Coda MCP Read-Only Server

This project implements a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that acts as a bridge to interact with the Coda API. It allows an MCP client (like an AI assistant) to perform actions on Coda pages, such as listing and reading.

Acknowledgments

This project is a fork of the original Coda MCP server.

Credits to Orel Lazri for the original implementation and the foundation of this tool.

Features

The server exposes the following tools to the MCP client:

• coda_list_documents: Lists all documents available to the user.
• coda_list_pages: Lists all pages within the configured Coda document with pagination support.
• coda_get_page_content: Retrieves the content of a specified page (by ID or name) as markdown.
• coda_peek_page: Peek into the beginning of a page and return a limited number of lines.
• coda_resolve_link: Resolve metadata given a browser link to a Coda object.
• coda_list_tables: List tables in a document.
• coda_list_columns: List columns in a table.
• coda_list_rows: List rows in a table with optional filtering and sorting.
• coda_get_row: Get a single row from a table.

Usage

Add the MCP server to Cursor/Claude Desktop/etc. like so:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "coda-readonly": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "coda-mcp-readonly@latest"],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Required environment variables:

• API_KEY: Your Coda API key. You can generate one from your Coda account settings.

Local Setup

1. Prerequisites:

   • Node.js
   • pnpm

2. Clone the repository:

   git clone <repository-url>
   cd coda-mcp

3. Install dependencies:

   pnpm install

4. Build the project:

   pnpm build

   This compiles the TypeScript code to JavaScript in the dist/ directory.

Running the Server

The MCP server communicates over standard input/output (stdio). To run it, set the environment variables and run the compiled JavaScript file - dist/index.js.