What is lightcms?
lightcms is a MCP server by jonradoff that cMS managed via natural language: publish content and manage templates, assets, themes, redirects and multi-site forks, with versioning and semantic search. It is listed under Developer tools and has 32 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | jonradoff |
| Repository | jonradoff/lightcms |
| Popularity | 32 GitHub stars |
| Category | Developer tools |
| Security | Review before installing (72/100) |
| Rank | #1,056 of 4,418 MCP servers; #265 in Developer tools |
| License | MIT |
| Last commit | 2026-10-17 |
| Stars this week | +1 |
| Runs | Cloud service |
| Language | Go |
Is lightcms safe to install?
lightcms scores 72/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: sends your data to a cloud service; can take actions such as send, write or deploy. It passed 3 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Community-built server | Note |
| Sends your data to a cloud service | Review |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Can take actions such as send, write or deploy | Review |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install lightcms?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/jonradoff/lightcms
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add lightcms -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http lightcms <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs lightcms for you:
Add the "lightcms" MCP server from https://github.com/jonradoff/lightcms to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.