Ranked roundup · Pipedrive
Best MCP Server for Pipedrive
If you need an MCP server for Pipedrive, the vendor itself is now the obvious starting point. Pipedrive launched a native, hosted MCP server on June 30, 2026 — mcp.pipedrive.ai/mcp — with OAuth sign-in, availability on every plan, and read/write coverage across deals, contacts, organizations, leads and activities. It still carries a "BETA" label in the Claude connector flow, and usage is metered against plan-based token limits. The community fills the gaps the hosted option leaves: self-hosted servers with API-token auth for teams that don't want CRM traffic routed through a vendor endpoint, stricter safety defaults (read-only out of the box, gated deletes), and HTTP transports for server deployments. Managed platforms like Composio cover the case where Pipedrive is one app among many behind a single endpoint. We ranked five real options on verifiable criteria — official status, maintenance recency, auth model, adoption, documented coverage — checked against GitHub and vendor docs on September 1, 2026. No paid placement.
Facts checked September 1, 2026 · ranked on verifiable criteria · placement is never for sale
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The ranking
- Official · Pipedrive
Most Pipedrive teams — the zero-hosting, vendor-supported default. Launched June 30, 2026, available on all plans.
Read and write across deals, contacts, organizations, leads and activities: search records, create and update deals and contacts, move deals through pipeline stages, convert leads, schedule follow-ups. Works with any MCP-capable assistant (ChatGPT, Claude, others); Pipedrive states actions are permission-scoped with a full audit trail.
Fully hosted by Pipedrive at https://mcp.pipedrive.ai/mcp; nothing to install or run. · OAuth — sign in to your Pipedrive account and authorize; no API keys handled. Access mirrors your Pipedrive user's existing permissions.
- Still labeled 'BETA' in the Claude connector setup flow as of September 2026.
- Usage is metered against token limits tied to your Pipedrive plan; additional tokens cost extra.
- Claude may not load all of the server's tools by default — you have to enable full tool loading manually.
- Closed source and hosted-only: no self-hosting option, and no public tool list to audit.
- Community
Teams that self-host and want the most conservative defaults — the strongest community adoption at 60 stars and 45 forks.
v2-API coverage of deals, persons, organizations, pipelines, stages, leads and item search, with notes and users behind scoped v1 adapters. Read-only by default; two narrowly scoped, preview-first write tools can be enabled explicitly. The most security-documented community option: hostname allowlists, exact-match CORS, JWT-gated remote access.
Self-hosted, single-tenant: npm global install, Docker/Compose, published ghcr.io image; stdio or Streamable HTTP transport. · Pipedrive API token via environment variable; optional HS256 JWT bearer auth required for non-loopback HTTP. API tokens carry your user's full account access. · MIT · 60★
- Unofficial — not supported by Pipedrive.
- Auth is a raw Pipedrive API token, which grants everything your user can do; there is no OAuth.
- Write support is deliberately minimal: two opt-in tools, not a full write surface.
- Built-in HTTP server does not terminate TLS — remote use requires your own HTTPS reverse proxy, and the project itself warns JWTs are replayable if captured.
- Community
Users who want the widest tested tool surface with real guardrails, and the freshest maintenance of any community option (pushed August 29, 2026).
155 tools, v2-first, contract-tested against Pipedrive's vendored OpenAPI spec, with 2,300+ tests per its CI badges — deals, persons, organizations, activities, mail threads, custom-field discovery, pipelines. Three server-enforced capability modes: read-only, safe-write (default), and full; deletes and other irreversible ops are hidden and refused outside full mode.
Local via npx, stdio transport only; a guided `init` command validates your key and writes client config for Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code. · Pipedrive API key (40-character) via environment variable; the project's README states plainly there is no hosted OAuth offering. · MIT · 8★
- Unofficial, and tiny adoption so far: 8 stars, 1 fork.
- stdio only — no HTTP transport yet, so no remote/server deployment.
- API-key auth only; the key grants your user's full account access.
- Notes, mail, users and leads CRUD still ride Pipedrive's v1 API because no v2 equivalent exists.
- Tool and test counts come from the project's own README and CI badges, not independent measurement.
- Community
Teams wiring Pipedrive plus many other apps into agents through one managed endpoint, especially in frameworks like CrewAI, LlamaIndex or the OpenAI Agents SDK.
Managed Pipedrive tools — deal creation and updates with custom fields, lead tracking and labeling, activity and call logging — alongside 1,000+ other integrations, with tool-level controls, an audit trail, and a Tool Router that loads tools dynamically across apps.
