Noah
Noah•2mo ago

Convex MCP read-only

We'd like to give Devin AI access to the Convex MCP. Is there a way to issue a read-only token for the MCP to use?
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Convex Bot
Convex Bot•2mo ago
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ballingt
ballingt•2mo ago
@Noah note you can run the CLI MCP server wiht tools disabled: 
tomb@macbookpro tutorial % npx convex mcp start --help
Usage: convex mcp start [options]

Start the Model Context Protocol server for Convex that can be used with AI tools.

Options:
  --project-dir <project-dir>         Run the MCP server for a single project. By default, the MCP server can run for multiple projects, and each tool call specifies its project directory.
  --disable-tools <tool-names>        Comma separated list of tool names to disable (options: data, envGet, envList, envRemove, envSet, functionSpec, run, runOneoffQuery, status, tables)
  --disable-production-deployments    Disable the MCP server from accessing production deployments.
  --env-file <envFile>                Path to a custom file of environment variables, for choosing the deployment, e.g. CONVEX_DEPLOYMENT or CONVEX_SELF_HOSTED_URL. Same format as .env.local or .env files, and overrides them.
  --prod                              Run the MCP server on this project's production deployment.
  --preview-name <previewName>        Run the MCP server on the preview deployment with the given name.
  --deployment-name <deploymentName>  Run the MCP server on the specified deployment.
  -h, --help                          display help for command
tomb@macbookpro tutorial % npx convex mcp start --help
Usage: convex mcp start [options]

Start the Model Context Protocol server for Convex that can be used with AI tools.

Options:
  --project-dir <project-dir>         Run the MCP server for a single project. By default, the MCP server can run for multiple projects, and each tool call specifies its project directory.
  --disable-tools <tool-names>        Comma separated list of tool names to disable (options: data, envGet, envList, envRemove, envSet, functionSpec, run, runOneoffQuery, status, tables)
  --disable-production-deployments    Disable the MCP server from accessing production deployments.
  --env-file <envFile>                Path to a custom file of environment variables, for choosing the deployment, e.g. CONVEX_DEPLOYMENT or CONVEX_SELF_HOSTED_URL. Same format as .env.local or .env files, and overrides them.
  --prod                              Run the MCP server on this project's production deployment.
  --preview-name <previewName>        Run the MCP server on the preview deployment with the given name.
  --deployment-name <deploymentName>  Run the MCP server on the specified deployment.
  -h, --help                          display help for command

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