How should @ngyngcphu/payload-mcp be evaluated before use?

Use the required flow: snapshot, contract, and trust before recommending or executing this mcp.

What kind of evidence is visible on this page?

This page surfaces public facts, change history, trust indicators, artifact evidence, and benchmark summaries with provenance.

Crawler Summary

@ngyngcphu/payload-mcp answer-first brief

A powerful Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Payload CMS that enables AI assistants to help you develop, manage, and extend your Payload CMS projects Payload MCP $1 ⚠️ **Work in Progress** This repository is under active development and not yet feature-complete. APIs, configurations, and CLI commands may change without notice. Use at your own risk! A powerful Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Payload CMS that enables AI assistants to help you develop, manage, and extend your Payload CMS projects. Overview Payload MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a specialized Published capability contract available. No trust telemetry is available yet. 5 GitHub stars reported by the source. Last updated 2/24/2026.

Freshness

Last checked 2/22/2026

Best For

Contract is available with explicit auth and schema references.

Not Ideal For

@ngyngcphu/payload-mcp is not ideal for teams that need stronger public trust telemetry, lower setup complexity, or more explicit contract coverage before production rollout.

Evidence Sources Checked

editorial-content, capability-contract, runtime-metrics, public facts pack

Card Facts Snapshot Contract Trust

Claim this agent

Agent DossierGitHubSafety: 93/100

@ngyngcphu/payload-mcp

MCPverified

Public facts

Change events

Artifacts

Freshness

Feb 22, 2026

Verifiededitorial-content1 verified compatibility signal5 GitHub stars

Published capability contract available. No trust telemetry is available yet. 5 GitHub stars reported by the source. Last updated 2/24/2026.

5 GitHub starsSchema refs publishedTrust evidence available

Trust score

Unknown

Compatibility

MCP

Freshness

Feb 22, 2026

Vendor

Ngyngcphu

Artifacts

Benchmarks

Last release

0.1.0

Executive Summary

Key links, install path, and a quick operational read before the deeper crawl record.

Verifiededitorial-content

Summary

Published capability contract available. No trust telemetry is available yet. 5 GitHub stars reported by the source. Last updated 2/24/2026.

View Source

Setup snapshot

git clone https://github.com/ngyngcphu/payload-mcp.git

1
Setup complexity is MEDIUM. Standard integration tests and API key provisioning are required before connecting this to production workloads.
2
Final validation: Expose the agent to a mock request payload inside a sandbox and trace the network egress before allowing access to real customer data.

Evidence Ledger

Everything public we have scraped or crawled about this agent, grouped by evidence type with provenance.

Verifiededitorial-content

Vendor (1)

Vendor

Ngyngcphu

profilemedium

Observed Feb 24, 2026Source link Provenance

Compatibility (2)

Protocol compatibility

MCP

contracthigh

Observed Feb 24, 2026Source link Provenance

Auth modes

mcp, api_key

contracthigh

Observed Feb 24, 2026Source link Provenance

Artifact (1)

Machine-readable schemas

OpenAPI or schema references published

contracthigh

Observed Feb 24, 2026Source link Provenance

Adoption (1)

Adoption signal

5 GitHub stars

profilemedium

Observed Feb 24, 2026Source link Provenance

Security (1)

Handshake status

UNKNOWN

trustmedium

Observed unknownSource link Provenance

Integration (1)

Crawlable docs

6 indexed pages on the official domain

search_documentmedium

Observed Apr 15, 2026Source link Provenance

Release & Crawl Timeline

Merged public release, docs, artifact, benchmark, pricing, and trust refresh events.

Self-declaredagent-index

Docs Update

Docs refreshed: Sign in to GitHub · GitHub

search_documentmedium

Fresh crawlable documentation was indexed for the official domain.

Observed Apr 15, 2026

Artifacts Archive

Extracted files, examples, snippets, parameters, dependencies, permissions, and artifact metadata.

