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Convex MCP

Convex peers ship with built-in Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, enabling AI agents and MCP-compatible tools to interact directly with the Convex network. Any peer with MCP enabled becomes a gateway for querying state, executing transactions, managing digital assets, and receiving real-time state change notifications — no custom integrations or centralised intermediaries required.

Quick start​

Connect any MCP client to a Convex peer:

https://peer.convex.live/mcp

That's it. The peer exposes over 30 built-in tools and guided prompts that your AI agent or development tool can discover automatically through MCP's standard tools/list and prompts/list methods.

Key capabilities​

  • Direct network access — sub-millisecond state queries, native Convex Lisp execution, no indexers or RPC layers
  • Flexible transaction signing — direct signing, prepare/sign/submit with external approval, or server-side signing via the built-in signing service
  • Real-time state watching — register watches on any path in the global state tree and receive SSE notifications when values change
  • Universal asset model — fungible tokens, NFTs, and arbitrary digital assets through a unified CAD019 interface
  • Built-in cryptography — Ed25519 key generation, signing, verification, and hashing
  • Guided prompts — workflow prompts that teach LLMs Convex domain knowledge and guide them through common tasks like account exploration, contract deployment, and fund transfers
  • Signing service — optional server-side key management where private keys are stored encrypted and never leave the server, with elevated operations requiring browser confirmation
  • Zero configuration — MCP support is enabled by default on every Convex peer

Running your own peer​

For production use, run your own Convex peer for better performance, security, and privacy. MCP is enabled by default — the endpoint is available at /mcp with no additional configuration.

See the Peer Operations guide for setup instructions.

Learn more​