ActiveCampaign MCP Server
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Production-grade MCP server for the ActiveCampaign API. 33 tools for contacts, deals, automations, tags, pipelines, campaigns, custom fields, accounts, and webhooks. The first MCP server for ActiveCampaign's 185,000+ customers.
Explore
- Contacts — List, get, create, update, delete, and search contacts
- Deals — Full CRM deal management with pipeline and stage support
- Tags — Create tags and manage contact-tag associations
- Lists — View mailing lists and subscriber counts
- Automations — List automations and add contacts to workflows
- Pipelines & Stages — View deal pipelines and their stages
- Custom Fields — List fields, get/set values per contact
- Campaigns — View email campaign details and performance metrics
- Accounts — Manage B2B company records
- Webhooks — Create, list, and delete webhook subscriptions
- Rate limiting — Built-in 5 req/s throttle (ActiveCampaign's limit)
- Auto-retry — Automatic retry on 429 responses
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
ActiveCampaign MCP ServerCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
pip install mcp-activecampaign
export ACTIVECAMPAIGN_URL="https://youraccountname.api-us1.com"
export ACTIVECAMPAIGN_API_KEY="your-api-key"
mcp-activecampaign
Category
Tools
| Category | Tools | Notes |
|----------|-------|-------|
| Account | ping | Connection test |
| Contacts | list_contacts, get_contact, create_contact, update_contact, delete_contact, search_contacts | Full CRUD + search |
| Deals | list_deals, get_deal, create_deal, update_deal, delete_deal | Full CRUD with pipeline/stage filters |
| Tags | list_tags, create_tag, add_tag_to_contact, remove_tag_from_contact | Contact tagging |
| Lists | list_lists, get_list | Mailing lists |
| Automations | list_automations, get_automation, add_contact_to_automation | Read + enroll (API limitation: can't create automations) |
| Pipelines | list_pipelines, list_stages | Deal pipeline structure |
| Custom Fields | list_custom_fields, get_field_values, set_field_value | Contact custom data |
| Campaigns | list_campaigns, get_campaign | Read-only (API limitation) |
| Accounts | list_accounts, get_account | B2B company records |
| Webhooks | list_webhooks, create_webhook, delete_webhook | Event subscriptions |
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"activecampaign mcp server": {
"activecampaign": {
"command": "mcp-activecampaign",
"env": {
"ACTIVECAMPAIGN_URL": "https://youraccountname.api-us1.com",
"ACTIVECAMPAIGN_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
}
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"activecampaign": {
"command": "mcp-activecampaign",
"env": {
"ACTIVECAMPAIGN_URL": "https://youraccountname.api-us1.com",
"ACTIVECAMPAIGN_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
}
}
}mcp-activecampaign
Production-grade MCP server for the ActiveCampaign API — 33 tools for contacts, deals, automations, tags, pipelines, campaigns, custom fields, accounts, and webhooks.
The first MCP server for ActiveCampaign's 185,000+ customers.
Features
- Contacts — List, get, create, update, delete, and search contacts
- Deals — Full CRM deal management with pipeline and stage support
- Tags — Create tags and manage contact-tag associations
- Lists — View mailing lists and subscriber counts
- Automations — List automations and add contacts to workflows
- Pipelines & Stages — View deal pipelines and their stages
- Custom Fields — List fields, get/set values per contact
- Campaigns — View email campaign details and performance metrics
- Accounts — Manage B2B company records
- Webhooks — Create, list, and delete webhook subscriptions
- Rate limiting — Built-in 5 req/s throttle (ActiveCampaign's limit)
- Auto-retry — Automatic retry on 429 responses
Quick Start
Install
pip install mcp-activecampaign
Configure
Get your API URL and key from Settings > Developer in your ActiveCampaign account.
Claude Desktop
Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"activecampaign": {
"command": "mcp-activecampaign",
"env": {
"ACTIVECAMPAIGN_URL": "https://youraccountname.api-us1.com",
"ACTIVECAMPAIGN_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
}
}
}
}
Environment Variables
export ACTIVECAMPAIGN_URL="https://youraccountname.api-us1.com"
export ACTIVECAMPAIGN_API_KEY="your-api-key"
mcp-activecampaign
Tools (33)
| Category | Tools | Notes |
|----------|-------|-------|
| Account | ping | Connection test |
| Contacts | list_contacts, get_contact, create_contact, update_contact, delete_contact, search_contacts | Full CRUD + search |
| Deals | list_deals, get_deal, create_deal, update_deal, delete_deal | Full CRUD with pipeline/stage filters |
| Tags | list_tags, create_tag, add_tag_to_contact, remove_tag_from_contact | Contact tagging |
| Lists | list_lists, get_list | Mailing lists |
| Automations | list_automations, get_automation, add_contact_to_automation | Read + enroll (API limitation: can't create automations) |
| Pipelines | list_pipelines, list_stages | Deal pipeline structure |
| Custom Fields | list_custom_fields, get_field_values, set_field_value | Contact custom data |
| Campaigns | list_campaigns, get_campaign | Read-only (API limitation) |
| Accounts | list_accounts, get_account | B2B company records |
| Webhooks | list_webhooks, create_webhook, delete_webhook | Event subscriptions |
API Notes
- Auth: API key via Api-Token header (no OAuth required)
- Rate limit: 5 requests/second per account (handled automatically)
- Pagination: Offset-based — all list tools support limit and offset params
- Automations: Read-only via API — you can list and enroll contacts, but can't create or edit workflows
- Campaigns: Mostly read-only via API — view details and metrics
Development
git clone https://github.com/AlexlaGuardia/mcp-activecampaign.git
cd mcp-activecampaign
pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest
License
MIT
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