Strapi MCP connector
The Strapi connector brings your Strapi content entries, media library, users, and roles to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, and the Elaichi Agent, so you can find, draft, and update content by asking, inside your own access.
- Connects with an API key
- Free 14-day trial
- No credit card
Claude
Elaichi connected
List documents created this week in Strapi
Working in Strapi with Elaichi
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List all Strapi documents
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Governance
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Audit log
Last 24 hours
Claude · 9:41 AM
Done
Claude · 9:41 AM
Done
Claude · 9:41 AM
Done
ChatGPT · 9:38 AM
Done
Cursor · 9:35 AM
Done
How to connect Strapi to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot
Step by step, for each AI app
Strapi MCP connector for Claude
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Open Customize, then Connectors.
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Press Add.
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Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Sign in and approve.
On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.
Strapi MCP connector for Claude Code
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In a terminal, run
claude mcp addwith the endpoint.https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Start Claude Code and run
/mcp. -
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Pick elaichi, then sign in and approve in the browser.
Terminal
$ claude mcp add --transport http elaichi --scope user https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Use --scope project instead to share it with the repository through .mcp.json.
Strapi MCP connector for ChatGPT
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Open Plugins, then press the + button.
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Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.
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Press Create, then sign in and approve.
Works on the web. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.
Strapi MCP connector for Cursor
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Open
~/.cursor/mcp.json. -
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Add the endpoint under
mcpServers.https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"elaichi": {
"url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.
Strapi MCP connector for Microsoft Copilot
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In Copilot Studio, open your agent, then Tools, Add a tool, New tool and Model Context Protocol.
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Paste the endpoint into Server URL, choose OAuth 2.0, then Dynamic discovery, and press Create.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Create a new connection, sign in and approve, then press Add to agent.
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Under Channels, open Teams and Microsoft Copilot and make the agent available in Microsoft Copilot.
- Server URL
- https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
- Authentication
- OAuth 2.0
- Type
- Dynamic discovery
Microsoft Copilot was called Microsoft 365 Copilot. Keep the tool on end-user credentials, so each person signs in as themselves.
Connect Strapi to any MCP client
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Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Sign in and approve.
{
"mcpServers": {
"elaichi": {
"url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.
What teams do with Strapi through Elaichi
Ask in plain English. Each person’s AI can do only what they’re allowed to, and every action it takes in Strapi is logged.
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Content
Draft a new entry from a brief
Describe the article, landing page, or announcement you need and it lands in Strapi as a new entry, ready for an editor to review before it goes live.
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Marketing
Refresh copy across product pages
Ask which entries mention last quarter's pricing or an old product name, then have the wording updated entry by entry without opening each one in the Strapi admin.
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Support
Check what the help center says
When a customer asks about a feature, pull the current Strapi entry for it and confirm what is published before replying, instead of guessing from memory.
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Operations
Onboard a new editor
Create the Strapi user account for someone joining the team, see which roles exist, and confirm what they will be able to do before their first day.
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Web
Tidy the media library
List the files in Strapi's upload library, spot duplicates and outdated images, and remove the ones nobody links to anymore.
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Product
Find entries that have gone stale
Ask for the entries in a collection that have not changed in months and get a list to work through, with the details of any single one on request.
Try asking
- “List documents created this week in Strapi”
- “Draft a release note from the latest Strapi documents”
- “Which upload files are unused across Strapi documents?”
What connecting Strapi gets you
6 screens from Elaichi, each doing one job for your Strapi account.
Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.
List documents created this week in Strapi
Draft a release note from the latest Strapi documents
Which upload files are unused across Strapi documents?
Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot
The agent
Ask about Strapi documents in plain language.
Answers come from live Strapi documents, upload files and user records.
ElaichiAI appsClaude
ChatGPT
Cursor
Microsoft Copilot
Copy the endpoint
AI apps
Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Microsoft Copilot reach Strapi.
One governed MCP endpoint over OAuth, no SDK and no shared API key.
ElaichiToolsTool catalog
31 Strapi tools ready without custom code.
Documents, upload files and auth endpoints, each with its methods listed.
ElaichiToolboxesToolboxes
Every team gets its own Strapi toolbox.
