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Building a Remote MCP Server on Cloudflare (Without Auth)

Building a Remote MCP Server on Cloudflare (Without Auth)

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github.com/jbw1991Developer Tools0Updated 76w ago
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About Building a Remote MCP Server on Cloudflare (Without Auth)

This Cloudflare Workers example shows developers how to deploy a remote MCP server without authentication. It includes a path for adding tools and connecting MCP clients such as Cloudflare AI Playground or Claude Desktop.

Key features

  1. 01Deploy an unauthenticated remote server
  2. 02Create a project from a template
  3. 03Add tools in src/index.ts
  4. 04Connect through Cloudflare AI Playground
  5. 05Use mcp-remote with Claude Desktop

Use cases

  1. 01Prototype a remote MCP endpoint
  2. 02Deploy a server on Cloudflare Workers
  3. 03Add custom tools to a server
  4. 04Connect Claude Desktop to a remote server

MCP support

Demonstrates deploying an unauthenticated remote MCP server on Cloudflare Workers and connecting MCP clients to it.

#remote-mcp#cloudflare#mcp-server

Configuration

Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.

mcp.json · Universal config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "remote-mcp-server-authless-jbw1991": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Run commandnpx -y mcp-remote

Local servers need a runtime on your machine (e.g. Node.js 18+). Config file locations differ by client; see your client’s docs.

Packages
npmmcp-remote

Tools

No tool list yet

Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.

Details

From the project README

Building a Remote MCP Server on Cloudflare (Without Auth)

This example allows you to deploy a remote MCP server that doesn't require authentication on Cloudflare Workers.

Get started:

Deploy to Workers

This will deploy your MCP server to a URL like: remote-mcp-server-authless.<your-account>.workers.dev/sse

Alternatively, you can use the command line below to get the remote MCP Server created on your local machine:

npm create cloudflare@latest -- my-mcp-server --template=cloudflare/ai/demos/remote-mcp-authless

Customizing your MCP Server

To add your own tools to the MCP server, define each tool inside the init() method of src/index.ts using this.server.tool(...).

Connect to Cloudflare AI Playground

You can connect to your MCP server from the Cloudflare AI Playground, which is a remote MCP client:

  1. Go to https://playground.ai.cloudflare.com/
  2. Enter your deployed MCP server URL (remote-mcp-server-authless.<your-account>.workers.dev/sse)
  3. You can now use your MCP tools directly from the playground!

Connect Claude Desktop to your MCP server

You can also connect to your remote MCP server from local MCP clients, by using the mcp-remote proxy.

To connect to your MCP server from Claude Desktop, follow Anthropic's Quickstart and within Claude Desktop go to Settings > Developer > Edit Config.

Update with this configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "calculator": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-remote",
        "http://localhost:8787/sse"  // or remote-mcp-server-authless.your-account.workers.dev/sse
      ]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude and you should see the tools become available.

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