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MCP Server

Connect Claude, Cursor, Codex, or any MCP client to the Roboflow MCP server, and the tools it exposes.

Work on your Roboflow projects together with AI. Connect Claude Code (or any MCP-compatible agent) to your workspace. It can create projects, upload data, train models, build Workflows, and guide you through the visual steps in the Roboflow UI. You handle what you're best at (seeing, labeling, judging results), your agent handles the rest.

Demo

https://mcp.roboflow.com/

Adding MCP

The Roboflow MCP server uses OAuth for authentication - no API key needed. You'll be prompted to sign in to Roboflow on first use.

Add Roboflow as a connector in your Claude account. Once connected, it works everywhere - Claude.ai, Claude Desktop, and Claude Code.

Add Roboflow to Claude - click the link, confirm, and you're done. You'll be prompted to sign in to Roboflow with OAuth on first use.

Claude Code CLI

Cursor

Install the Roboflow plugin from the Cursor marketplace, or run /add-plugin roboflow in Cursor. Either installs the MCP server along with Roboflow's skills. Sign in to Roboflow with OAuth on first use.

To configure the server manually instead, add this to Cursor's MCP config (~/.cursor/mcp.json):

Codex

Add this to ~/.codex/config.toml:

Connecting MCP Gateways (Pre-Registered Credentials)

Most MCP clients (Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, Claude Code) register automatically using Dynamic Client Registration. Some platforms require a pre-registered client_id and client_secret instead - for example, Azure AI Foundry agents, Microsoft Copilot Studio, and TrueFoundry AI Gateway.

To connect one of these platforms:

  1. Go to Workspace Settings > Developer in the Roboflow dashboard

  2. Click "Create OAuth App" and fill in a name, redirect URI (matching your gateway's callback URL), and allowed scopes

  3. Set "Token endpoint authentication" to match your gateway: client_secret_basic (HTTP Basic header, used by Azure and TrueFoundry) or client_secret_post (secret in the form body)

  4. Copy the Client ID and Client Secret (shown once)

  5. In your gateway's connector form, enter:

Field
Value

MCP Server URL

https://mcp.roboflow.com/mcp

Authorization URL

https://app.roboflow.com/oauth/authorize

Token URL

https://app.roboflow.com/oauth/token

Discovery (OAuth AS metadata)

https://app.roboflow.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server

Scopes

Space-separated list (ex: workspace:read project:read model:infer offline_access)

Include offline_access in your scope list if the gateway supports refresh tokens.

For the full scope catalog, see Available Scopes.

Tools

The Roboflow MCP server exposes the following tools, grouped by category. Tools are namespaced as mcp__<server>__<tool_name> by your MCP client (e.g. mcp__roboflow__projects_list).

Agent: chat with the Roboflow agent and build workflows

Tool
Description

agent_chat

Chat with the Roboflow AI agent (Roboflow Q&A, advanced Workflow building, CV solution planning).

agent_conversation_get

Get a single agent conversation with its full message history.

agent_conversations_list

List Roboflow agent conversations in the workspace.

agent_workflow_publish

Publish the latest agent-edited draft of a workflow.

Projects: manage projects in your workspace

Tool
Description

projects_list

List all projects in the workspace associated with the API key.

projects_get

Get detailed info about a project including versions, classes, splits, and trained models.

projects_create

Create a new computer vision project (detection, classification, segmentation, or keypoint).

projects_fork

Enqueue an async fork of a public Universe project into your workspace.

projects_health

Get the dataset health check for a project.

create_project_app

Open a Prefab UI so the human can create a Roboflow project (calls projects_create on confirm).

Images: upload and search project images

Tool
Description

images_search

Search for images inside a project with filters for tag, class, batch, annotation job, and visual similarity.

images_prepare_upload

Get a pre-built upload URL to upload a single image to a project via curl.

images_prepare_upload_zip

Prepare a signed URL to bulk-upload a zip of images (and optional COCO/YOLO/VOC/folder annotations).

images_upload_zip_status

Check the status of a zip upload task started with images_prepare_upload_zip.

