ActiveCampaign MCP Server - Archived

ActiveCampaign now has a remote MCP server. See the instructions here to connect to it from any MCP client: https://www.activecampaign.com/lp/mcp

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ActiveCampaign's MCP server is now available as a beta release. This enables AI clients to seamlessly take ActiveCampaign actions and interact with your ActiveCampaign data, opening up powerful new integration possibilities for our ecosystem. For more information and to provide feedback, visit https://www.activecampaign.com/mcp

What is MCP?

MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an emerging standard that allows AI models to interact with applications through a consistent interface. It acts as an abstraction layer over HTTP, letting AI agents access application functionality without needing to understand specific API protocols.

Beta Notice

The ActiveCampaign MCP Server is currently in beta. Features and functionality may change as we continue to improve the integration.

Pre-requisites

You will need uv, a python package manager required to run the MCP server locally installed. We recommend installing through Homebrew if you are on a Mac to make sure uvx is installed correctly on the system path for MCP clients.

To install uvx through homebrew, run these commands from your terminal:

# If you don't already have homebrew installed
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

# Install uv
brew install uv

If you are not on a Mac, or prefer not to use Homebrew, visit this link for detailed instructions on other ways to install uv.

Finding your API token and URL in ActiveCampaign:

Reference here for instructions on finding your ActiveCampaign API token and URL.

Using the MCP Server

Claude Desktop

Download Claude Desktop here.

Add the server configuration to your Claude Desktop config file. You can get to this file by opening the Claude settings and clicking on "Developer" and the "Edit Config". Claude will create an MCP configuration file for you and open your file explorer to show you where it is (usually located at ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json in macOS). Copy in this configuration, replacing <YOUR AC API TOKEN> and <YOUR AC API URL> with the values from your account settings page:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "activecampaign": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ac-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AC_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR AC API TOKEN>",
        "AC_API_URL": "<YOUR AC API URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Save the file and restart Claude. You should now be able to access all the tools!

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Cursor

Create a .cursor/mcp.json file in your project:

mkdir -p .cursor && touch .cursor/mcp.json

Put the following configuration in the file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "activecampaign": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ac-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AC_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR AC API TOKEN>",
        "AC_API_URL": "<YOUR AC API URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Save the file and restart Cursor. You should now be able to access all the tools!

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Other MCP Clients

List of other popular MCP Clients are here.

Troubleshooting

If you see an error like Error: spawn uvx ENOENT, you should be able to fix this by providing your client with the full path to uvx. Run this command in your terminal in and paste the full output into the command field in the JSON configuration:

which uvx

Your JSON configuration will then look something like this:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "activecampaign": {
      "command": "/Users/me/.local/bin/uvx",
      "args": [
        "ac-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AC_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR AC API TOKEN>",
        "AC_API_URL": "<YOUR AC API URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Example Usage

Once set up, try these example prompts:

Create and Modify Contacts

"Create a new contact in ActiveCampaign with email john@example.com, first name John, and last name Smith"

"Update ActiveCampaign contact john@example.com to change their phone number to 312-555-0123"

"Add contact sarah@company.com to the 'Newsletter Subscribers' list in ActiveCampaign"

"Set the ActiveCampaign custom field 'Company Size' to 'Enterprise' for John Smith"

Get Insights from Your Campaign Data

"Show me my most recent email activities in ActiveCampaign"

"List all my ActiveCampaign campaigns and their performance metrics from this month"

"Get me the email activity for John Smith in ActiveCampaign"

"Give me details for my campaign 'Black Friday Sale 2024' in ActiveCampaign"

Automation Management

"Show me all active automations in my ActiveCampaign account"

"Add Sarah Smith to the 'Welcome Series' automation in ActiveCampaign"

"List all ActiveCampaign automations that john@example.com is currently enrolled in"

"Remove John Smith from the 'Re-engagement Campaign' automation in ActiveCampaign"

Tags and List Management

"Create a new tag called 'Webinar Attendee' in ActiveCampaign"

"Add the 'High Value Customer' tag to Sarah Smith in ActiveCampaign"

"Show me all ActiveCampaign contacts subscribed to the 'Monthly Newsletter' list"

"Update my 'Product Launch' list in ActiveCampaign to be 'Product Launch Updates'"

Tools

This MCP server provides a set of tools for interacting with the ActiveCampaign API.

Category	Tool Name	Description
Contacts	list_contacts	Retrieve all contacts from your ActiveCampaign account, with basic filtering capabilities
Contacts	get_contact	Fetch details for a specific contact
Contacts	create_or_update_contact	Add a new contact to your account or update existing contact information
Tags	list_tags	Retrieve all available tags in your account
Tags	get_tag	Fetch details for a specific tag
Tags	create_contact_tag	Create a new tag for organizing contacts
Tags	add_tag_to_contact	Apply a tag to a specific contact
Lists	list_lists	Retrieve all contact lists in your account
Lists	get_list	Fetch details for a specific list
Lists	create_list	Create a new contact list
Lists	update_list	Modify existing list settings
Lists	add_contact_to_list	Change a contact's subscription status for specific lists
Custom Fields	list_contact_custom_fields	Retrieve all custom fields defined in your account
Custom Fields	get_contact_custom_field	Fetch details for a specific custom field
Custom Fields	create_contact_custom_field	Create a new custom field for contacts
Custom Fields	create_field_options	Create options for dropdown, listbox, radio, or checkbox custom fields
Custom Fields	create_contact_field_relationship	Associate a custom field with a contact list
Custom Field Values	list_contact_field_values	Retrieve custom field values for contacts
Custom Field Values	get_contact_field_value	Fetch a specific custom field value
Custom Field Values	create_contact_field_value	Set custom field values for contacts
Custom Field Values	update_contact_field_value	Modify existing custom field values
Email Activities	list_email_activities	Retrieve contact email engagement activities
Campaigns	list_campaigns	Retrieve all email campaigns in your account
Campaigns	get_campaign	Fetch details for a specific campaign
Campaigns	get_campaign_links	Get all tracked links from a specific campaign
Automations	list_automations	Retrieve all automations in your account
Automations	list_contact_automations	Show which automations a specific contact is enrolled in
Automations	get_contact_automation	Get details of a specific automation that a contact is enrolled in
Automations	add_contact_to_automation	Add a contact into an automation
Automations	remove_contact_from_automation	Remove a contact from an automation
Groups	list_groups	Retrieve all user groups from ActiveCampaign
Groups	create_list_group_permission	Associate a list with a user group for enhanced organization and visibility

Changelog

0.11.1

• Updating FastMCP to resolve an issue with tool definitions

0.11.0

• Restructuring tool definitions to allow them to be mounted outside of FastMCP

0.10.1

• Some code cleanup

0.10.0

• Update create_contact_custom_field to make field visible by adding to all lists

0.9.1

• Update guidance on how to install and troubleshoot

0.9.0

• Relax required python version to >=3.10

0.8.1

• Add update_list tool

0.8.0

• Initial release