Official MCP server/plugin for Payload CMS to enable “vibe coding” workflows

[KhademOHAli1]

Ship an official MCP server (plus optional plugin/CLI) for Payload CMS. Expose a typed tool surface for CRUD, schema introspection, scaffolding, migrations, and codegen via stdio. Designed to work smoothly with AI IDEs/agents that speak MCP (Codex, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Continue, Cline, etc.). Goal: deliver first-class AI DX for Payload projects with minimal glue.

Problem

Many teams exploring AI-assisted dev need a safe, deterministic bridge from LLMs to project internals. Today this often means ad-hoc prompts and custom scripts, which can be fragile, harder to secure, and difficult to reuse across projects.

Proposal

Deliver an official package @payloadcms/mcp that:

• Boot an MCP server bound to the local project
• Load payload.config.ts and reflect TS types
• Provide a minimal, typed tool set over stdio
• Ship a CLI for local use and CI hooks
• Offer a GraphQL tool adapter when GraphQL is enabled
• Support admin tasks (draft, publish, uploads) behind stricter RBAC
• Provide blueprints for page/section scaffolding
• Offer optional mTLS for socket transport
• Include opt-in telemetry for usage stats
• Support OIDC for CI bots

An optional plugin payload-plugin-mcp can add project-level cfg sugar and tool registration.