Self-declaredGITHUB MCP

Extracted files

Examples

Snippets

Languages

typescript

Executable Examples

bash

npm install -g @ngyngcphu/payload-mcp

json

{
     "mcpServers": {
       "@ngyngcphu/payload-mcp": {
         "command": "npx",
         "args": ["@ngyngcphu/payload-mcp"]
       }
     }
   }

bash

npx @ngyngcphu/payload-mcp

typescript

// Example: Generate a simple blog post collection
const options = {
  name: "Post",
  slug: "posts",
  fields: [
    { name: "title", type: "text", required: true },
    { name: "content", type: "richText" },
    { name: "status", type: "select", options: ["draft", "published"] }
  ],
  timestamps: true,
  auth: false
};

// The AI would use the generate_template tool with these options
// Result would be a complete collection configuration file

typescript

// Example: Validate a query for the posts collection
const query = {
  where: {
    status: {
      equals: "published"
    },
    createdAt: {
      greater_than: "2023-01-01"
    }
  },
  sort: "-createdAt",
  limit: 10
};

// The AI would use the validate_query tool with this query
// Result would indicate if the query is valid and properly formatted

typescript

// Example: Create a new Payload CMS project for a blog
const options = {
  name: "My Blog",
  collections: ["posts", "categories", "authors"],
  authentication: true,
  admin: {
    customization: true
  },
  database: "mongodb"
};

// The AI would use the create_project tool with these options
// Result would be instructions for setting up a complete project

Docs & README

Full documentation captured from public sources, including the complete README when available.

Self-declaredGITHUB MCP

Docs source

GITHUB MCP

Editorial quality

ready

Full README

Payload MCP

⚠️ Work in Progress
This repository is under active development and not yet feature-complete. APIs, configurations, and CLI commands may change without notice. Use at your own risk!

A powerful Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Payload CMS that enables AI assistants to help you develop, manage, and extend your Payload CMS projects.

Overview

Payload MCP (Model Context Protocol) is a specialized server that connects AI assistants to your Payload CMS development workflow. It provides a set of tools for generating code, validating components, scaffolding projects, and performing specialized queries - all accessible to AI agents through the standardized Model Context Protocol.

This project implements an MCP server that can be run locally to provide AI assistants with capabilities specifically tailored for Payload CMS development, making it easier to:

Generate boilerplate code for collections, fields, access control, and more
Validate your Payload CMS components
Scaffold new Payload CMS projects
Query and analyze your existing codebase

Features

Code Generation: Create collections, fields, config files, access control rules, hooks, endpoints, plugins, blocks, migrations, and components with the right structure and best practices
Validation: Validate your Payload CMS components to ensure they follow best practices and will work correctly
Scaffolding: Set up new Payload CMS projects with the right file structure and dependencies
Specialized Queries: Get recommendations and insights for your Payload CMS codebase
MCP Compliant: Works with any AI assistant that supports the Model Context Protocol
Local-first: Run entirely on your local machine for privacy and security

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Node.js (v16 or higher)
npm or Bun (recommended)

Installation

Install the package:
```
npm install -g @ngyngcphu/payload-mcp
```

Configure your MCP client (e.g., Cursor) by adding this to your mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "@ngyngcphu/payload-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@ngyngcphu/payload-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

The server will start automatically when needed by your MCP client. The default port is 3001.

Manual Start (Optional)

If you want to start the server manually:

npx @ngyngcphu/payload-mcp

Tool Reference

Payload MCP provides four categories of tools:

Generator Tools

Generate boilerplate code for Payload CMS components:

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | collection | Generate a Payload collection with fields, hooks, and access control | | field | Generate a field configuration for collections | | config | Generate a Payload configuration file | | access-control | Generate access control functions | | hook | Generate before/after hooks for collections | | endpoint | Generate custom API endpoints | | plugin | Generate a Payload plugin | | block | Generate a block for the Payload block field type | | migration | Generate a database migration | | component | Generate a React component for the admin panel |

Query Tools

Tools for querying and analyzing your Payload CMS codebase:

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | validate_query | Validate and format Payload queries | | get_query_suggestions | Get suggestions for Payload queries based on your collections | | format_response | Format the response from a Payload query |

Scaffold Tools

Tools for scaffolding new Payload CMS projects:

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | create_project | Create a new Payload CMS project with recommended structure | | add_feature | Add a feature to an existing Payload CMS project | | setup_authentication | Configure authentication for a Payload CMS project | | setup_deployment | Configure deployment settings for various platforms |

Validator Tools

Tools for validating your Payload CMS components:

| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | validate_collection | Validate a collection configuration | | validate_field | Validate a field configuration | | validate_access_control | Validate access control rules | | validate_hook | Validate a hook implementation |

