Garmin Mcp Cli

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Ask your AI assistant how your training is really going. Garmin MCP is an unofficial, open-source MCP server for your Garmin Connect data: training load, form and morning readiness computed on your machine with methods from published sports-science literature, with citations; 21 tools designed around the questions athletes ask, not a mirror of Garmin's API; a local SQLite cache that downloads only what a question needs; and structured workouts that go from the answer to your Garmin calendar and watch. It also reads activities, health, sleep, training status, body composition, gear, devices and the workout library.

Works with Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Antigravity CLI, opencode and any other MCP client (stdio or streamable HTTP).

Documentation: endurancetools.github.io/garmin-mcp (getting started per client, what to ask, configuration, troubleshooting). Contributing and development: DEVELOPMENT.md.

Unofficial. Garmin and Garmin Connect are trademarks of Garmin Ltd. or its subsidiaries; this project is not affiliated with or endorsed by Garmin. The training analytics (get_load, get_readiness) are training information, not medical advice.

Why Garmin MCP

• Answers you can check. Training load (TSS from power, pace, heart rate or session RPE), fitness, fatigue and form (CTL/ATL/TSB), ACWR, intensity distribution and morning readiness from your own HRV, resting heart rate, sleep and load against your own baselines, with methods from published sports-science literature, with citations. Every answer returns the values and rules it used, and you can change them. Methods and evidence
• Designed tools, not an API mirror. 21 tools built around questions like "review my week" or "can I train hard today?", so one call answers one question. The whole tool list costs the model about 8,600 tokens of context, and the first tool call was the right one in 48 of 48 tool-selection scenarios. Designed tools
• Local and private. You sign in on Garmin's own page, so your password never passes through the tool. What it downloads stays in a local database on your computer, answers come back from it in milliseconds, downloads are paced to stay gentle with Garmin, and tool answers go only to the AI client you connect. What is stored where
• From answer to watch. Ask for "6×400 m with 90 s rest on Thursday": you see the steps and estimated duration first, nothing is saved until you agree, and then it goes to your Garmin calendar and syncs to the watch. Workouts and calendar

Getting started

Requirements: Node.js 22 or newer, a Garmin Connect account, and Chrome, Edge, Brave or Chromium for the sign-in window (there is a terminal fallback).

1. Sign in once. This opens Garmin's own sign-in page in your browser. Your password never passes through the tool; only the tokens Garmin issues are stored, in ~/.garmin-mcp.

npx -y garmin-mcp-cli login

2. Add the server to your client.

Client	Configuration
Claude Code	claude mcp add garmin -- npx -y garmin-mcp-server
Claude Desktop	install garmin-mcp-<version>.mcpb from the GitHub release, or add to claude_desktop_config.json: {"mcpServers":{"garmin":{"command":"npx","args":["-y","garmin-mcp-server"]}}}
Codex	~/.codex/config.toml: [mcp_servers.garmin] command = "npx" args = ["-y", "garmin-mcp-server"]
Antigravity CLI	agy mcp add garmin npx -y garmin-mcp-server
opencode	opencode.json: {"mcp":{"garmin":{"type":"local","command":["npx","-y","garmin-mcp-server"],"enabled":true}}}
Any other client	command npx, arguments -y garmin-mcp-server, transport stdio

3. Ask. Nothing is downloaded until a question needs it. For example:

• "How did I sleep this week?" or "How did my HRV trend over the summer?"
• "Review my training week" or "Summarise my block from 2026-08-04 to 2026-09-28"
• "Am I fatigued? What is my form right now?"
• "When is my next race?" or "What is planned this week?"
• "Build me 6×400 m with 90 s rest for Thursday" (you see the steps first, nothing is saved until you agree)
• "Rename activity 21001 to Parkrun PB"

Optional: pre-load a range so the first questions answer instantly.

npx -y garmin-mcp-cli sync --scope all --from 2026-07-01 --to 2026-09-30

How it fetches data

Logging in and starting the server download nothing. When a question needs days that are not in the local database, the tool downloads exactly that range, waits up to 20 s and answers; anything left keeps downloading in the background and the answer says so (meta.source is partial). Everything downloaded stays in the local database: stored days are never downloaded again unless you pass --force, so repeating a question costs nothing.

To stay gentle with Garmin, long ranges go in 7-day chunks, newest first, with a random 1-11 s pause after each chunk that actually downloaded something, at most 600 requests per day. A 429 or a Cloudflare challenge pauses all downloads for 6 h. An interrupted sync continues where it left off.

With GARMIN_AUTO_FETCH=false nothing is downloaded unless you run garmin sync or the garmin_sync tool; read tools then return the missing range in meta.sync_hint and the model asks you first.

Measured on a real account after a 90-day sync (433 requests in about an hour): answers come from the local database in 1-110 ms.

