oura-mcp

A Model Context Protocol server for the Oura Ring API v2. Exposes sleep, activity, readiness, heart rate, and workout data to MCP-compatible clients (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, ...) via OAuth.

Quick start

npx @yasuakiomokawa/oura-mcp configure

The wizard collects your Oura Client ID/Secret, walks through browser OAuth, saves tokens to ~/.config/oura-mcp/, and adds an mcpServers.oura entry to any detected MCP client config. Restart the client and the tools below are available.

Re-running configure pre-fills the saved Client ID / port so you only need to press Enter to keep them. Type --force to wipe saved state and start from scratch:

npx @yasuakiomokawa/oura-mcp configure --force

Prerequisites

1. Register an Oura developer app at https://cloud.ouraring.com/oauth/applications
2. Redirect URI must be exactly: http://localhost:54321/callback

(or http://localhost:<port>/callback if you customize OURA_CALLBACK_PORT)

1. Enable the read scopes you need (Email, Personal info, Daily activity, Heart rate, Workout, Tag, Session, SpO2, Ring configuration, Stress, Heart health)
2. Note the Client ID and Client Secret — you'll enter them in npx @yasuakiomokawa/oura-mcp configure

Installation

Three paths depending on your client:

1. MCP Registry (auto-discovery clients)

Once published to the official MCP Registry, supported clients can install io.github.YasuakiOmokawa/oura-mcp from their UI. The wizard step still has to run once to obtain OAuth tokens.

2. Manual config (Claude Desktop / Claude Code / Cursor)

Run npx @yasuakiomokawa/oura-mcp configure — Step 4 of the wizard auto-detects:

• Claude Desktop: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows)
• Claude Code (user): ~/.claude.json
• Claude Code (project): ./.mcp.json
• Cursor (user): ~/.cursor/mcp.json
• Cursor (project): ./.cursor/mcp.json

Each detected file is backed up to <file>.bak.<ISO-timestamp> before an atomic write.

To configure manually, add to your client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oura": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@yasuakiomokawa/oura-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

3. Skill (optional)

The companion oura-api-skill ships per-endpoint reference and three workflow recipes (weekly review / sleep trend / recovery check). Bundle it as a Claude Code plugin or import into your skills directory.

Tools provided

oura_api_get returns structuredContent with { status, data, next_token, pages_fetched, has_more }.

Configuration

Two ways. The config file (Option A) is the recommended path — it stores secrets at-rest with 0600 and is self-healing. Environment variables (Option B) are kept for CI / Docker / ephemeral environments where writing a file is impractical, but they leak more easily and are not recommended for daily use.

Option A — config file (recommended)

Run the wizard once and forget about it:

npx @yasuakiomokawa/oura-mcp configure

This writes:

~/.config/oura-mcp/config.json   # 0600, contains clientId / clientSecret / callbackPort
~/.config/oura-mcp/tokens.json   # 0600, contains the OAuth access / refresh tokens

Permissions are re-checked on every load and chmod'd back to 0600 if anything else touched them.

config.json schema:

{
  "schemaVersion": 1,
  "clientId": "...",
  "clientSecret": "...",
  "callbackPort": 54321
}

Option B — environment variables (CI / Docker only)

OURA_CLIENT_ID=...
OURA_CLIENT_SECRET=...        # must be set together with OURA_CLIENT_ID
OURA_CALLBACK_PORT=54321      # optional; safe to set in env regardless of Option A/B

When the server boots and both OURA_CLIENT_ID and OURA_CLIENT_SECRET are set, it uses them and emits a config.env_credentials warning to stderr.

Why not recommended:

• process.env is readable from /proc/<pid>/environ by any process running as the same user.
• Environment is inherited by every child process the server spawns.
• Crash dumps and observability tools that capture process.env will leak the secret.
• OURA_CLIENT_SECRET=... npx ... typed at the shell ends up in shell history.

OURA_CALLBACK_PORT is not a secret and is fine to pass via env in either mode.

Never use args for secrets

Process arguments are visible to other users via ps / /proc/<pid>/cmdline. Use the env block of your MCP client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oura": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@yasuakiomokawa/oura-mcp"],
      "env": { "OURA_CLIENT_ID": "...", "OURA_CLIENT_SECRET": "..." }
    }
  }
}

Troubleshooting

• "refresh_token expired" — run oura_authenticate (in chat) or npx @yasuakiomokawa/oura-mcp configure (in terminal).
• Port 54321 already in use — set OURA_CALLBACK_PORT=<other port> and update the redirect URI in your Oura developer app to match.
• "Path not found" — verify the path with oura_api_list_paths. Common slips: missing /v2/ prefix, typo in daily_sleep.
• Setup hangs at "Waiting for authorization" — you haven't approved in the browser yet, or the authorize page was opened in a different browser session than the one with localhost reachability.
• No log output — set OURA_LOG_LEVEL=debug for verbose stderr logging.

Development

git clone https://github.com/YasuakiOmokawa/oura-mcp.git
cd oura-mcp
npm install
npm test
npm run build

Useful scripts:

• npm run lint / npm run typecheck — Biome + TypeScript checks
• npm run test:coverage — Vitest with V8 coverage
• npm run update:docs — re-fetch the Oura OpenAPI schema and regenerate skills/oura-api-skill/references/

License

MIT