Cloudflare DNS MCP server for operators who need zone, record, cache, and page-rule control from an MCP client without opening the Cloudflare dashboard for every change.

Release posture: beta package, version 0.1.1 from pyproject.toml.

Choose your path

You are...	Start here	Then
Installing the server in Claude/Codex/Cursor	docs/start-here.md	Quick start below
Verifying what the server can touch	Available tools	docs/architecture.md
Auditing packaging or release metadata	`pyproject.toml`	`server.json`

Architecture

mermaid

flowchart TD
  U[AI operator] --> C[MCP client]
  C --> S[FastMCP server]
  E[CF_API_TOKEN] --> S
  S --> T[Tool handlers]
  T --> R[Retry wrapper]
  R --> A[Cloudflare API]
  A --> R --> T --> C

Request flow

mermaid

flowchart TD
  Q[Operator asks for a DNS change] --> H[Selected MCP tool]
  H --> I[Load token and build client]
  I --> J{Cloudflare call succeeds?}
  J -- yes --> K[Return normalized JSON result]
  J -- retryable --> L[Backoff and retry]
  L --> J
  J -- no --> M[Return error payload]

Quick start

Install the package.

bash

python -m pip install mcp-cloudflare-dns

Export a token with DNS permissions.

bash

export CF_API_TOKEN="your-cloudflare-api-token"

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cloudflare-dns": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-cloudflare-dns"],
      "env": {
        "CF_API_TOKEN": "your-cloudflare-api-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Available tools

Tool group	Tools	Purpose
Zone inventory	`list_zones`, `get_zone`, `get_zone_settings`	Inspect available zones and key settings
DNS records	`list_dns_records`, `get_dns_record`, `create_dns_record`, `update_dns_record`, `delete_dns_record`	Read and mutate records
Edge actions	`purge_cache`, `list_page_rules`	Invalidate cached content and inspect page rules

delete_dns_record and full-cache actions stay gated behind the destructive env flags described in docs/start-here.md.

Runtime proof

Claim	Proof
Package entry point is stable	`mcp-cloudflare-dns = "cf.server:main"` in `pyproject.toml`
Server is MCP-specific, not a generic CLI	`FastMCP("mcp-cloudflare-dns")` in `cf/server.py`
Cloudflare failures are retried	`_call()` in `cf/server.py`
Release artifacts are built	`dist/` wheel and tarball are checked into the repo

Repo map

Path	Purpose
`cf/server.py`	FastMCP tool surface, env loading, retry wrapper
`pyproject.toml`	Package metadata, version, script entry point
`server.json`	Registry-facing metadata for MCP discovery
`docs/start-here.md`	Setup, env, validation, common failures
`docs/architecture.md`	Component map and request lifecycle