Tools

Tool	Purpose
get_activities	dense activity list with cursor paging (GAP, cadence, NP, Training Effect label, temperature when downloaded); type takes a Garmin type key (all keys in garmin://activity-types), plus name, min_duration_min/max_duration_min and a pace range
get_activity	one activity: summary (with running dynamics, breathing, stamina, HR source), splits (laps with dynamics and workout steps), hr_zones, power_zones, weather, exercise_sets (strength sets), stream_summary (stream per km, 5 min, half or quarter), or full (all sections plus the raw stream, 50 KB pages, optional metrics and downsample_s)
update_activity	name, type, description, RPE, feel
download_activity_file	FIT (unzipped), GPX, TCX, KML, CSV to the download directory (GARMIN_FIT_DOWNLOAD_DIR)
query_health	steps (with daily distance), resting HR (with daily min/max HR), HRV (with status and baseline), sleep, stress, body battery, respiration, SpO2, intensity minutes, calories (burned, and eaten when a food log is linked), floors; per day or week, with 7/28-day trends
get_sleep	one night with stages, or a range with averages
get_training_status	VO2max, readiness, recovery time, Garmin status, load and load focus, garmin_load_model (CTL/ATL/TSB from Garmin's training load, optionally the daily series); race predictions, endurance/hill score, fitness age, personal records, acclimation
get_body_composition	weigh-ins in kg with trend
get_period_summary	week, month or any from..to range up to 366 days: volume per sport, HR zones, rest days, longest/hardest, garmin_load_model at the end, health and energy averages
list_workouts, get_workout	workout library, scheduled workouts, races and events from the calendar in any date range (default: next 60 days), readable steps
create_workout, schedule_workouts	workouts from presets (run intervals, walk/run, easy Z2, strength circuit) or a typed definition (nestable repeats, HR/pace/power targets); create_workout with dry_run: true shows the steps and estimated duration without saving; schedule_workouts puts workouts on the calendar and takes them off again
get_gear, get_devices	gear with distance, devices with last sync and settings
garmin_sync	explicit download of a scope (all/activities/health/training/reference) and date range, with progress notifications
get_load	own load model (TSS per activity from power, pace, heart rate or RPE, with the thresholds valid on each date): CTL/ATL/TSB, ACWR 7:28, monotony and strain, flags with overridable thresholds, ISO weeks per sport, 3-zone intensity split; optional daily series, per-activity TSS/IF/load source/EF and running dynamics, monthly EF trend, monthly running dynamics at a reference pace
compare_activities	sessions side by side (ids), or the ones similar to an activity (similar_to: same type, duration and pace, optionally same route or easy only): pace, GAP, HR, power, EF, decoupling, TSS, dynamics, weather
get_readiness	morning GO / MODIFY / REST from HRV, resting HR, sleep hours and load, with Garmin's Training Readiness, Body Battery, stress and sleep score shown, not counted; overridable rules, every signal with value, reference and rating
get_thresholds, set_threshold	threshold history per date (LTHR per sport, LT1, HRmax, FTP, VO2max...; Garmin profile changes recorded automatically), heart rate and power zones per sport from the Garmin profile, and recording a test result, locally only

delete_activity, delete_workout, delete_weigh_in and overwriting a saved workout (create_workout with workout_id) are only available with GARMIN_ENABLE_DESTRUCTIVE=true.

Resources: garmin://profile, garmin://gear, garmin://devices, garmin://activity-types, garmin://sync-status, and the templates garmin://activity/{id} and garmin://workout/{id} with id completion. Prompts: weekly_review, plan_next_week.

Every response is { data, meta: { source: cache|live|partial|local, fetched_at, coverage?, sync_hint? } }, as JSON text and as structuredContent matching the tool's outputSchema; failures are { error: { code, message, hint } }.

Formulas, defaults and limits of the analytics tools: docs/analytics.md. Which Garmin Connect data is covered, and what is still missing: docs/coverage.md.

CLI

garmin-mcp-cli shares the core with the server and is handy for setup and checks:

garmin login [--strategy auto|browser|curl|fetch] [--email] [--token-path]
garmin import-tokens <file>          # garmin_tokens.json from python-garminconnect 0.3.x
garmin status [--json]
garmin sync [--scope ...] [--from --to] [--force] [--pause <s>]   # default: last 7 days
garmin activities [--from --to --type --limit --json]
garmin health <metric> [--from --to --week --json]
garmin load [--from --to] [--source auto|hrtss|garmin_load] [--flags <file.json>] [--series] [--activities] [--efficiency] [--by-sport] [--json]
garmin readiness [date] [--rules <file.json>] [--json]          # GO / MODIFY / REST for the morning
garmin thresholds [--date --param --history --json]             # LTHR, LT1, HRmax ... in effect, per sport
garmin thresholds add <date> <param> <value> [--source test|manual] [--note]
garmin thresholds export [--out <file.csv>]                     # date,param,value,source,note
garmin thresholds import <file.csv>
garmin import-activities <file.csv...>                          # Garmin Connect "Activities" CSV exports
garmin doctor                        # TLS strategy, hosts, permissions, tokens, SQLite driver
garmin serve [--transport stdio|streamable-http] [--port]
garmin logout

load, readiness and thresholds print the same results as the get_load, get_readiness and get_thresholds tools: markdown tables by default, the tool's { data, meta } envelope with --json. They read the local database only and never download; missing days come back as a note with the garmin sync command that fills them. import-activities adds activities from Garmin Connect CSV exports (English or Polish headers) for dates the synced activities do not cover, and thresholds export/import keep a copy of the threshold history in a CSV file.

