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Mailchimp via MCP: draft, test, and send campaigns; manage audiences and subscribers; pull reports.

To add mailchimp-mcp-server to Claude, run the install command below or copy the ready-made config for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor and VS Code further down. Restart your client after adding it and its tools show up in your next conversation. It declares 8 environment variables, listed below.

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Install

npx -y @cyanheads/mailchimp-mcp-server@0.5.0

Environment variables

MAILCHIMP_API_KEYSet in your MCP config
MAILCHIMP_BASE_URLSet in your MCP config
MAILCHIMP_TIMEOUT_MSSet in your MCP config
MAILCHIMP_MAX_RETRIESSet in your MCP config
MAILCHIMP_CONCURRENCY_LIMITSet in your MCP config
MAILCHIMP_ASSETS_DIRSet in your MCP config
MAILCHIMP_TEMPLATES_DIRSet in your MCP config
MCP_LOG_LEVELSet in your MCP config

Set only if the maker requires them; this listing does not flag any of them as required.

Install with your client

Terminal
claude mcp add mailchimp --env MAILCHIMP_API_KEY=<YOUR_MAILCHIMP_API_KEY> --env MAILCHIMP_BASE_URL=<YOUR_MAILCHIMP_BASE_URL> --env MAILCHIMP_TIMEOUT_MS=<YOUR_MAILCHIMP_TIMEOUT_MS> --env MAILCHIMP_MAX_RETRIES=<YOUR_MAILCHIMP_MAX_RETRIES> --env MAILCHIMP_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT=<YOUR_MAILCHIMP_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT> --env MAILCHIMP_ASSETS_DIR=<YOUR_MAILCHIMP_ASSETS_DIR> --env MAILCHIMP_TEMPLATES_DIR=<YOUR_MAILCHIMP_TEMPLATES_DIR> --env MCP_LOG_LEVEL=<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL> -- npx -y @cyanheads/mailchimp-mcp-server@0.5.0

Run this in a terminal to add the server to Claude Code.

What this does

mailchimp-mcp-server exposes a set of tools to Claude over the Model Context Protocol. After you add it to claude_desktop_config.json (snippet above) and restart Claude Desktop, those tools become callable inside any conversation.

Requirements

This server declares the following environment variables. Set only the ones the maker requires for your setup; this listing does not flag any of them as required:

MAILCHIMP_API_KEY
MAILCHIMP_BASE_URL
MAILCHIMP_TIMEOUT_MS
MAILCHIMP_MAX_RETRIES
MAILCHIMP_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT
MAILCHIMP_ASSETS_DIR
MAILCHIMP_TEMPLATES_DIR
MCP_LOG_LEVEL

Set these via the env object in your MCP config (see claude_desktop_config.json snippet above).

Frequently asked questions

How do I install mailchimp-mcp-server?

Run the Claude Code command in the install section to add mailchimp-mcp-server to Claude Code, or copy the ready-made config for your client from the install section on this page. Restart your client afterwards and the tools appear in your next conversation.

Which clients work with mailchimp-mcp-server?

This page carries setup and config for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor and VS Code. Any other MCP client that accepts a standard server config can connect to mailchimp-mcp-server as well.

Does mailchimp-mcp-server need an API key?

This listing does not flag an API key as required. The server can use these environment variables: MAILCHIMP_API_KEY, MAILCHIMP_BASE_URL, MAILCHIMP_TIMEOUT_MS, MAILCHIMP_MAX_RETRIES, MAILCHIMP_CONCURRENCY_LIMIT, MAILCHIMP_ASSETS_DIR, MAILCHIMP_TEMPLATES_DIR, MCP_LOG_LEVEL; the maker's docs say which of them your setup needs. They go in the env block of your MCP config.

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