Bindings, Observability, Radar, Browser Rendering, Logpush, AI Gateway, Audit Logs, DNS Analytics, DEX, CASB, GraphQL, Documentation, Container, Builds), plus a separate "Code Mode" server at mcp.cloudflare.com that gives the agent broad API access via code execution. They run as remote MCP servers; the agent connects via URL, authenticates via OAuth, and runs entirely on Cloudflare's infrastructure. This is the pattern to copy for vendor MCP servers: hosted, OAuth-scoped, segmented by product surface so the agent receives only the permission set it needs. The drawback is operational: 14 endpoints means 14 OAuth flows, and choosing the right one for a given task is its own learning curve. Cloudflare publishes guidance on which to use when, which helps; expect a week of "wait, which server has that tool?" before it clicks.”
INSTALL THIS SERVER
{
"mcpServers": {
"cloudflare-observability": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://observability.mcp.cloudflare.com/mcp"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"cloudflare-observability": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://observability.mcp.cloudflare.com/mcp"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"cloudflare-observability": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://observability.mcp.cloudflare.com/mcp"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"cloudflare-observability": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://observability.mcp.cloudflare.com/mcp"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"cloudflare-observability": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"https://observability.mcp.cloudflare.com/mcp"
]
}
}
}
OUR ASSESSMENT
- Hosted remote servers eliminate local installation; agents connect via URL.
- 14 domain-specific servers segment permissions by product, so the agent sees only the API surface for the task.
- OAuth-based authentication scoped per server; tokens come from Cloudflare's standard API token system.
- Code Mode server provides broad API coverage when product-specific servers fall short of the task.
- Choosing the right server for a given task requires Cloudflare product knowledge; 14 endpoints is a lot of surface area.
- Some features require a paid Cloudflare Workers plan.
- Long observability chains can hit context-length limits, requiring queries to be broken into smaller calls.
OAuth tokens are scoped per server; the Workers Bindings server stays inside its scope, the AI Gateway server reads only AI Gateway logs, etc. This is a strong segmentation model. Tokens are issued from the Cloudflare dashboard with explicit scope selection. For the OpenAI Responses API integration, tokens with the necessary permissions for that specific server need to be created and provided. Long-lived secrets stay off the local machine for the hosted servers; the mcp-remote bridge holds session credentials in memory only.
Teams running on Cloudflare Workers or Cloudflare's edge platform who want product-segmented agent access with OAuth-scoped credentials.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
ADOPTION METRICS
// Reading this3.7k stars on the Cloudflare repo, with traction concentrated on the hosted product surfaces. The 14-server segmentation pattern is itself a signal of editorial maturity.
// Reading thisTop-5 vendor cloud MCP. The OAuth-scoped per-product hosted model is the architectural reference other cloud vendors are starting to follow.
SOURCES & VERIFICATION
We don't take any single directory's word for it. Before scoring, we cross-reference 5 public MCP sources, install the server ourselves against the clients we cover, and record when we last re-verified.
The same server, 5 different lenses. We reconcile these signals into our editorial score, which is why our number sometimes diverges from a directory-aggregate star count.
| Source | Their rating | Their star count | Their downloads | Last synced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AutomationSwitch This page | 4.5editorial | 3,665 | — | APR 28, 2026 |
| MCP.so | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | APR 28, 2026 |
| Official MCP Registry | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | APR 28, 2026 |
| Awesome MCP Servers | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | APR 28, 2026 |
| PulseMCP | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | APR 28, 2026 |
| Smithery | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | APR 28, 2026 |
// Counts are directory-reported; we don't adjust them. Discrepancies usually come from different snapshot times or star-caching.
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