The Interplanetary File System (IPFS) MCP toolkit gives AI Agents and automated workflows the ability to utilise IPFS as a backend storage medium. Upload, retrieve, pin, and manage encrypted files on IPFS via a simple API accessible as MCP tools
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add --transport http ipfs-toolkit https://mcp-servers.bh.tkllabs.io:9780/ipfs-mcp --header 'Authorization: <AUTHORIZATION>'~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.ipfs-toolkit]
url = "https://mcp-servers.bh.tkllabs.io:9780/ipfs-mcp"
http_headers = { Authorization = "<AUTHORIZATION>" }
# codex mcp add ipfs-toolkit --url https://mcp-servers.bh.tkllabs.io:9780/ipfs-mcp~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"ipfs-toolkit": {
"url": "https://mcp-servers.bh.tkllabs.io:9780/ipfs-mcp",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "<AUTHORIZATION>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"ipfs-toolkit": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp-servers.bh.tkllabs.io:9780/ipfs-mcp",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "<AUTHORIZATION>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"ipfs-toolkit": {
"httpUrl": "https://mcp-servers.bh.tkllabs.io:9780/ipfs-mcp",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "<AUTHORIZATION>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json · Customize › Connectors › Add custom connector
{
"mcpServers": {
"ipfs-toolkit": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp-servers.bh.tkllabs.io:9780/ipfs-mcp",
"--header",
"Authorization:<AUTHORIZATION>"
]
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"ipfs-toolkit": {
"url": "https://mcp-servers.bh.tkllabs.io:9780/ipfs-mcp",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "<AUTHORIZATION>"
}
}
}
}