Redmine MCP Server

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This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for Redmine. It integrates with Redmine’s REST API to provide ticket and project information to LLMs.

Features

Supports stable resources from Redmine REST API:

• Issues (1.0~)
• Projects (1.0~)
• Users (1.1~)
• Time Entries (1.1~)

Tools

Issues

• Search Issues
  • Filter by project, status, assignee, etc.
  • Keyword search
  • Custom field support
• Create/Update Issues
  • Set tracker, status, priority
  • Configure custom fields
  • Add comments
• Delete Issues

Projects

• Search Projects
  • Filter by active/archived/closed status
  • Keyword search
• Get Project Details
  • Include trackers, categories information
• Create/Update Projects
  • Configure modules and trackers
  • Set member inheritance
• Archive/Unarchive Projects
• Delete Projects

Time Entries

• Search Time Entries
  • Filter by project, user, date range
• Get Time Entry Details
• Create/Update Time Entries
  • Record against project or issue
  • Specify activity
  • Custom field support
• Delete Time Entries

Usage with Claude

To use this server with Claude, configure it as follows:

{
  "mcp-server-redmine": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": [
      "-y",
      "--prefix",
      "/path/to/mcp-server-redmine",
      "mcp-server-redmine"
    ],
    "env": {
      "REDMINE_HOST": "https://your-redmine.example.com",
      "REDMINE_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
    }
  }
}

Configuration Options

• command: Command to execute the npm package
• args:
  • -y: Auto-respond “yes” to prompts
  • --prefix: Specify installation directory
  • Last argument specifies the package name
• env: Environment variables
  • REDMINE_HOST: Redmine server URL
  • REDMINE_API_KEY: Your Redmine API key

Setup

Getting an API Key

1. Enable REST API in Redmine admin settings
2. Get API key from user settings page

Environment Variables

Set the following environment variables:

• REDMINE_API_KEY: API key obtained from Redmine user settings
• REDMINE_HOST: Redmine server URL (e.g., https://redmine.example.com)

Testing

Unit Tests

# Run tests
npm test

For data safety, only GET operations are included in tests.

Inspector Testing

Use MCP Inspector  to verify functionality:

# Build
npm run build
 
# Set execute permission (important)
chmod +x dist/index.js
 
# Launch inspector
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector dist/index.js

Permissions

Some features require administrator privileges:

User-Related Operations

• list_users: Admin required
• create_user: Admin required
• update_user: Admin required
• delete_user: Admin required

Available information varies based on user permission levels. For details, see Redmine API Documentation .

Development

Requirements

• Node.js 18 or higher
• npm 9 or higher

Libraries

• @modelcontextprotocol/sdk: MCP SDK
• zod: Schema validation
• typescript: Type system

Directory Structure

.
├── src/
│   ├── tools/            # Tool definitions
│   │   ├── issues.ts
│   │   ├── projects.ts
│   │   ├── time_entries.ts
│   │   └── index.ts
│   ├── formatters/       # Formatters
│   │   ├── issues.ts
│   │   ├── projects.ts
│   │   ├── time_entries.ts
│   │   └── index.ts
│   ├── lib/             # Common libraries
│   │   ├── client.ts     # Redmine API client
│   │   ├── config.ts     # Configuration management
│   │   └── types.ts      # Type definitions
│   ├── handlers.ts       # Request handlers
│   └── index.ts         # Entry point
├── docs/
│   └── adr/             # Architecture Decision Records
├── package.json         # Project configuration
├── tsconfig.json        # TypeScript configuration
└── README.md           # Documentation

Building

# Install dependencies
npm install
 
# Build
npm run build
 
# Start development server
npm run dev

Architecture Decision Records

Major design decisions are documented in docs/adr. Refer to these documents when adding or modifying features.

License

MIT

Related Projects

• Model Context Protocol 
• MCP TypeScript SDK 
• Redmine