Strava MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with the Strava API.

Overview

The Strava MCP Server is a tool designed to interact with the Strava API using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It provides a seamless way to retrieve and manage Strava activities, segments, and leaderboards.

Installation

You can easily install Strava MCP with uvx:

uvx strava-mcp

Configuration

Setting Up Strava Credentials

1. Create a Strava API Application:
2. Go to Strava API Settings
3. Create a new application to obtain your Client ID and Client Secret

4. For "Authorization Callback Domain", enter localhost

5. Configure Your Credentials: Create a credentials file (e.g., ~/.ssh/strava.sh):

export STRAVA_CLIENT_ID=your_client_id
export STRAVA_CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret

1. Configure Claude Desktop: Add the following to your Claude configuration (/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

"strava": {
    "command": "bash",
    "args": [
        "-c",
        "source ~/.ssh/strava.sh && uvx strava-mcp"
    ]
}

Usage

Authentication

The first time you use the Strava MCP tools:

1. An authentication flow will automatically start
2. Your browser will open to the Strava authorization page
3. After authorizing, you'll be redirected back to a local page
4. Your refresh token will be saved automatically for future use

Available Tools

Get User Activities

Retrieves activities for the authenticated user.

Parameters:
- before (optional): Epoch timestamp for filtering
- after (optional): Epoch timestamp for filtering
- page (optional): Page number (default: 1)
- per_page (optional): Number of items per page (default: 30)

Get Activity

Gets detailed information about a specific activity.

Parameters:
- activity_id: The ID of the activity
- include_all_efforts (optional): Include segment efforts (default: false)

Get Activity Segments

Retrieves segments from a specific activity.

Parameters:
- activity_id: The ID of the activity

Get Segment Leaderboard

Gets the leaderboard for a specific segment.

Parameters:
- segment_id: The ID of the segment
- Various optional filters (gender, age group, etc.)

Developer Guide

Project Setup

1. Clone the repository:

git clone <repository-url>
cd strava

1. Install dependencies:

uv install

1. Set up environment variables:

export STRAVA_CLIENT_ID=your_client_id
export STRAVA_CLIENT_SECRET=your_client_secret

Alternatively, create a .env file with these variables.

Running in Development Mode

Run the server with MCP CLI:

mcp dev strava_mcp/main.py

Manual Authentication

You can get a refresh token manually by running:

python get_token.py

Project Structure

• strava_mcp/: Main package directory
• __init__.py: Package initialization
• config.py: Configuration settings using pydantic-settings
• models.py: Pydantic models for Strava API entities
• api.py: Low-level API client for Strava
• auth.py: Strava OAuth authentication implementation
• oauth_server.py: Standalone OAuth server implementation
• service.py: Service layer for business logic
• server.py: MCP server implementation
• tests/: Unit tests
• strava_mcp/main.py: Main entry point to run the server
• get_token.py: Utility script to get a refresh token manually

Running Tests

pytest

Publishing to PyPI

Building the package

# Build both sdist and wheel
uv build

Publishing to PyPI

# Publish to Test PyPI first
uv publish --index testpypi

# Publish to PyPI
uv publish

License

MIT License

Acknowledgements

• Strava API
• Model Context Protocol (MCP)