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Evidence fieldKubernetes MCPWatchlist candidateCloudflare MCPMCP100 Selected
Task fit
Best for
  • Connect compatible AI clients to Containers community's documented MCP capabilities.
  • 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
Not ideal for
  • Users who need a fully reviewed MCP100 recommendation today
  • A narrowly scoped integration when the broad Cloudflare API server is authorized with excessive permissions
  • Environments that cannot complete browser-based OAuth
Avoid when
  • Permissions, credentials, and connected data cannot be tested with least privilege
  • 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
Provenance
Provenance details

Community implementation

Containers community · Publisher source ↗

First-party MCP

Cloudflare · Publisher source ↗

Maintenance
Maintenance details

Repo: Aug 14, 2026

Package: Jul 31, 2026

Repo: Aug 11, 2026

Package: Not documented

Popularity evidence
GitHub stars

1,958

GitHub stars · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z

4,074

GitHub stars · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z

30-day package downloads

60,462

30-day package downloads · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z

No reliable download data
External adoption evidence
  • github: repository stars: 1,958Exact attributable signal.github: repository stars · Admission snapshot · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000ZEvidence source ↗
  • github: repository stars: 4,074Exact attributable signal.github: repository stars · Admission snapshot · checked 2026-08-14T18:46:26.000ZEvidence source ↗
Client coverage
Client coverage details
Claude Code✓ Local stdio
Claude Desktop✓ Local stdio
Codex✓ Local stdio
VS Code✓ Local stdio
Cursor✓ Local stdio
OpenCode✓ Local stdio
Claude Code✓ Streamable HTTP
Claude Desktop✓ Streamable HTTP
Codex✓ Streamable HTTP
VS Code✓ Streamable HTTP
Cursor✓ Streamable HTTP
OpenCode✓ Streamable HTTP
Client coverage noteLocal stdio runs on your computer. Streamable HTTP connects to a remotely hosted MCP server.
Access and data
AuthenticationFollow only the publisher source; credential storage, scopes, and revocation remain under review.Cloudflare's managed remote MCP servers use Cloudflare OAuth. The current API endpoint is https://mcp.cloudflare.com/mcp and supports Streamable HTTP; the older SSE transport is deprecated.
CostPublisher plans, API usage, infrastructure, or per-action charges may apply; MCP100 has not published a cost conclusion.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.
PermissionsExact permissions and read/write boundaries have not completed MCP100 review.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.
Data handlingCandidate-specific retention, subprocess, telemetry, and model-data behavior remain review items.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.
Limitations
Tradeoffs
  • Publisher attribution supports discovery, but does not replace an independent permissions and usability review.
  • 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.
Risk contextUse a test account, least privilege, read-only controls where available, and explicit approval for mutations.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.
Evidence date
Editorial review2026-07-242026-07-24
Candidate evidence2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z2026-08-14T18:46:26.000Z

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