Annotation: save annotations and run autolabeling

Tool
Description

annotations_save

Save an annotation (XML, JSON, or text) for an existing image.

autolabel_start

Start a hosted auto-label job over a batch of images.

autolabel_job_get

Get per-subjob status and progress for an auto-label job.

Batch: create and manage labeling jobs

Tool
Description

annotation_jobs_create

Create an annotation job to assign a batch of images to a labeler and reviewer.

annotation_batches_list

List upload batches in a project.

annotation_batches_get

Get details about a specific batch including image count and status.

Versions: create and export dataset versions

Tool
Description

versions_get

Get info about a dataset version including splits, preprocessing, augmentation, and model metrics.

versions_generate

Create a new dataset version with optional preprocessing and augmentation settings.

versions_export

Check or trigger a dataset export for a version in a specific format (e.g. coco, yolov8, jsonl).

Models: train models and monitor training progress

Tool
Description

models_list

List trained models associated with a project.

models_get

Get details for a trained model.

models_train

Start training a model (RF-DETR, YOLO, etc.) on a dataset version.

models_infer

Run hosted inference on an image using a trained model and return JSON predictions.

models_get_training_status

Get the training progress and metrics (epoch, mAP, loss) for a dataset version.

models_star_nas

Star or unstar a NAS-trained model.

trainings_get_results

Get the run-level training results bundle.

trainings_stop

Request an early stop on an in-flight training run.

trainings_cancel

Cancel an in-flight training run.

8. Model Evaluations: view mAP, confusion matrices, and per-class performance

Tool
Description

model_evals_list

List model evaluations in the current workspace.

model_evals_get

Get the top-level summary for a single model evaluation.

model_evals_get_map_results

Get per-split mAP results for an eval.

model_evals_get_confusion_matrix

Get the confusion matrix for an eval.

model_evals_get_confidence_sweep

Get the precision/recall/F1 confidence sweep for an eval.

model_evals_get_performance_by_class

Get per-class performance metrics for a single split.

model_evals_get_image_predictions

Get per-image prediction stats for an eval (paginated).

model_evals_get_vector_analysis

Get UMAP + HDBSCAN clustering of image embeddings for an eval.

model_evals_get_recommendations

Get the LLM-generated recommendations for an eval, if available.

9. Workflows: build and run inference pipelines

Tool
Description

workflows_list

List saved workflows in the current workspace.

workflows_get

Get details for a saved workflow.

workflows_create

Create and save a new Workflow in the workspace from a JSON definition.

workflows_update

Update an existing saved Workflow's name and definition.

workflows_run

Execute a saved Workflow by ID on one or more images.

workflow_blocks_list

List all available Workflow blocks with a short summary of each.

workflow_blocks_get_schema

Get the full schema (properties, required fields) of a specific Workflow block.

workflow_specs_validate

Validate a Workflow JSON definition without executing it.

workflow_specs_run

Execute a Workflow directly from an inline JSON definition without saving it first.

Devices & Streams: manage edge devices and video streams

Tool
Description

devices_list

List devices registered in the workspace.

devices_get

Get a single device by id.

devices_create

Provision a new v2 device.

devices_get_config

Get the device's current runtime configuration.

devices_get_default_config

Get the workspace's default device configuration.

devices_get_config_history

List prior configuration revisions, newest first.

devices_update_config

Update the device's runtime configuration.

devices_get_logs

Fetch device logs from Elasticsearch.

devices_get_events

List device and stream lifecycle events.

devices_get_telemetry

Get aggregated hardware metrics (cpu, memory, disk, gpu).

devices_streams_list

List streams configured on the device.

devices_streams_get

Get a single stream by id.

Universe: search public datasets on Roboflow Universe

Tool
Description

universe_search

Search Roboflow Universe for public datasets or models, with operators for class, image count, project type, and sort.

universe_search_app

Open a Prefab Universe UI for search, visual comparison, image skim, and fork - the human picks the dataset.

universe_dataset_images_search

Search images inside a public Universe dataset URL.

Misc: poll long-running tasks and send feedback

Tool
Description

async_tasks_get

Poll an async task by id (e.g. project forks). Poll every 5 seconds; processing may take up to 30 seconds to start.

meta_feedback_send

Report a bug, missing feature, UX friction, or documentation issue back to the Roboflow team.

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