Fully hosted by Composio; configured via their dashboard or SDK, one MCP endpoint per team. · OAuth handled by Composio; your Pipedrive credentials live on Composio's platform, adding a third party to the credential path.
- Not a Pipedrive product — a third-party platform sits between your assistant and your CRM.
- Documented Pipedrive coverage is narrower than the dedicated servers above; it emphasizes common CRM actions, not the full API.
- Requires a Composio account, and platform pricing applies beyond the free tier.
- Community
Developers who need an endpoint the other servers don't expose and are willing to curate the tool list themselves.
300+ tools aiming at full Pipedrive API coverage — the broadest raw surface of any option here, per the project's own description.
Self-hosted Node process. · Pipedrive API token via environment variable. · MIT · 12★
- Unofficial, small adoption: 12 stars, 10 forks.
- No commits since July 9, 2026 — nearly two months quiet at verification time.
- 300+ tools is a very large listing for one MCP connection; most clients will need aggressive tool filtering.
- Raw API token auth; coverage claim comes from the README, not independent testing.
Pipedrive MCP servers compared
| Server | Maintained by | Runs | Auth | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pipedrive MCP (official) | Pipedrive | Fully hosted by Pipedrive at https://mcp.pipedrive.ai/mcp; nothing to install or run. | OAuth — sign in to your Pipedrive account and authorize; no API keys handled. Access mirrors your Pipedrive user's existing permissions. | — |
| pipedrive-mcp-server (WillDent) | Community | Self-hosted, single-tenant: npm global install, Docker/Compose, published ghcr.io image; stdio or Streamable HTTP transport. | Pipedrive API token via environment variable; optional HS256 JWT bearer auth required for non-loopback HTTP. API tokens carry your user's full account access. | MIT |
| pipedrive-mcp-server (ckalima) | Community | Local via npx, stdio transport only; a guided `init` command validates your key and writes client config for Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code. | Pipedrive API key (40-character) via environment variable; the project's README states plainly there is no hosted OAuth offering. | MIT |
| Composio Pipedrive toolkit | Community | Fully hosted by Composio; configured via their dashboard or SDK, one MCP endpoint per team. | OAuth handled by Composio; your Pipedrive credentials live on Composio's platform, adding a third party to the credential path. | — |
| mcp-pipedrive (Nubiia) | Community | Self-hosted Node process. | Pipedrive API token via environment variable. | MIT |
How to choose
Pick the official Pipedrive server if you want OAuth, zero hosting and vendor support — it is the default answer for most teams, beta label and token metering noted. Pick WillDent's server if you self-host and want the most conservative defaults: read-only out of the box, preview-first writes, JWT-gated HTTP transport. Pick ckalima's if you want the widest tested tool surface (155 contract-tested tools with server-enforced safety modes) and can live with stdio-only. Pick Composio if Pipedrive is one of many tools behind one managed endpoint. Pick Nubiia's only if you need raw API breadth and will prune the 300+ tool list yourself.
How this ranking works
Every server here is real and was checked against its repository or vendor documentation on the date above — stars and licenses come from the GitHub API, not from memory. Order reflects verifiable criteria only: official support, maintenance recency, adoption, auth model, and documented capability coverage. We do not run paid placements, and we list every caveat we find, including the unflattering ones.
Common questions
- Does Pipedrive have an official MCP server?
- Yes. Pipedrive launched a native, hosted MCP server on June 30, 2026 at https://mcp.pipedrive.ai/mcp, available on all plans and compatible with any assistant that supports custom MCP connections. It was still labeled 'BETA' in the Claude connector flow as of September 2026.
- What does setup and auth actually look like for Pipedrive MCP?
- The official server uses OAuth — you paste the server URL into your assistant, sign in to Pipedrive, and authorize; access mirrors your user's existing permissions. Every self-hosted community server instead takes your 40-character Pipedrive API key as an environment variable, and that key grants everything your account can do, so treat it like a password.
- Is the official server free?
- It is included on every Pipedrive plan, but usage counts against token limits tied to your plan tier, and additional tokens can be purchased. There is no separate MCP subscription.
- Can the community servers write to my CRM, or just read?
- It varies by design. WillDent's server is read-only by default with only two opt-in, preview-first write tools; ckalima's defaults to 'safe-write' (reads plus non-destructive creates and updates) and locks deletes behind an explicit 'full' mode; Nubiia's exposes the broad API surface without documented mode gating.
MCP servers we build
Automation Squad publishes its own open-source MCP servers and agent skills, documented with the same rules this ranking uses.