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Anytype (self-hosted HTTP) MCP Server

Name: Anytype (self-hosted HTTP) MCP Server
Author: ohneben

Self-hosted Anytype MCP server: the full Anytype API as an always-on Docker + HTTP endpoint.

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~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ohneben-anytype-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/ohneben/anytype-mcp:1.0.6"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANYTYPE_API_KEY": "YOUR_ANYTYPE_API_KEY",
        "PORT": "8769",
        "ANYTYPE_API_BASE_URL": "http://host.docker.internal:31009",
        "ANYTYPE_VERSION": "2025-11-08",
        "ANYTYPE_API_HOST_HEADER": "",
        "MCP_SHARED_TOKEN": "YOUR_MCP_SHARED_TOKEN",
        "ANYTYPE_MCP_SLIM_RESPONSES": "true"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Environment

Name	Required	Notes
ANYTYPE_API_KEY	Yes	Anytype API key, created in the desktop app under Settings -> API Keys. Secret.
PORT	No	Port the MCP endpoint listens on, inside the container and on the host.
ANYTYPE_API_BASE_URL	No	Where the Anytype desktop API is reachable from inside the container.
ANYTYPE_VERSION	No	Anytype API version header sent with every request.
ANYTYPE_API_HOST_HEADER	No	Override the Host header sent to the Anytype API. Auto-derived when unset; Anytype rejects non-loopback hosts with 403.
MCP_SHARED_TOKEN	No	Optional bearer token required on the /mcp endpoint. Empty means open, for localhost only. Secret.
ANYTYPE_MCP_SLIM_RESPONSES	No	Compact API responses before returning them to the client. Set to false for raw payloads.

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