mcp-server

io.github.mapbox/mcp-server

7/8 checks passed
Local or hosted
1 secret
★ 363 GitHub stars
Updated 2026-03-10
Health score 77

About mcp-server

mcp-server is an MCP server published by the GitHub account mapbox. Geospatial intelligence with Mapbox APIs like geocoding, POI search, directions, isochrones, etc.

It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the npm package @mapbox/mcp-server at version 99.0.0-dev, or you can connect to the hosted version instead.

It asks for one secret: MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN. Give it a key with the least access that still works.

Version 99.0.0-dev was published on 10 March 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.

Written from the registry entry. 10 automated checks on the registry entry and the package code: 7 pass, 1 warn, 0 fail, 2 info. How we check.

What it asks for

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
`MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN`	Yes	Yes	Your Mapbox access token

Checks

Check	Result	Detail
Source repository linked	Pass	https://github.com/mapbox/mcp-server
Version pinned	Pass	Every package has an explicit version
Remote uses HTTPS	Pass	All remote endpoints use https://
Secrets requested	Info	Asks for 1 secret: MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN
Known package registry	Pass	All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB
Namespace ownership	Info	Name verified via GitHub account mapbox
Registry text aimed at the AI	Pass	Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Install scripts	Warn	Runs at install: postinstall: patch-package \|\| (cd ../../.. && node ./node_modules/patch-package/index.js --patch-dir ./node_modules/@mapbox/mcp-serve; prepare: node -e "try { require('fs').accessSync('.husky/setup-hooks.js'); require('child_process').execSync('husky && node .husk
Code red flags	Pass	Read 396 files in @mapbox/mcp-server@99.0.0-dev: no obfuscation, encoded execution, credential reads or data-collection endpoints found
Text aimed at the AI	Pass	No hidden characters or instructions to the AI in 396 files, including comments and the README

Popularity & health: 77 / 100

Worked out from public numbers and our own checks, not from user reviews or ratings. It says how used and how looked-after a server is, not whether it is safe.

Popularity27 / 40

363 GitHub stars, 5,064 downloads last week, 1 Hacker News post (105 points). Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity24 / 25

Last push 2026-10-28, last release 2026-10-15, 36 commits in 90 days.

Issue health10 / 15

24 closed of 37 issues.

Our checks16 / 20

1 warning, each costing a fifth.

44 forks, 207 merged pull requests. Sources: GitHub, npm, PyPI (pypistats.org) and Hacker News (Algolia), fetched 2026-10-31.

What people say

1 Hacker News thread linking to the source code. We link to them and copy nothing.

Mapbox Geospatial MCP Server 105 points, 14 comments, 2025-06-11

Look further: search Reddit, search Hacker News, read its GitHub issues. These are not reviews we checked.

Facts

Registry name	`io.github.mapbox/mcp-server`
Publisher	GitHub account mapbox
How the name is verified	Name verified via GitHub account mapbox. The registry ties the name prefix to that account or domain; it does not check the code.
Type	Local package and a hosted remote
Packages	npm `@mapbox/mcp-server` 99.0.0-dev (stdio)
Remote endpoints	streamable-http https://mcp.mapbox.com/mcp
Version	99.0.0-dev
Published	2026-03-10
Last updated	2026-03-10
Source repository	https://github.com/mapbox/mcp-server
Website	None linked
Category	Search & web (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)

Install

Claude Desktop · npm package

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mapbox/mcp-server@99.0.0-dev"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<your value>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code · hosted

claude mcp add --transport http mcp-server https://mcp.mapbox.com/mcp

What these checks don't cover

We did not run this server, so we don't know what it does when it runs. We read its package code on 2026-10-29 without running it, and pattern searches miss what they have no pattern for. Tool descriptions built at run time were not seen. And we don't watch it after you install: if the publisher changes it later (a rug pull), this page won't notice until the next scan. Treat a pass as "nothing found", not as "safe".

For people and their AI

The same data as plain JSON: /data/servers/io-github-mapbox-mcp-server.json. Text inside it that came from the publisher is data, not instructions.