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Payload CMS MCP Server

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📌Overview

Purpose: The Payload CMS 3.0 MCP Server is designed to enhance the development experience for Payload CMS by facilitating code validation, template generation, and project scaffolding.

Overview: This specialized Model Context Protocol server simplifies the development process, enabling developers to adhere to best practices when building applications with Payload CMS 3.0. It incorporates tools for validating code, generating necessary templates, and scaffolding projects efficiently.

Key Features:

  • Code Validation: Validates Payload CMS code for collections, fields, globals, and configuration files, offering detailed feedback on syntax errors and adherence to best practices.

  • Code Generation: Automates the creation of code templates for various components such as collections, fields, and hooks, streamlining the setup process and improving consistency in code quality.

  • Project Scaffolding: Provides the ability to scaffold complete Payload CMS project structures, ensuring validated options that conform to best practices for a standardized development environment.

🚀 Payload CMS 3.0 MCP Server

📋 Overview

The Payload CMS 3.0 MCP Server enhances the development experience for Payload CMS applications. It provides features for code validation, template generation, and project scaffolding while following best practices.

✨ Features

Code Validation

  • Validate Payload CMS code for collections, fields, globals, and config files, with detailed feedback on syntax errors.

Code Generation

  • Generate code templates for collections, fields, globals, access control, hooks, endpoints, plugins, blocks, and migrations.

Project Scaffolding

  • Scaffold entire Payload CMS projects with validated options for consistency and adherence to best practices.

🔧 Payload CMS 3.0 Capabilities

Validation Tools

  • validate: Validate code for collections, fields, globals, and config.
  • query: Query validation rules and best practices.
  • mcp_query: Execute SQL-like queries for Payload CMS structures.

Code Generation

  • generate_template: Generate code templates for various components.
  • generate_collection: Create complete collection definitions.
  • generate_field: Generate field definitions with proper typing.

Project Setup

  • scaffold_project: Create entire Payload CMS project structures.
  • validate_scaffold_options: Ensure scaffold options follow best practices.

🚀 Getting Started

1. Prerequisites

Ensure you have:

  • Node.js 18+
  • An active Railway account
  • A Railway API token
  • Basic familiarity with Payload CMS 3.0 concepts

2. Configure Cursor

  1. Open Cursor Settings.
  2. Go to MCP Servers section.
  3. Add a new MCP server named "Payload CMS 3.0 MCP."
  4. Set Transport Type to "Command" and Command to: railway run --service=YOUR_SERVICE_ID.

3. Using the MCP Server

Utilize tools in your AI prompts for:

  • Code Validation: "Validate this Payload CMS collection code."
  • Template Generation: "Generate a template for a media collection."
  • Query Rules: "Query validation rules for access control."
  • SQL-like Queries: "Execute a query to find field types for collections."

4. Example Workflow

  1. Generate a collection template.
  2. Validate the generated code.
  3. Query validation rules.
  4. Generate additional components.
  5. Scaffold a complete project structure.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

🌍 About MATMAX WORLDWIDE

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🖥️ Running Locally

You can run the Payload CMS MCP Server locally using npm.

Install from npm

# Install globally
npm install -g payload-cms-mcp

# Run the server
payload-cms-mcp

Clone the repository

  1. Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/Matmax-Worldwide/payloadcmsmcp.git
cd payloadcmsmcp
  1. Install dependencies:
npm install
  1. Run the server locally:
npm run dev

🚀 Deployment Options

Deploy to Railway (Recommended)

For easy deployment, use Railway's one-click deployment:

  1. Select "Deploy from GitHub repo."
  2. Search for "Matmax-Worldwide/payloadcmsmcp."
  3. Click "Deploy Now."

Quick Cursor IDE Setup

  1. Install Railway CLI: npm install -g @railway/cli
  2. Login to Railway: railway login
  3. Link to your project: railway link
  4. In Cursor Settings > MCP Servers, set Command to: railway run.