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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +pcx_content_type: reference |
| 3 | +title: MCP Server |
| 4 | +sidebar: |
| 5 | + order: 8 |
| 6 | +--- |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +The MCP server [(Model Context Protocol)](cloudflare.com/learning/ai/what-is-model-context-protocol-mcp/) for Digital Experience Monitoring (DEX) is an AI tool that allows customers to ask a question like, "Show me the connectivity and performance metrics for the device used by carly‌@acme.com", and receive an answer that contains data from the DEX API. |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +Any Cloudflare One customer using a Free, PayGo, or ENT account can access the DEX MCP Server. This feature is available to all Cloudflare One customers. |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +There are two primary options for connecting to the DEX MCP server. |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +## Cloudflare AI Playground |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +Customers can test the DEX MCP server in less than 1 minute by visiting the website for Cloudflare's AI Playground. |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +1. Copy the URL for the DEX MCP server: `https://dex.mcp.cloudflare.com/sse` |
| 19 | +2. Open [playground.ai.cloudflare.com](https://playground.ai.cloudflare.com) in a browser. |
| 20 | +3. Find the section in the left side bar titled MCP Servers. |
| 21 | +4. Paste the URL for the DEX MCP server into the URL input box and click Connect. |
| 22 | +5. Authenticate your Cloudflare account, and then start asking questions about your DEX data. |
| 23 | + |
| 24 | +Today, Cloudflare's AI Playground is a great way to quickly try out a new MCP Server. |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +There is one important caveat. End users will need to ask specific and explicit questions to get a response. For example, you need to provide the instruction “Set XYZ as the active account". Then, you can ask a specific question: “Fetch the DEX test results for the user bob@‌acme.com over the past 24 hours”. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +## AI Assistant |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +Customers will get a more flexible and robust prompt experience by configuring the DEX MCP server with their preferred AI assistant (Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, etc.). |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +If you get stuck during the configuration process, you can ask your AI assistant for help with configuring an MCP server via URL. |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +### Claude |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +You will need a Claude Pro account (or higher subscription) to configure an MCP server. |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +1. Download the [Claude desktop client](https://claude.ai/download) |
| 39 | +2. Open the Claude desktop client, and login or set up an account. |
| 40 | +3. Expand the left side bar menu, and select **Claude Code**. |
| 41 | +4. Within the Desktop App menu, select **Developer** and you'll see the **Local MCP servers** page. |
| 42 | +5. Click **Edit Config** and open claude_desktop_config.json in a text editor of your choice. |
| 43 | +6. Copy the JSON configuration for the DEX MCP server and paste it into **claude_desktop_config.json**. Save the file. |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +```bash |
| 46 | +{ |
| 47 | + "globalShortcut": "", |
| 48 | + "mcpServers": { |
| 49 | + "cloudflare-dex-analysis": { |
| 50 | + "command": "npx", |
| 51 | + "args": ["mcp-remote", "https://dex.mcp.cloudflare.com/sse"] |
| 52 | + } |
| 53 | + } |
| 54 | +} |
| 55 | +``` |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +7. Fully close Claude by using the task manager to stop any background processes related to Claude. |
| 58 | +8. Open Claude, and your DEX MCP server configuration should appear on the **Local MCP servers** page. |
| 59 | +9. Authenticate your Cloudflare account and allow the DEX MCP server. |
| 60 | +10. You can start asking Claude questions about DEX. As a simple test, you can ask "Are you connected to the DEX MCP server". |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +### Gemini CLI |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +All tiers of Google AI Free, Pro, and Ultra offer an MCP server integration via the Gemini CLI. |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +You will need to use a CLI of your choice and npm or homebrew to install and access the Gemini CLI. |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +1. Visit the GitHub page for the [Gemini CLI](https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli) and follow the installation instructions. |
| 69 | +2. Navigate to the **settings.json** file for your Gemini CLI install and open it in a text editor of your choice. |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | +File path for the settings.json file for different operating systems: |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +- Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\settings.json |
| 74 | +- Mac and Linux: ~/.gemini/settings.json |
| 75 | + |
| 76 | +3. Copy the JSON configuration for the DEX MCP server and paste it into **settings.json**. Save the file. |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +```bash |
| 79 | +{ |
| 80 | + "globalShortcut": "", |
| 81 | + "mcpServers": { |
| 82 | + "cloudflare-dex-analysis": { |
| 83 | + "command": "npx", |
| 84 | + "args": ["mcp-remote", "https://dex.mcp.cloudflare.com/sse"] |
| 85 | + } |
| 86 | + } |
| 87 | +} |
| 88 | +``` |
| 89 | + |
| 90 | +4. Run Gemini in your CLI of choice. |
| 91 | +5. If everything is working as expected, you will see a message in the Gemini CLI that says "Using: 1 MCP server (ctrl+t to view)". |
| 92 | +6. Authenticate the email associated with your Cloudflare account in the Gemini CLI. |
| 93 | +7. You can start asking the Gemini CLI questions about DEX. As a simple test, you can ask "Are you connected to the DEX MCP server". |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | +### ChatGPT |
| 96 | + |
| 97 | +You will need a ChatGPT Pro or Business account to configure an MCP server. ChatGPT Free and Plus do not support MCP servers. |
| 98 | + |
| 99 | +1. Download the [ChatGPT desktop app](https://chatgpt.com/features/desktop). |
| 100 | +2. Open the ChatGPT desktop app, and login or set up an account. |
| 101 | +3. Open the **Settings** menu and select **Connectors**. |
| 102 | +4. Select the option to create a new Connector. |
| 103 | +5. Provide a Name (like "DEX MCP"), Description (optional), and MCP Server URL for the Connector. The DEX MCP Server URL is: `https://dex.mcp.cloudflare.com/sse` |
| 104 | +6. Create the new Connector |
| 105 | +7. Before you ask ChatGPT a question about DEX, select the plus "+" button next to the ChatGPT prompt box. |
| 106 | +8. Select **Use Connectors**, then select **Add Sources** and select the DEX MCP as a source. |
| 107 | +9. You can start asking ChatGPT questions about DEX. As a simple test, you can ask "Are you connected to the DEX MCP server". |
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