John Deere Operations Center MCP Server

John Deere Operations Center MCP Server

A remote MCP server hosted on Cloudflare Workers that connects to John Deere Operations Center. Browse organizations, fields, and field operations data via any MCP-compatible client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, etc.).

Architecture

The server runs as a Cloudflare Worker with a Durable Object (McpAgent) providing stateful MCP sessions. Authentication uses a double OAuth proxy pattern:

• Downstream: The Worker is an OAuth server to MCP clients
• Upstream: The Worker is an OAuth client to John Deere

This means authentication happens at the transport layer — no manual auth tool call is needed.

Setup

1. Cloudflare Account & Wrangler CLI

1. Create a Cloudflare account (if you don’t have one):

   • Go to dash.cloudflare.com/sign-up and sign up.
   • Verify your email and complete account setup.

2. Install the Wrangler CLI (Cloudflare’s Workers CLI):

   npm install -g wrangler
   

   Or use it via npx (no global install):

   npx wrangler --version
   

3. Log in to Cloudflare from the terminal:

   npx wrangler login
   

   This opens a browser to authenticate Wrangler with your Cloudflare account.

2. Register a John Deere Developer Application

1. Go to developer.deere.com and sign in.
2. Create a new application under My Applications.
3. Add your Worker's callback URL as a Redirect URI:

   https://john-deere-mcp.<your-subdomain>.workers.dev/callback
   

4. Copy your Application ID (Client ID) and Secret (Client Secret).

3. Create the KV Namespace

npx wrangler kv namespace create OAUTH_KV

Copy the output id into wrangler.jsonc under kv_namespaces.

4. Set Secrets

npx wrangler secret put JD_CLIENT_ID
npx wrangler secret put JD_CLIENT_SECRET
npx wrangler secret put COOKIE_ENCRYPTION_KEY

For local development, copy .dev.vars.example to .dev.vars and fill in the values.

5. Install & Deploy

npm install
npm run deploy

6. Connect an MCP Client

Add to your client's MCP config (e.g. Claude Desktop claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "john-deere": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["mcp-remote", "https://john-deere-mcp.<your-subdomain>.workers.dev/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Tools

Commands

Local Development

cp .dev.vars.example .dev.vars
# Fill in JD_CLIENT_ID, JD_CLIENT_SECRET, COOKIE_ENCRYPTION_KEY
npm run dev

Test with the MCP Inspector:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector@latest

Connect to http://localhost:8787/mcp.

Transport Type: Streamable HTTP Connection Type: Direct

Environment

This targets the John Deere Sandbox (sandboxapi.deere.com). Sandbox limits:

• Max 5 connected organizations
• Max 150,000 API calls/month
• 18-month maximum sandbox duration

For production access, apply through the John Deere developer portal.

Required OAuth Scopes

ag1 ag2 ag3 eq1 eq2 org1 org2 files offline_access

These are requested automatically during the OAuth flow.