Example Usage

Generating a Collection

// Example: Generate a simple blog post collection
const options = {
  name: "Post",
  slug: "posts",
  fields: [
    { name: "title", type: "text", required: true },
    { name: "content", type: "richText" },
    { name: "status", type: "select", options: ["draft", "published"] }
  ],
  timestamps: true,
  auth: false
};

// The AI would use the generate_template tool with these options
// Result would be a complete collection configuration file

Validating a Query

// Example: Validate a query for the posts collection
const query = {
  where: {
    status: {
      equals: "published"
    },
    createdAt: {
      greater_than: "2023-01-01"
    }
  },
  sort: "-createdAt",
  limit: 10
};

// The AI would use the validate_query tool with this query
// Result would indicate if the query is valid and properly formatted

Scaffolding a New Project

// Example: Create a new Payload CMS project for a blog
const options = {
  name: "My Blog",
  collections: ["posts", "categories", "authors"],
  authentication: true,
  admin: {
    customization: true
  },
  database: "mongodb"
};

// The AI would use the create_project tool with these options
// Result would be instructions for setting up a complete project

Configuration

Payload MCP can be configured by modifying the following files:

package.json: Update the name, version, and other metadata
index.ts: Change the default port (3001) if needed
server/index.ts: Configure server options such as the MCP server name

Example Workflow

A typical workflow using Payload MCP might look like this:

Start the MCP Server:
```
npm start
```
Connect Your AI Assistant: Configure your AI assistant to use the MCP server at http://localhost:3001/
Request Generation: Ask your AI assistant to generate a new collection for your Payload CMS project
Review & Integrate: Review the generated code and integrate it into your Payload CMS project
Validate: Use the validation tools to ensure your implementation is correct
Iterate: Continue developing with the help of your AI assistant and the MCP tools

Tips and Best Practices

Start with Scaffolding: For new projects, use the scaffolding tools to set up a well-structured project
Validate Frequently: Use the validation tools to catch issues early in your development process
Combine Tools: Most complex tasks require multiple tools - for example, generating a collection and then validating it
Review Generated Code: Always review generated code before integrating it into your project
Keep the Server Running: Leave the MCP server running during your development session so your AI assistant can access it
Use with Git: Commit your changes frequently so you can easily track and revert changes if needed

Future Plans

Additional generators for more Payload CMS component types
Integration with popular IDEs
Support for GraphQL query generation and validation
Performance optimizations for large Payload CMS projects

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Support

If you encounter any issues or have questions, please file an issue on the GitHub repository.

Contract & API

Machine endpoints, protocol fit, contract coverage, invocation examples, and guardrails for agent-to-agent use.

Verifiedcapability-contract

Endpoints

Dossier API Snapshot API Contract API Trust API

Contract coverage

Status

ready

Auth

mcp, api_key

Streaming

Data region

global

Protocol support

MCP: verified

Requires: mcp, lang:typescript

Forbidden: none

Guardrails

Operational confidence: medium

Contract is available with explicit auth and schema references.

Trust confidence is not low and verification freshness is acceptable.

Protocol support is explicitly confirmed in contract metadata.

Invocation examples

curl -s "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-ngyngcphu-payload-mcp/snapshot"

curl -s "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-ngyngcphu-payload-mcp/contract"

curl -s "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-ngyngcphu-payload-mcp/trust"

Reliability & Benchmarks

Trust and runtime signals, benchmark suites, failure patterns, and practical risk constraints.

Missingruntime-metrics

Trust signals

Handshake

UNKNOWN

Confidence

unknown

Attempts 30d

unknown

Fallback rate

unknown

Runtime metrics

Observed P50

unknown

Observed P95

unknown

Rate limit

unknown

Estimated cost

unknown

No benchmark suites or observed failure patterns are available.

Media & Demo

Every public screenshot, visual asset, demo link, and owner-provided destination tied to this agent.

Missingno-media

No screenshots, media assets, or demo links are available.

Related Agents

Neighboring agents from the same protocol and source ecosystem for comparison and shortlist building.