Curate one toolbox per team, from editorial publishing to media library work.
ElaichiConnectionsShared connections
Teammates use Strapi without seeing a token.
See who connected each Strapi account and which teams and members share it.
ElaichiAudit logAudit log
Answer who changed which Strapi document.
Append-only log of when, who, what happened, type and resource touched.
From answering questions to doing the work
A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations, collections and live dashboards come with the Black plan.
Strapi digest
Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter
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Schedule
Every weekday at 8:00 AM
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Fetch documents
Strapi
1.4s -
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Group by owner
Transform
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Draft the digest
Agent step
Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary
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Approve the digest
Needs approval
Assigned to Jake Morgan
Approve Deny -
Post the digest
Strapi
Queued
Automations
A schedule fires and Strapi work finishes.
Fetch documents, group them, draft a digest, approve, then post back to Strapi.
Strapi health
Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the documents collection
Documents
1,284 ↓ 12%
Upload files
96 ↓ 8%
Needs attention
3 ↑ 2
Updated this week
412 ↑ 9%
Documents created
Last 14 days
By team
Share of activity
Editorial 34%
Marketing EMEA 27%
Docs site 21%
Media library 18%
Collections and dashboards
Strapi content health, counted not guessed.
Four metrics, 14 days of documents created, split by team, refreshed on schedule.
For IT and engineering
Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Strapi
All three can connect Strapi to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.
| What to check | Elaichi | Zapier MCP | Composio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the AI connects |
One address for the whole organization.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
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A server per member, created at sign-in. | An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK. |
| Control over Strapi tools | Allow or restrict single Strapi tools, per role or user. | App and action restrictions on the account. | Role permissions, down to the action. |
| Record of calls | One audit entry per Strapi call. | A History tab of tool calls. | A log of every tool call. |
| Single sign-on | SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. | SAML on Enterprise. | SAML and OIDC on Enterprise. |
| Price | Free for one person; $15 per user per month on Gold. | 2 tasks per successful call. | Billed per tool call. |
Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.
Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.
Strapi tools for your AI agents
31 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Strapi, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.
No tools match your search.
Questions, answered
How do I connect Strapi to Claude?
First, connect Strapi in Elaichi by pasting an API token from your Strapi admin, the one you create under Settings and API Tokens. There is no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then open Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste the endpoint https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Claude asks you to sign in to Elaichi, and from then on it works with Strapi as you.
Does Strapi work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?
Yes. Once Strapi is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, any other MCP client, and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Strapi once and every client you use picks it up.
What can an AI agent actually do with my Strapi data?
An agent connected to Strapi can list your content entries, read a single one in full, create new entries, update existing ones, and delete them. It can also browse the media library, add or remove uploaded files, and look after Strapi users and roles, including creating accounts and checking who has which role. Because Strapi has a lot of actions available, short concrete asks like "update the pricing entry" work better than long paragraphs.
Does connecting Strapi give the AI access to everything in my Strapi project?
No. The AI works through the Strapi API token that was connected, so it can only reach the content types, media, and user records that token is allowed to see. Elaichi can narrow that further with restrictions on specific actions, but it can never grant more than the Strapi permissions already allow.
Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Strapi?
Yes. In Elaichi you can restrict individual Strapi actions, such as deleting entries, removing media files, or changing users, while leaving reading and drafting open. A restricted action still appears in Elaichi's tool search, flagged as restricted, but Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, or any other client cannot run it, whatever the prompt says.
What happens to a Strapi connection when someone leaves?
Offboarding a person in Elaichi ends their access to Strapi through every client at once, with nothing to revoke inside Strapi itself. If they had shared their Strapi connection with a team, it keeps working for everyone else. When you want Strapi gone entirely, disconnecting it once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, and every other client at the same time.
Does the Strapi MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?
Yes. Strapi is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.
Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Strapi?
Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Strapi. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Strapi call.
How is Elaichi different from Composio for Strapi?
Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Strapi: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.
Put Strapi in front of your team
14 days of Black, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.
When the trial ends, nothing is deleted. You move to the free Personal plan, and connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are.
Add one link to your AI app
The same link for everyone on your team.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
- ChatGPT
- Claude
- Cursor
- Microsoft Copilot