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Evidence field	Cloudflare MCPMCP100 Recommended	Terraform MCPMCP100 Recommended
Task fit
Best for	Searching and executing supported Cloudflare API operations across Workers, DNS, R2, Zero Trust, and related products Investigating account configuration and operational data from an MCP client Using product-specific read-oriented Cloudflare MCP endpoints for logs, analytics, and documentation	Connect compatible AI clients to HashiCorp's documented MCP capabilities.
Not ideal for	A narrowly scoped integration when the broad Cloudflare API server is authorized with excessive permissions Environments that cannot complete browser-based OAuth	Users who need a fully reviewed MCP100 recommendation today
Avoid when	The agent must not be able to change DNS, security, storage, compute, or account configuration You cannot inspect and restrict the OAuth permissions selected during authorization Untrusted retrieved content can directly trigger execute calls without approval	Permissions, credentials, and connected data cannot be tested with least privilege
Provenance
Provenance details	First-party MCP Cloudflare · Publisher source ↗	First-party MCP HashiCorp · Publisher source ↗
Maintenance
Maintenance details	Repo: Sep 17, 2026 Package: Not documented	Repo: Aug 14, 2026 Package: Not documented
Popularity evidence
GitHub stars	880 GitHub stars · checked 2026-09-24T04:14:26.352000Z	1,534 GitHub stars · checked 2026-09-25T18:35:00Z
Client coverage
Client coverage details	Claude Code✓ Streamable HTTP Claude Desktop✓ Streamable HTTP Codex✓ Streamable HTTP VS Code✓ Streamable HTTP Cursor✓ Streamable HTTP OpenCode✓ Streamable HTTP	Claude Code✓ Local stdio Claude Desktop✓ Local stdio Codex✓ Local stdio VS Code✓ Local stdio Cursor✓ Local stdio OpenCode✓ Local stdio
Client coverage note	Local stdio runs on your computer. Streamable HTTP connects to a remotely hosted MCP server.
Access and data
Authentication	Cloudflare's managed broad MCP endpoint is https://mcp.cloudflare.com/mcp and uses Cloudflare OAuth with Streamable HTTP. The older cloudflare/mcp-server-cloudflare family is domain-specific and is not this profile's canonical identity.	HCP Terraform/TFE API tokens; remote client may pass per-user TFE_TOKEN
Cost	Cloudflare does not document a separate fee for connecting to its managed MCP endpoints. Charges and limits for underlying Cloudflare products, the user's Cloudflare plan, and the AI client still apply.	HCP/TFE/run costs may apply
Permissions	The Cloudflare API MCP server can search the typed Cloudflare API and execute calls across the authorized account. OAuth redirects the user to Cloudflare to select permissions. Product-specific servers expose narrower capabilities such as audit logs, DNS analytics, AI Gateway logs, GraphQL analytics, or documentation search.	HCP Terraform/TFE RBAC
Data handling	Tool requests are processed by Cloudflare's hosted MCP service. For the API server, generated JavaScript runs in an isolated Dynamic Worker sandbox and can read or modify data reachable through the granted Cloudflare API permissions. Product-specific servers may return logs, prompts and responses, configuration, analytics, documents, or security findings to the MCP client.	registry/HCP/TFE data may reach connected MCP client/LLM
Limitations
Tradeoffs	The Cloudflare API server compresses more than 2,500 API endpoints into search and execute tools, reducing tool-schema context but greatly increasing potential blast radius. Cloudflare also offers narrower product-specific MCP servers, which can be safer but require choosing and configuring separate endpoints. The hosted service removes local runtime maintenance but sends requests and results through Cloudflare's managed MCP infrastructure.	Publisher attribution supports discovery, but does not replace an independent permissions and usability review.
Risk context	The two-tool search/execute design can reach a very broad API surface. Prefer a product-specific endpoint where possible, grant minimum OAuth permissions, require confirmation for execute operations, inspect audit logs, and separate untrusted content from administrative actions. This review does not claim MCP100 execution testing.	stdio/localhost defaults; strict CORS; TLS verify on; rate limits; ENABLE_TF_OPERATIONS=false by default
Evidence date
Editorial review	2026-07-24	2026-07-24
Candidate evidence	2026-09-24T04:25:05.554391Z	2026-09-25T18:35:00Z

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