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zapier-discovery-mcp

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Set up

Runs on your computer. Pick your agent and operating system.

Before you start

Node.js 20 or newer

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zapier-discovery-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "zapier-discovery-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ZAPIER_CLIENT_ID": "<your ZAPIER_CLIENT_ID>"
      }
    }
  }
}

same format Cursor, GitHub Copilot CLI, Junie, JetBrains AI Assistant, Augment (Auggie CLI), Factory Droid, Kiro, Devin CLI +12

Values in angle brackets are placeholders. Restart Claude Desktop after editing its config.Claude Desktop docs

README

synced Oct 17, 2026

zapier-discovery-mcp

An MCP server for automation discovery. Zapier MCP executes automations — this server answers the question that comes first: what could I automate?

"What do people automate between Slack and Notion?" — real, popular Zap templates, each with a one-click create link
"Is there a Zapier integration for this tool?" — search the 9,000+ app directory
"Give me automation ideas for my CRM" — templates ranked by actual usage, not hallucinated

Sibling project: zapier-dev-mcp for building Zapier integrations.

Setup

You need a Zapier Partner API client_id — free with any Zapier integration, and not a secret (it ships in client-side embed code). See the Partner API docs for where to find yours.

Claude Code

claude mcp add zapier-discovery --env ZAPIER_CLIENT_ID=your_client_id -- npx -y zapier-discovery-mcp

Claude Desktop — add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zapier-discovery": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "zapier-discovery-mcp"],
      "env": { "ZAPIER_CLIENT_ID": "your_client_id" }
    }
  }
}

Optional: ZAPIER_API_BASE overrides the API host (testing, proxies).

Tools

Tool	What it does
`search_apps`	Search the app directory by name; popularity-ordered without a query. Returns slugs for the next step.
`find_zap_templates`	Popular ready-made Zap templates for one app or a pair — title, step chain (`Slack → Notion`), description, one-click create URL

Design notes

Defensive parsing. Partner API responses are only partially documented; the client whitelists fields and handles both bare-array and enveloped responses rather than assuming shapes.
Testable without credentials. The smoke test runs a local HTTP mock of the Partner API and points the server at it via ZAPIER_API_BASE — full end-to-end over stdio with zero secrets. Missing ZAPIER_CLIENT_ID produces setup instructions as a tool error, not a crash.
HTML in titles/descriptions is stripped and truncated before it reaches the model.

Not affiliated with or endorsed by Zapier.

Development

npm install
npm test                 # offline unit tests (mocked fetch)
npm run build            # tsc → dist/
node scripts/smoke.mjs   # end-to-end against a local Partner API mock

License

MIT