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Plone MCP Connector for Claude

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Manage Plone CMS content, users, and workflows directly from your AI agent—search, create, and update resources effortlessly.

17 tools Official Updated Oct 1, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner

Connect your Plone CMS instance to any AI agent to manage your enterprise content through natural conversation.

What you can do

  • Content Management — Search, retrieve, create, update, and delete content objects using paths and metadata.
  • User & Group Administration — List and manage users and groups, including profile updates and creation.
  • Workflow Transitions — Inspect current workflow states and trigger transitions to move content through its lifecycle.
  • Advanced Search — Use full-text search, type filtering, and path-based queries to find exactly what you need.

How it works

  1. Subscribe to this server
  2. Enter your Plone Instance URL and Personal Access Token
  3. Start managing your CMS from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client

No more manual navigation through complex CMS hierarchies. Your AI acts as a content editor and site administrator.

Who is this for?

  • Content Managers — quickly update pages, create news items, and manage publication workflows without the web UI
  • Site Administrators — manage users and groups or perform bulk content searches via natural language
  • Developers — inspect content structures and metadata directly from the code editor
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17 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

update_content

Supports partial updates. Update existing content in Plone

update_group

Specify the group’s unique ID. Update a group

create_content

Create new content in Plone

get_content

Get a specific content object by path

delete_group

Specify the group ID to delete. Delete a group

delete_user

Specify the user ID to delete. Delete a user

list_users

Requires Manager role. List users in Plone

search_content

Search for content in Plone

transition_workflow

Specify the content path and transition ID. Trigger a workflow transition on content

delete_content

Delete content from Plone

get_user

Provide the unique user ID. Get details for a specific user

create_group

Must provide a unique group name. Create a new group

create_user

Must provide a unique username. Create a new user

get_group

Provide the group’s unique ID. Get details for a specific group

get_workflow

Provide the content path. Get workflow status and history for content

list_groups

Filter results using a text string. List groups in Plone

update_user

Must specify the user’s unique ID. Update a user

See how to talk to your AI agent using Plone.

Search for all Documents containing 'roadmap' in the /news folder.

I've searched the /news path. I found 2 documents: 'Product Roadmap 2024' and 'Q3 Engineering Roadmap'. Would you like to see the details of either one?

Create a new Folder titled 'Marketing 2025' at the root path.

Successfully created the folder 'Marketing 2025' at path /marketing-2025. You can now start adding content to it.

Get the content of the page at /about-us and show its current workflow state.

I've retrieved the page. The title is 'About Our Company' and its current workflow state is 'private'. Would you like to transition it to 'published'?

Yes! Use the `search_content` tool and provide the `portal_type` parameter (e.g., 'Folder' or 'Document') to filter your results.

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