Run it with npx -y garmin-mcp-cli <command> or install it globally (npm i -g garmin-mcp-cli).

Signing in

garmin login opens Garmin's real sign-in page in your installed Chrome, Edge, Brave or Chromium (a temporary profile, removed afterwards). You sign in there, including MFA or a CAPTCHA if Garmin asks; the tool only catches the one-time ticket Garmin redirects to afterwards and exchanges it for tokens. Cloudflare sees a real browser. Set GARMIN_BROWSER_PATH if your browser is not found.

Without a browser (headless server, Docker) or with --strategy curl|fetch, it asks for e-mail, password and MFA in the terminal and talks to Garmin's mobile login API, trying curl-impersonate (optional cuimp package, downloads its binary on first use) and then plain fetch. If that is blocked too, log in with Python and import the tokens; garmin doctor prints the exact command:

uvx --with "garminconnect>=0.3" python <path>/python-login.py ~/.garmin-mcp/garmin_tokens.json
garmin import-tokens ~/.garmin-mcp/garmin_tokens.json

Tokens and the database are 0600 inside a 0700 directory; the server refuses to start on looser permissions.

Remote and Docker

Streamable HTTP: GARMIN_MCP_TRANSPORT=streamable-http GARMIN_MCP_HTTP_TOKEN=<secret> npx -y garmin-mcp-server serves POST /mcp with Authorization: Bearer <secret>. Without a token it only binds to 127.0.0.1. Requests whose Host or Origin is not localhost, 127.0.0.1 or [::1] get 403 (DNS rebinding protection); behind a public hostname add it with GARMIN_HTTP_ALLOWED_HOSTS=mcp.example.com.

The server speaks MCP 2026-07-28 (server/discover, list results cached for an hour) and the 2025 revisions through the usual initialize handshake, on stdio and on HTTP, so clients on older MCP SDKs connect unchanged.

Docker: docker build -t garmin-mcp . && docker run -i -v garmin-data:/data garmin-mcp (log in with docker run -it -v garmin-data:/data garmin-mcp login).

Configuration

Precedence: CLI flag > environment > <data dir>/config.json > default. ~, $HOME and ${HOME} are always expanded.

Variable	Default
GARMIN_DATA_DIR	~/.garmin-mcp	tokens, database, config.json
GARMIN_TOKENS_FILE	$GARMIN_DATA_DIR/tokens.json
GARMIN_EMAIL, GARMIN_PASSWORD		first login only
GARMIN_REGION	global	cn switches all three hosts
GARMIN_SSO_STRATEGY	auto	auto (browser if installed, else terminal), browser, curl, fetch, import
GARMIN_BROWSER_PATH	detected	Chrome/Edge/Brave/Chromium used for the sign-in window
GARMIN_ENABLED_TOOLS, GARMIN_DISABLED_TOOLS		comma-separated allow/deny lists
GARMIN_ENABLE_DESTRUCTIVE	false	delete tools and workout overwrite
GARMIN_AUTO_FETCH	true	read tools download missing data themselves; false: only explicit syncs
GARMIN_REDACT	true	get_activity full leaves out name, profile/photo URLs, device and sensor serials and GPS; false: raw as sent
GARMIN_FIT_DOWNLOAD_DIR	$GARMIN_DATA_DIR/downloads
GARMIN_MCP_TRANSPORT, GARMIN_MCP_PORT, GARMIN_MCP_HOST, GARMIN_MCP_HTTP_TOKEN	stdio, 8000, 127.0.0.1,
GARMIN_HTTP_ALLOWED_HOSTS		comma-separated hostnames (no port, IPv6 in brackets) accepted in Host/Origin on top of localhost, 127.0.0.1, [::1]; others get 403
GARMIN_LOG_LEVEL	info	pino JSON on stderr
GARMIN_TIMEZONE	system	IANA zone for "today"
GARMIN_CONCURRENCY	4	parallel connectapi requests
GARMIN_MIN_REQUEST_INTERVAL_MS	250	spacing between request starts (±25 % jitter)
GARMIN_SYNC_CHUNK_DAYS / GARMIN_SYNC_PAUSE_S / GARMIN_SYNC_MAX_REQUESTS_PER_DAY	7 / 1-11 / 600	pacing of syncs; the pause is seconds, a random range or a fixed number
GARMIN_DI_CLIENT_IDS, GARMIN_APP_VERSION, GARMIN_APP_USER_AGENT	built in	for when Garmin changes the mobile app identity

More

• DEVELOPMENT.md: monorepo layout, tests, tool-list budget, evals, release.
• docs/coverage.md: every Garmin Connect read and write and the tool that serves it.
• CHANGELOG.md.
• License: MIT. Author: Marcin Milewicz (LinkedIn).