Cloudflare Zero Trust Management

Workflow skill for managing Cloudflare Zero Trust (formerly Cloudflare Access and Teams). Covers listing and managing access applications, access policies, identity providers (IdPs), and Gateway status.

Prerequisites

Zero Trust resources are account-scoped, not zone-scoped. All operations apply to the Cloudflare account configured in the MCP server credentials.

Workflow 1: List Access Applications

1. Call cloudflare_zt_list_apps to retrieve all configured access applications.
2. Format output as a table:

1. Group applications by type if multiple types are present (self_hosted, ssh, vnc, saas, bookmark).
2. Note total count and highlight any disabled applications.

Workflow 2: Get Application Details

1. Identify the target application from the list or ask the user to specify.
2. Call cloudflare_zt_get_app with the application ID.
3. Display full application details:

• Name and domain: application name, hostname
• Type: self_hosted, ssh, vnc, saas, bookmark
• Session duration: how long authentication tokens are valid
• Allowed IdPs: which identity providers are permitted for this application
• Auto-redirect: whether to skip app launcher
• Cors headers: if any CORS configuration is set
• Custom deny page: custom message shown to blocked users

1. Call cloudflare_zt_list_policies for the application to show attached policies.
2. Display policies in a table:

Workflow 3: Manage Access Policies

List all policies for an application:

1. Call cloudflare_zt_list_policies for the application ID.
2. Display policies with their include/require/exclude rule definitions.
3. Explain rule logic:

• Include: traffic matching these rules passes to the allow/block decision
• Require: additional conditions that must also be met
• Exclude: traffic matching these rules bypasses the policy

Create a new policy:

1. Gather parameters from the user:

• Policy name: descriptive name
• Action: allow or block
• Decision: define include rules (e.g., email domain, group membership, IP range, country)
• Require rules (optional): additional conditions
• Exclude rules (optional): bypass conditions
• Precedence/Order: position among other policies (lower = evaluated first)

1. Show a preview of the policy logic to the user in human-readable form:

• "Allow users where: email ends with @example.com AND IP is in 10.0.0.0/8"

1. Confirm with the user before creating.
2. Call cloudflare_zt_create_policy with all parameters.
3. Verify: call cloudflare_zt_list_policies to confirm the policy was created.
4. Report the policy ID and order.

Workflow 4: Identity Provider Status

1. Call cloudflare_zt_list_idps to retrieve all configured identity providers.
2. Display as a table:

1. For each IdP, note:

• Provider type (Okta, Azure AD, Google, GitHub, SAML, etc.)
• Whether it is configured and active

1. If no IdPs are configured, warn the user: Zero Trust access policies cannot authenticate users without an IdP (or One-time PIN as fallback).

Workflow 5: Gateway Status

1. Call cloudflare_zt_gateway_status to retrieve Cloudflare Gateway (DNS filtering) status.
2. Display:

• Gateway enabled: yes/no
• DNS filtering: enabled/disabled
• HTTP inspection: enabled/disabled
• Policy count: number of Gateway policies configured
• Blocked categories (if DNS filtering is active): malware, phishing, adult content, etc.

1. If Gateway is disabled, note that it provides network-level DNS filtering and L7 inspection.
2. Note: Gateway policy management (creating/editing DNS or HTTP policies) is a separate administrative workflow not covered here — refer the user to the Cloudflare dashboard for complex Gateway policy changes.

Rules

• Zero Trust changes can affect user access to applications — always confirm before modifying policies.
• Policy order matters: policies are evaluated in precedence order, and the first matching policy wins.
• Warn the user if deleting or modifying a policy could lock out all users (e.g., the only "allow" policy).
• Always display existing policies before creating new ones so the user understands the current access model.
• Identity providers must be configured and active for email/group-based policies to function.
• Session duration affects security: shorter durations require more frequent re-authentication.
• This skill is read-focused for Gateway — use Cloudflare dashboard for complex Gateway policy authoring.

Key Tools

• cloudflare_zt_list_apps — list all Zero Trust access applications
• cloudflare_zt_get_app — get full details of a specific application
• cloudflare_zt_list_policies — list access policies for an application
• cloudflare_zt_create_policy — create a new access policy
• cloudflare_zt_list_idps — list configured identity providers
• cloudflare_zt_gateway_status — get Cloudflare Gateway status and DNS filtering info