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An overview of the MCP servers commercetools provides to facilitate AI-driven commerce applications.

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) enables AI agents to understand and interact with your commercetools APIs through a unified interface. commercetools provides two MCP servers for different purposes: Commerce MCP and Knowledge MCP.
VariantDescription
Commerce MCPProvides AI agents with direct access to resources such as Carts and Orders. It requires API access to a Project.
Knowledge MCPMakes documentation and APIs accessible to IDEs, automation tools, and AI assistants. It can be used without access to a Project.

Commerce MCP

Commerce MCP is currently under development and may be subject to changes.

Commerce MCP offers the following benefits:
  • Composability: Pluggable, discoverable, and modular components.
  • Interoperability: Complements other protocols, such as Agent-to-Agent (A2A).
  • Security: Enforces scoped access with built-in safeguards for commerce operations.

Commerce MCP is an AI agent interface for managing resources in your Project.

  • Extensive set of tools for commerce operations.
  • Deployable in desktop AI applications or autonomous agents.
  • Uses API client credentials to act securely on behalf of users.

Commerce MCP enables SaaS applications that are prebuilt with commerce capabilities, supporting AI-powered assistants and autonomous commerce agents.

Knowledge MCP

Knowledge MCP exposes developer documentation and API specifications to IDEs, AI agents, and automation tools. It is completely free to use.
  • Public REST APIs for:
    • Semantic documentation search
    • GraphQL schema and OpenAPI Specification (OAS) access
    • Development prompts and contextual help
    • GraphQL query and mutation validation against the commercetools schema
    • commercetools-specific conventions and best practices via the commercetools-developer-tips prompt
  • Direct integration with:
    • Cursor
    • GitHub Copilot
    • Visual Studio Code
    • JetBrains IDEs
    • Windsurf
    • Custom-built agents

Knowledge MCP reduces developer ramp-up time, accelerates delivery, and supports AI-assisted development workflows.