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Magento 2 Dev MCP

MCP server that runs magerun2 commands on a Magento 2 install, letting AI agents manage caches, modules, config, DI, cron, deploys and SQL queries.

  • Third-party company
  • Runs locally
  • No credentials

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ecommerceguide summary

Magento 2 Dev MCP runs magerun2 commands on a Magento 2 install so an AI agent can clean caches, list modules and observers, read and set config, compile DI, run setup:upgrade, deploy static content, run cron jobs and execute SQL queries. It runs locally over stdio via npx -y @elgentos/magento2-dev-mcp, needs no credentials, and detects Warden, DDEV, docker-magento and docker-compose to route commands into the container. Published by elgentos under MIT; the README marks the project abandoned in favour of magerun2's built-in MCP server.

Why it stands out

Runs magerun2 through MCP and auto-detects Warden, DDEV, docker-magento and docker-compose to execute inside the container.

What Magento 2 Dev MCP does

ecommerceguide editorial
  • Wraps magerun2 CLI commands as MCP tools for Magento 2
  • Read and write: config-set, cache-clean, setup-upgrade, db-query, sys-cron-run
  • Local stdio server installed with npx -y @elgentos/magento2-dev-mcp
  • No authentication; MAGERUN2_COMMAND env var overrides the binary path
  • Detects Warden, DDEV, docker-magento and docker-compose environments automatically
  • Setup documented for Claude Desktop and Cursor configurations
  • MIT licence, JavaScript, maintained by elgentos commerce & configurators
  • README states the project is abandoned; magerun2 9.3.0 ships its own MCP server

How ecommerce teams could use it

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Illustrative scenarios written by ecommerceguide from the product's documented capabilities. They are not customer case studies.

  1. Agency developers maintaining Magento 2 client stores in DDEV or Warden

    Clearing caches and running setup:upgrade after deploying module changes

    Intended outcomeThe agent calls cache-clean, setup-upgrade and setup-di-compile, routed into the container the server detects.

  2. In-house Magento 2 engineering team

    Tracing which plugins and observers apply to a core class before patching

    Intended outcomedev-plugin-list resolves the class hierarchy across DI scopes and returns execution order, with dev-module-observer-list for events.

  3. Freelance Magento 2 developer starting a new extension

    Scaffolding a module with blocks, models, composer.json and a readme

    Intended outcomedev-module-create generates and registers the module with the chosen options and can enable it on creation.

Who it suits

ecommerceguide editorial

Best for

You develop on Magento 2 with magerun2 installed and want Claude Desktop or Cursor to run cache, config, DI, cron and SQL commands locally.

Probably not for

You are not on Magento 2, need a hosted endpoint with authentication, or want a maintained project, since the README declares this one abandoned.

Business size
Any stageFree MIT package run locally per developer machine, with no vendor-stated audience or pricing tiers.
Verticals
Agencies and services, B2B commerce, Omnichannel retail

Technical details

From the vendor's own pages

From the server's repository, documentation and MCP directory listings.

What an agent can do
Store development
Transport
stdio (local)
Authentication
No credentialsOnly env var documented is MAGERUN2_COMMAND to override the binary path; no credentials required.
Package
@elgentos/magento2-dev-mcp (npm)
Language
JavaScript
Licence
MIT
Repository last updated
15 Apr 2026

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Setup documented for

Install command
npx -y @elgentos/magento2-dev-mcp

Command as listed on the repository README, not tested by ecommerceguide. Check the repository README (opens in a new tab) for configuration and credentials before running it.

Works with

Ecommerce platforms and services

  • Magento / Adobe Commerce logoMagento / Adobe Commerce

Systems this server reads from or writes to.

Sources

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