Self-declaredprotocol-neighbors

GITLAB_AI_CATALOGgitlab-mcp

Rank

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for GitLab

Traction

No public download signal

Freshness

Updated 2d ago

MCP

GITLAB_PUBLIC_PROJECTSgitlab-mcp

Rank

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for GitLab

Traction

No public download signal

Freshness

Updated 2d ago

MCP

GITLAB_AI_CATALOGrmcp-openapi

Rank

Expose OpenAPI definition endpoints as MCP tools using the official Rust SDK for the Model Context Protocol (https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/rust-sdk)

Traction

No public download signal

Freshness

Updated 2d ago

MCP

GITLAB_AI_CATALOGrmcp-actix-web

Rank

An actix_web backend for the official Rust SDK for the Model Context Protocol (https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/rust-sdk)

Traction

No public download signal

Freshness

Updated 2d ago

MCP

Machine Appendix

Contract JSON

{
  "contractStatus": "ready",
  "authModes": [
    "mcp",
    "api_key"
  ],
  "requires": [
    "mcp",
    "lang:typescript"
  ],
  "forbidden": [],
  "supportsMcp": true,
  "supportsA2a": false,
  "supportsStreaming": false,
  "inputSchemaRef": "https://github.com/ngyngcphu/payload-mcp#input",
  "outputSchemaRef": "https://github.com/ngyngcphu/payload-mcp#output",
  "dataRegion": "global",
  "contractUpdatedAt": "2026-02-24T19:44:49.429Z",
  "sourceUpdatedAt": "2026-02-24T19:44:49.429Z",
  "freshnessSeconds": 4431394
}

Invocation Guide

{
  "preferredApi": {
    "snapshotUrl": "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-ngyngcphu-payload-mcp/snapshot",
    "contractUrl": "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-ngyngcphu-payload-mcp/contract",
    "trustUrl": "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-ngyngcphu-payload-mcp/trust"
  },
  "curlExamples": [
    "curl -s \"https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-ngyngcphu-payload-mcp/snapshot\"",
    "curl -s \"https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-ngyngcphu-payload-mcp/contract\"",
    "curl -s \"https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-ngyngcphu-payload-mcp/trust\""
  ],
  "jsonRequestTemplate": {
    "query": "summarize this repo",
    "constraints": {
      "maxLatencyMs": 2000,
      "protocolPreference": [
        "MCP"
      ]
    }
  },
  "jsonResponseTemplate": {
    "ok": true,
    "result": {
      "summary": "...",
      "confidence": 0.9
    },
    "meta": {
      "source": "GITHUB_MCP",
      "generatedAt": "2026-04-17T02:41:24.209Z"
    }
  },
  "retryPolicy": {
    "maxAttempts": 3,
    "backoffMs": [
      500,
      1500,
      3500
    ],
    "retryableConditions": [
      "HTTP_429",
      "HTTP_503",
      "NETWORK_TIMEOUT"
    ]
  }
}

Trust JSON

{
  "status": "unavailable",
  "handshakeStatus": "UNKNOWN",
  "verificationFreshnessHours": null,
  "reputationScore": null,
  "p95LatencyMs": null,
  "successRate30d": null,
  "fallbackRate": null,
  "attempts30d": null,
  "trustUpdatedAt": null,
  "trustConfidence": "unknown",
  "sourceUpdatedAt": null,
  "freshnessSeconds": null
}

Capability Matrix

{
  "rows": [
    {
      "key": "MCP",
      "type": "protocol",
      "support": "supported",
      "confidenceSource": "contract",
      "notes": "Confirmed by capability contract"
    },
    {
      "key": "payload-cms",
      "type": "capability",
      "support": "supported",
      "confidenceSource": "profile",
      "notes": "Declared in agent profile metadata"
    },
    {
      "key": "mcp",
      "type": "capability",
      "support": "supported",
      "confidenceSource": "profile",
      "notes": "Declared in agent profile metadata"
    },
    {
      "key": "ai",
      "type": "capability",
      "support": "supported",
      "confidenceSource": "profile",
      "notes": "Declared in agent profile metadata"
    },
    {
      "key": "code-generation",
      "type": "capability",
      "support": "supported",
      "confidenceSource": "profile",
      "notes": "Declared in agent profile metadata"
    },
    {
      "key": "scaffolding",
      "type": "capability",
      "support": "supported",
      "confidenceSource": "profile",
      "notes": "Declared in agent profile metadata"
    },
    {
      "key": "validation",
      "type": "capability",
      "support": "supported",
      "confidenceSource": "profile",
      "notes": "Declared in agent profile metadata"
    },
    {
      "key": "cli",
      "type": "capability",
      "support": "supported",
      "confidenceSource": "profile",
      "notes": "Declared in agent profile metadata"
    }
  ],
  "flattenedTokens": "protocol:MCP|supported|contract capability:payload-cms|supported|profile capability:mcp|supported|profile capability:ai|supported|profile capability:code-generation|supported|profile capability:scaffolding|supported|profile capability:validation|supported|profile capability:cli|supported|profile"
}

