SharePoint Online MCP Server

This is a MCP server for Claude Desktop that allows you to interact with SharePoint Online using the SharePoint REST API. It is designed to be used with the Claude Desktop app, but could be used by other MCP clients as well.

Implementation

Configuration steps

⚠️ You need to be a SharePoint tenant admin or a global admin to create a SharePoint app.

Allow SharePoint-only apps

• Download and install the SharePoint Online Management Shell from here.
• Open PowerShell and run the following command to make sure the SharePoint-only apps are enabled:

Connect-SPOService -Url https://<your-tenant>-admin.sharepoint.com/
Set-SPOTenant -DisableCustomAppAuthentication $false

Create SharePoint-only App

• Open https://.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/appregnew.aspx
• click Generate to create a new client ID and secret.
• Fill in the following fields:
  • App Domain: www.example.com (or any domain you own)
  • Redirect URL: http://example.com
• Click Create to create the app.
• Copy the Client ID and Client Secret values to a safe place. You will need them later.

Grant App Permissions

• Open https://.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/appinv.aspx
• Paste the Client ID value in the App Id field and click Lookup.
• Paste the following XML in the App Permission Request XML field:

<AppPermissionRequests AllowAppOnlyPolicy="true">
   <AppPermissionRequest Scope="http://sharepoint/content/tenant" Right="FullControl" />
</AppPermissionRequests>

• Click Create and then Trust It to grant the app permissions.

Install Node.js

Install node.js version: 22.14.0 or later

Install abd Configure Claude Desktop

• Download Claude Desktop and install it.
• In Claude Desktop, go to File > Settings > Developer.
• Click Edit Config
• Open the claude_desktop_config.json config file in the editor.
• Paste the following to the config and update the mcpServers section with your own values:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "server-sharepoint": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "server-sharepoint"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SHAREPOINT_CLIENT_ID": "<your-client-id>",
        "SHAREPOINT_CLIENT_SECRET": "<your-client-secret>",
        "SHAREPOINT_TENANT_ID": "<your-tenant-id>"
      }
    }
  }
} 

💡Learn how to get the tenant ID from Entra ID

• Save the config file and restart Claude Desktop. Make sure to quick the app completely via the tasks tray icon:

How to “talk” to the MCP Server

• Open Claude Desktop and ask a question like Get me the list of lists from https://<your-tenant>.sharepoint.com/sites/Dashboard-Communication. Present the results in a table form. don't use code.

For contributors

• Build a new npm package

npm run build
npm publish
npx clear-npx-cache
npm cache clean --force

Run MCP Inspector locally

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node build/index.js