Contentful Automation

Manage your Contentful headless CMS spaces directly from Claude Code. List spaces, retrieve metadata, and update space configurations without leaving your terminal.

Toolkit docs: composio.dev/toolkits/contentful

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Setup

1. Add the Composio MCP server to your configuration:

   https://rube.app/mcp

2. Connect your Contentful account when prompted. The agent will provide an authentication link. Ensure your access token has space management scopes.

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Core Workflows

1. List All Spaces

Discover all Contentful spaces accessible to your authenticated account. This is typically the first operation since most other actions require a space_id.

Tool: CONTENTFUL_LIST_SPACES

Key parameters:

• limit (1-1000) — maximum number of spaces to return (default: 100)
• skip — number of spaces to skip for pagination
• order — sort by field, e.g., sys.createdAt or -sys.createdAt for descending

Example prompt: “List all my Contentful spaces”

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2. Get Space Details

Retrieve detailed metadata for a specific space including its current sys.version, which is required for updates.

Tool: CONTENTFUL_GET_SPACE

Key parameters:

• space_id (required) — the ID of the space to retrieve (alphanumeric, 1-64 chars)

Example prompt: “Get details for Contentful space abc123def”

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3. Update Space Name

Update the name of a specific space. Requires the current version number for optimistic locking to prevent concurrent modification conflicts.

Tool: CONTENTFUL_UPDATE_SPACE

Key parameters:

• space_id (required) — ID of the space to update
• name (required) — new name for the space (1-255 chars)
• version (required) — current space version from sys.version (must be > 0)

Example prompt: “Rename Contentful space abc123def to ‘Production Content Hub‘“

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4. Audit Space Inventory

Combine space listing and detail retrieval to audit your organization’s Contentful spaces.

Tools: CONTENTFUL_LIST_SPACES then CONTENTFUL_GET_SPACE

Workflow:

1. List all spaces to get IDs and names
2. Fetch details for each space to get version info, creation dates, and metadata

Example prompt: “Audit all Contentful spaces — list them with their creation dates and current versions”

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Known Pitfalls

• Version conflicts on update: CONTENTFUL_UPDATE_SPACE requires the latest sys.version from CONTENTFUL_GET_SPACE. If someone else modified the space between your read and write, the update will fail with a version conflict. Always fetch the space immediately before updating.
• Pagination for many spaces: CONTENTFUL_LIST_SPACES uses limit and skip parameters. When you have many spaces, iterate by incrementing skip until no more results are returned to avoid missing spaces.
• Scope limitations: These tools only manage space-level metadata (names). They cannot create or modify entries, content types, or assets within a space.
• Auth/permissions mismatch: Updates via CONTENTFUL_UPDATE_SPACE will fail if your token lacks space management scopes, even if reads via CONTENTFUL_GET_SPACE succeed. Verify your token has write permissions.
• Space ID format: The space_id must match the pattern ^[a-zA-Z0-9-_.]{1,64}$. Invalid characters will be rejected.

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Quick Reference

Tool Slug	Description
CONTENTFUL_LIST_SPACES	List all spaces accessible to your account
CONTENTFUL_GET_SPACE	Retrieve detailed metadata for a single space
CONTENTFUL_UPDATE_SPACE	Update the name of a space (requires version)

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