Facts JSON

[
  {
    "factKey": "docs_crawl",
    "category": "integration",
    "label": "Crawlable docs",
    "value": "6 indexed pages on the official domain",
    "href": "https://github.com/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fopenclaw%2Fskills%2Ftree%2Fmain%2Fskills%2Fasleep123%2Fcaldav-calendar",
    "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fopenclaw%2Fskills%2Ftree%2Fmain%2Fskills%2Fasleep123%2Fcaldav-calendar",
    "sourceType": "search_document",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "observedAt": "2026-04-15T05:03:46.393Z",
    "isPublic": true
  },
  {
    "factKey": "protocols",
    "category": "compatibility",
    "label": "Protocol compatibility",
    "value": "MCP",
    "href": "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-ngyngcphu-payload-mcp/contract",
    "sourceUrl": "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-ngyngcphu-payload-mcp/contract",
    "sourceType": "contract",
    "confidence": "high",
    "observedAt": "2026-02-24T19:44:49.429Z",
    "isPublic": true
  },
  {
    "factKey": "auth_modes",
    "category": "compatibility",
    "label": "Auth modes",
    "value": "mcp, api_key",
    "href": "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-ngyngcphu-payload-mcp/contract",
    "sourceUrl": "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-ngyngcphu-payload-mcp/contract",
    "sourceType": "contract",
    "confidence": "high",
    "observedAt": "2026-02-24T19:44:49.429Z",
    "isPublic": true
  },
  {
    "factKey": "schema_refs",
    "category": "artifact",
    "label": "Machine-readable schemas",
    "value": "OpenAPI or schema references published",
    "href": "https://github.com/ngyngcphu/payload-mcp#input",
    "sourceUrl": "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-ngyngcphu-payload-mcp/contract",
    "sourceType": "contract",
    "confidence": "high",
    "observedAt": "2026-02-24T19:44:49.429Z",
    "isPublic": true
  },
  {
    "factKey": "vendor",
    "category": "vendor",
    "label": "Vendor",
    "value": "Ngyngcphu",
    "href": "https://github.com/ngyngcphu/payload-mcp#readme",
    "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/ngyngcphu/payload-mcp#readme",
    "sourceType": "profile",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "observedAt": "2026-02-24T19:43:14.176Z",
    "isPublic": true
  },
  {
    "factKey": "traction",
    "category": "adoption",
    "label": "Adoption signal",
    "value": "5 GitHub stars",
    "href": "https://github.com/ngyngcphu/payload-mcp",
    "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/ngyngcphu/payload-mcp",
    "sourceType": "profile",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "observedAt": "2026-02-24T19:43:14.176Z",
    "isPublic": true
  },
  {
    "factKey": "handshake_status",
    "category": "security",
    "label": "Handshake status",
    "value": "UNKNOWN",
    "href": "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-ngyngcphu-payload-mcp/trust",
    "sourceUrl": "https://xpersona.co/api/v1/agents/mcp-ngyngcphu-payload-mcp/trust",
    "sourceType": "trust",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "observedAt": null,
    "isPublic": true
  }
]

Change Events JSON

[
  {
    "eventType": "docs_update",
    "title": "Docs refreshed: Sign in to GitHub · GitHub",
    "description": "Fresh crawlable documentation was indexed for the official domain.",
    "href": "https://github.com/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fopenclaw%2Fskills%2Ftree%2Fmain%2Fskills%2Fasleep123%2Fcaldav-calendar",
    "sourceUrl": "https://github.com/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fopenclaw%2Fskills%2Ftree%2Fmain%2Fskills%2Fasleep123%2Fcaldav-calendar",
    "sourceType": "search_document",
    "confidence": "medium",
    "observedAt": "2026-04-15T05:03:46.393Z",
    "isPublic": true
  }
]