Connect NocoDB to Meta Muse via MCP

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NocoDB + Meta Muse

Read NocoDB workspaces, bases, tables, and records from NocoDB Cloud or a self-hosted instance. 7 read-only tools using xc-token API key authentication against the v3 REST API.

Prerequisites

See the full setup instructions baked into the connector (visible in the in-app store when you select the connector). The required environment variables for this connector are:

NOCODB_URL, NOCODB_API_TOKEN

Step 1 — Get credentials

Setting up takes about 2 minutes. You need your NocoDB address and an API token.

1. In NocoDB, open Team & Settings → API Tokens and create a token. Use a token with read-only access where possible. Copy it into NOCODB_API_TOKEN.
2. Set NOCODB_URL to the root NocoDB host, without a trailing slash: https://app.nocodb.com on NocoDB Cloud, or your own host, for example https://nocodb.example.com.
3. Install the connector and run nocodb_list_workspaces: it lists the workspaces your token can see.

Token scope: NocoDB API tokens apply to the whole NocoDB instance and are sent in the xc-token header. To limit what the AI can see, create the token from a user account that has only the permissions it needs.

Where NocoDB runs: AnythingMCP Cloud reaches only publicly reachable NocoDB instances. If your NocoDB host is private or resolves to private address space, self-host AnythingMCP on the same network and allow the host through SSRF_ALLOWED_HOSTS, otherwise the outbound guard blocks the request.

What it reads: through the NocoDB v3 API, your workspaces, bases and tables, a table's columns with names and types, records, one record by its numeric row ID, and record counts. IDs follow a chain: nocodb_list_workspaces gives workspace IDs (starting with w), nocodb_list_bases base IDs (starting with p) and nocodb_list_tables table IDs. Before filtering or sorting, the AI calls nocodb_get_table for the exact field names. Filters use NocoDB syntax, for example (Status,eq,Open)~and(Priority,eq,High), and sorting is JSON, for example [{"field":"CreatedAt","direction":"desc"}].

Community Edition: an unlicensed self-hosted NocoDB may have a single implicit workspace, so nocodb_list_workspaces can return one entry or an empty list. Then go straight to nocodb_list_bases with the known workspace ID, or to the tables if you already know the base ID.

Limits: pageSize is silently capped at 100 on NocoDB Cloud and 1000 on self-hosted instances; nocodb_count_records gives the total before paging through a large table. NocoDB allows about 5 requests per second per user, shared by all of that user's tokens. Over that it returns HTTP 429 with a Retry-After header.

The connector is read-only: it does not create, update or delete records, tables, bases or workspaces, and it does not use views (plan-gated), attachments, webhooks or the deprecated v1 and v2 APIs.

Step 2 — Install the adapter

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d

Step 3 — Add the connector in Muse

Your server URL: in AnythingMCP, open MCP Servers → the server this connector is on, and copy its URL (https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/…). Use it wherever this guide shows YOUR_SERVER_ID.

Muse adds remote MCP servers as custom connectors and signs in to them with OAuth.

1. In Muse, open Settings → Connectors and choose Add custom connector.
2. Paste the MCP server URL https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID.
3. Muse opens the AnythingMCP sign-in page: sign in and approve access.
4. In a chat, ask Muse for something that needs the NocoDB tools.

You can also set it up from a chat, on the web, in the iOS and Android apps or in WhatsApp. Send Muse this message:

Create a Custom Connector for a new remote MCP server, then connect to it:
Name: AnythingMCP
Transport: remote streamable HTTP
URL: https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID
Auth: OAuth

Self-hosting? Use your instance's public HTTPS address instead of https://cloud.anythingmcp.com. Muse connects from Meta's cloud, so localhost does not work.

Available tools

FAQ

Where is Muse available? Meta currently offers Muse in the US and Canada, on the web, in the iOS and Android apps and in WhatsApp.

Does Meta review this connector? No. Meta doesn't review custom connectors. Muse sees only the tools you switched on for this MCP server in AnythingMCP, and you can disconnect it anytime under Settings → Connectors.

Next steps

• Connector landing page
• Connect to Claude
• Connect to ChatGPT