An implementation of a Model Context Protocol Server for Umbraco. Enables basic functionality such as document type retrieval, content creation, and content editing. Experimental. Only use in production with caution.
Get Started
$ dotnet add package Axendo.ModelContextProtocol.UmbracoReadme
Model Context Protocol for Umbraco
The first step to a more AI-agentic Umbraco.
This package adds MCP Server capabilities to your Umbraco instance. This allows you to communicate with the Umbraco CMS using the Model Context Protocol that has been gaining a lot of traction in the AI space recently.
Among many other features like AI workflow automation, it allows you to chat directly with your CMS using LLMs.
This packages offers the following functionality or tools as they are called in MCP:
- Create a document
- Update a document
- Get the document types and their structure
- Publish a document
- Schedule document for publication
- Some basic content quering tools and helpers to let the LLM understand your Umbraco instance better.
Installation
To get started, install the package from NuGet after installing Umbraco 15+.
dotnet add package Axendo.ModelContextProtocol.Umbraco
Getting Started
Configuration
In your Umbraco 15+ project, add the following section to your appsettings.json.
...
"McpServer": {
"Username": "{UMBRACO USER}"
}
...
This defines the user identity MCP utilizes for retrieving and storing data within Umbraco. It is advisable to create a seperate user for this.
Run Umbraco
Run Umbraco and navigate to your Umbraco instance (e.g. https://localhost:43111/sse) to vertify the Model Context Protocol Server has been started.
⚠️ NOTE
This version of the package exposes an unproteced public-facing HTTP endpoint. It is intended for local development and testing purposes only.