Grafbase MCP Server

Build and manage GraphQL federation APIs directly from your development environment. This MCP server integrates Grafbase's powerful API platform into your workflow, eliminating the context switching between your code editor and the Grafbase dashboard.

Stop Wrestling with Multi-Service API Complexity

Managing federated GraphQL APIs means juggling schemas across multiple services, coordinating deployments, and debugging distributed queries. You're constantly switching between your IDE, terminal, and browser dashboard just to understand what's happening with your unified graph.

The Grafbase MCP server puts the entire API platform at your fingertips. Deploy schemas, monitor federation health, and debug distributed queries without leaving your development context.

What You Get

Instant Schema Deployment: Push GraphQL schemas and configuration changes directly from your editor. No more manual dashboard uploads or broken CI pipelines holding up your API changes.

Federation Debugging: Query your unified graph's composition status, inspect sub-graph health, and trace distributed queries in real-time. See exactly which services are causing bottlenecks.

Environment Management: Switch between development, staging, and production environments instantly. Clone configurations, manage environment variables, and deploy branch-specific preview APIs with single commands.

Real-time Monitoring: Get live metrics on query performance, error rates, and edge deployment status. Know when your APIs are struggling before your users do.

Real-World Applications

Multi-Team API Development: Your team manages user services while another handles inventory. Use the MCP server to compose both into a unified customer-facing API, deploy updates independently, and monitor cross-service query performance.

Client-First Development: Working on a React app that needs data from multiple backends? Compose your ideal GraphQL schema first, then use the MCP server to configure federation rules that pull from existing REST APIs and databases.

Production Debugging: Users report slow checkout flows. Query your federated graph's performance metrics directly in your editor, identify which sub-services are causing latency, and deploy fixes with immediate feedback.

Branch-Based API Testing: Each feature branch gets its own API endpoint automatically. Test frontend changes against modified schemas without affecting other developers or staging environments.

Workflow Integration

Works seamlessly with your existing Grafbase setup. If you're already running grafbase dev locally, the MCP server connects to the same configuration and extends your capabilities.

For new projects, it handles the entire bootstrap process – from initial grafbase init through production deployment – guided by your specific requirements rather than generic templates.

The server understands your project structure, reads your grafbase.toml configuration, and maintains context about your schema evolution. No configuration files to maintain or authentication tokens to manage separately.

Ready to unify your API development workflow? The Grafbase MCP server transforms GraphQL federation from a deployment headache into a seamless development experience.