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Prerequisites

Installation

Install the MCP Server

Run the following command in your terminal: This registers xano as an MCP server for Claude Code. To make the server available across every project instead of the current directory, add --scope user: Restart any active Claude Code sessions so the new server is picked up.

Verify Setup

In Claude Code, ask:
“What version of the Xano Developer MCP is installed?”
Claude Code should call mcp_version and return the current version number.

Usage

The Developer MCP lets Claude Code write and validate XanoScript using your local Xano workspace as context. Before asking Claude Code to make changes, pull a workspace locally with the Xano CLI. If you haven’t installed and authenticated with the CLI yet, do that now before continuing. Then select or create a workspace and run:
Once your workspace is available locally, you can ask Claude Code to help with XanoScript tasks, from building a complete workspace:
You can also ask it to expand or iterate on existing backends.
Once you’re ready, push the changes to your sandbox so you can review them in the browser before promoting to your live workspace: xano sandbox review opens your sandbox in the browser — verify everything looks right, then promote the changes to production from there.

What’s Next

Tools Reference

Explore all 6 tools available in the Developer MCP

Resources & Library

Access MCP resources and use the package as an npm library