Pylon MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for integrating with the Pylon API.

Features

This MCP server provides tools to interact with Pylon's API:

• User Management: Get current user information

• Contacts: List, search, and create contacts

• Issues: List, filter, and create issues

• Knowledge Base: Access and create knowledge base articles

Setup

Environment Variables

Set the following environment variable:

• PYLON_API_TOKEN: Your Pylon API token (required)

Installation

Development

Available Tools

User Tools

• pylon_get_me: Get current user information

Contact Tools

• pylon_get_contacts: List contacts with optional search and limit

• pylon_create_contact: Create a new contact

Issue Tools

• pylon_get_issues: List issues with optional filtering by assignee, status, and limit

• pylon_create_issue: Create a new issue

Knowledge Base Tools

• pylon_get_knowledge_bases: List all knowledge bases

• pylon_get_knowledge_base_articles: Get articles from a specific knowledge base

• pylon_create_knowledge_base_article: Create a new article in a knowledge base

Usage Examples

Running Locally with Claude Desktop

1. Setup Environment:

   # Clone and install git clone <your-repo-url> cd pylon-mcp-server npm install npm run build # Set up environment variables cp .env.example .env # Edit .env and add your PYLON_API_TOKEN

2. Configure Claude Desktop:

Add this to your Claude Desktop MCP settings (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS):

3. Test the Connection:

Restart Claude Desktop and try these commands in a conversation:

Running via Smithery

1. Deploy to Smithery:

   • Upload your project to Smithery

   • Smithery will automatically use the smithery.yaml configuration

   • Set the PYLON_API_TOKEN environment variable in Smithery's deployment settings

2. Configure in Claude Desktop:

Example Tool Usage

Once connected, you can use any of the 23+ available tools:

Deployment to Smithery

This server is designed to be deployed to Smithery using the included smithery.yaml configuration. The deployment will automatically:

• Install dependencies with npm install && npm run build

• Configure the Node.js runtime with proper entrypoint

• Expose all 23 Pylon API tools

• Require the PYLON_API_TOKEN environment variable

API Reference

For more information about the Pylon API, visit the API reference.