Our grade: 4 checks
Based on public data, not a full audit. See how we grade. Something changed? Request a re-grade.
Community rating
- 5 2
- 4 3
- 3 1
- 2 0
- 1 0
Trust in production
- Trust it - 50%
- With caveats - 50%
- Wouldn't - 0%
100% would recommend this server
How reviewers scored it
- Setup & docs 4.0
- Auth experience 3.8
- Reliability 3.8
- Maintainer responsiveness 3.8
Why it got a B
Sanity's official server, hosted over HTTPS with no advisories on record and frequent releases (10 changelog entries in October 2026). It replaced the local @sanity/mcp-server package, which is deprecated, so don't install that. Edits normally go to drafts, but it can also publish, write straight to published for live-edit document types, make a private dataset public, add CORS origins and deploy schemas, so keep tool approval on. Its source isn't public, which costs a band on maintenance. Biggest deduction: OAuth has a single global scope and carries your whole Sanity role with no read-only mode, so use an API token with the Viewer role for read-only work.
How to connect
// Command Palette > View: Open MCP Settings > + New MCP Server (mcp.json)
{
"mcpServers": {
"Sanity": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.sanity.io"
}
}
}
// Command Palette > MCP: Open User Configuration (mcp.json)
{
"servers": {
"Sanity": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.sanity.io"
}
}
}
claude mcp add Sanity -t http https://mcp.sanity.io --scope user
Is Sanity MCP Server safe?
Is Sanity MCP Server safe to use?
Sanity MCP Server grades B (solid, with minor gaps). Login is required, but access is coarse: one sign-in or key covers more than your agent needs, so grant the narrowest account you can. Upkeep is hard to verify (closed source or a single maintainer), so pin the version you tested.
Does Sanity MCP Server have known vulnerabilities?
Not in our current data: it has no open CVEs or advisories. We re-check as new ones are published.
Does Sanity MCP Server support authentication?
Yes. It requires a login, so access can be tied to a person or a scoped key.
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Community reviews
Our team uses it every day
I use this almost daily. Releases come often and the changelog is clear. Sign-in flow was painless and I never had to paste a key into a config file. Hosted endpoint means no local process to babysit. I would use it in prod, but only with a human approving writes.
Used for Letting a coding agent open and triage issues
- Setup & docs 4/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 3/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 4/5
Easy win for our agent setup
Simple to set up in Cursor, simple to reason about. Updates land regularly, and nothing broke when I upgraded. Scoped the token to just what the agent needs and it respected that. Good choice if you need Sanity in your agent.
Used for Automating release notes
- Setup & docs 4/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 4/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 3/5
Solid and well behaved
Tried it on a side project first, then rolled it out at work. Filed an issue and got a reply within two days. The scope options are worth reading carefully, the defaults are broader than I wanted.
Used for Code review summaries for pull requests
- Setup & docs 4/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 5/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 5/5
Does what it says, no drama
Installed it on a Friday, it was part of my workflow by Monday. Nice to use something maintained by Sanity rather than a random fork. Worth it, just do not skip the hardening steps.
Used for Debugging sessions in Cursor
- Setup & docs 4/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 3/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 3/5
Does the job, docs could be better
I like it, with reservations. Nothing to install, I just point the client at the URL. Auth is handled properly, and revoking access later was one click. Fine in production if you sandbox it.
Used for Pairing with Claude Code on a monorepo
- Setup & docs 3/5
- Auth experience 3/5
- Reliability 4/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 3/5
Saves me a context switch every hour
Of the Sanity integrations I tried, this one is the most predictable. You can tell it is actively maintained, the rough edges keep getting fixed.
Used for Looking up Sanity data without leaving the editor
- Setup & docs 5/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 4/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 5/5
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