Strava MCP Server

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

User Guide

Installation

You can easily install Strava MCP with uvx:

uvx strava-mcp

Setting Up Strava Credentials

1. Create a Strava API Application:
2. Go to https://www.strava.com/settings/api
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):

bash 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):

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

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: bash git clone <repository-url> cd strava

2. Install dependencies: bash uv install

3. Set up environment variables: bash 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)