Django Admin MCP

Expose Django admin models to MCP (Model Context Protocol) clients via HTTP. Add a mixin to your ModelAdmin classes and get instant access to CRUD operations, admin actions, model history, and more. Its 13 documented tools cluster into read & search, create & write, update, delete. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

People who work with automation and django and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Python.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-16 · ★ 18 · #38 OF 227 MAINTAINED AUTOMATION · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

MIT · Python servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Django Admin MCP

before you install - you'll need

The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install.

Claude Code

claude mcp add 7tg-django-admin-mcp -- uvx django-admin-mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "7tg-django-admin-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "django-admin-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

license MIT - declared in the repository

pypi package django-admin-mcp - check the name against the project README before installing (PyPI has no namespace ownership)

registry namespace io.github.7tg is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Django Admin MCP can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

With this server connected, an agent can list all articles with pagination (limit, offset) and filtering, get a single article by id, create a new article with field values, and update an existing article by id.

Capability map

Tools grouped from the project's README - what Django Admin MCP lets an agent do.

read & search

4 tools - e.g. List all articles with pagination (limit, offset) and filtering; Get a single article by id; Discover all exposed models and their available tools

list_article · get_article · find_models · describe_article

create & write

1 tool - e.g. Create a new article with field values

create_article

update

1 tool - e.g. Update an existing article by id

update_article

delete

1 tool - e.g. Delete an article by id

delete_article

Actions

1 tool - e.g. List available admin actions for the model

actions_article

Action

1 tool - e.g. Execute an admin action on selected records

action_article

Bulk

1 tool - e.g. Bulk create, update, or delete multiple records

bulk_article

1 tool - e.g. Get related objects via foreign keys

related_article

Latest releases

v0.7.2 · 2026-09-16

Changed · list_ rejects invalid filters and order_by instead of silently dropping them. Unknown fields, disallowed lookups, and relation traversal now return an error response naming every offending key (with the…

v0.7.1 · 2026-09-16

Hotfix for a production crash reported via Sentry. · Fixed · describe_ (and any handler response) no longer crashes with PydanticSerializationError when admin config or model metadata contains Django lazy translation…

v0.7.0 · 2026-09-16

Hardening release fixing all eleven findings from the second post-release audit (#100–#110). · Security · tools/list is filtered by the token's permissions. Models failing the module/view permission checks no longer…

04 · Who maintains Django Admin MCP

Django Admin MCP is maintained by 7tg. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Dec 2025.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/7tg/django-admin-mcp
website: https://7tg.github.io/django-admin-mcp/
category: automation - ranked #38 of 227 actively-maintained automation servers as of 2026-09-18.
release cadence: 8 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-16)
registry: io.github.7tg/django-admin-mcp (active, first published 2026-09-16 · 2 versions)
packages: pypi:django-admin-mcp

06 · Django Admin MCP FAQ

Is Django Admin MCP still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-16 and it shipped 8 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

What can Django Admin MCP do?

How do I install Django Admin MCP?

Run `uvx django-admin-mcp`. The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Django Admin MCP run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via uvx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

07 · Alternatives to Django Admin MCP

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