Contentful Automation

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: claude-skills.ai/toolkits/contentful

Setup

1. Add the Claude Skill 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.

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"

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"

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'"

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"

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.

Quick Reference

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