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Jenkins MCP Tool

🚀 Introduction

Jenkins MCP is an multi-Jenkins server management and automation tool developed based on the FastMCP framework, designed for DevOps processes. It supports intelligent scenario mapping, multi-server management, complete CI/CD lifecycle operations, and dynamic job creation.

✨ Core Features

🏢 Multi-Server Management

  • Dynamic Configuration: Supports configuration and dynamic addition/removal of multiple Jenkins servers
  • Environment Isolation: Supports management of multiple environments such as development, testing, and production
  • Secure Authentication: Supports token and environment variable-based authentication

🎯 Intelligent Scenario Mapping

  • Pre-configured Scenarios: Built-in common DevOps scenarios (user permission sync, app deployment, image sync)
  • Smart Recommendation: Automatically selects server and job path based on scenario
  • Personalized Guidance: Each scenario provides customized operation guidance

⚙️ Full CI/CD Support

  • Job Search: Supports fuzzy and exact search across multi-level directories
  • Parameterized Build: Automatically detects and validates required parameters
  • Real-time Monitoring: Build status query and log retrieval
  • Build Control: Supports build trigger, stop, and management
  • Job Creation: Create/update Jenkins jobs from Jenkinsfile with automatic directory management

🔧 Developer Friendly

  • MCP Standard: Complies with Model Context Protocol specification
  • Dockerized: Containerized deployment for easy integration
  • Multiple Operation Modes: Supports stdio, SSE, and HTTP transport modes

⚙️ Configuration Guide

📁 Config File Structure

Create a config.yaml file to configure Jenkins servers and application scenarios:

# Jenkins server configuration servers: - name: maglev-sre # Server alias uri: https://jenkins.server user: xhuaustc@gmail.com tokenEnv: JENKINS_TOKEN # Recommended: get token from environment variable # Pre-configured application scenarios scenarios: "Sync User Permissions": description: "User permission sync scenario" server: "shlab" job_path: "maglev/tool/permission-replicate/" prompt_template: "Execute user permission sync task. Job path: {job_path}. Please confirm which users' permissions to sync?" "Deploy Application": description: "Application deployment scenario, supports diff/sync/build operations" server: "maglev-sre" job_path: "release/deploy/" prompt_template: "Execute application deployment task. Job path: {job_path}. Please confirm the app name, version, and environment to deploy?" "Sync Image to mldc": description: "Sync container image to mldc environment" server: "shlab" job_path: "mldc-prod/sync-container-image-to-docker-af" prompt_template: "Execute image sync task. Please provide the image address to sync?"

🔐 Security Configuration

Recommended: Use environment variables to manage sensitive information

export PROD_BLSM_JENKINS_TOKEN="your-production-token" export SHLAB_JENKINS_TOKEN="your-shlab-token"

Configuration Priority:

  1. Environment variable (variable name specified by tokenEnv)
  2. Direct configuration (token field)
  3. Interactive input (if neither is configured)

🚀 Quick Start

1. Build Image
cd mcps/jenkins docker build -t jenkins-mcp .
2. Prepare Configuration

Create a config.yaml file (refer to the configuration guide above)

3. Run Container
# Use config file from current directory docker run -i --rm \ -v ./config.yaml:/app/config.yaml \ -e PROD_BLSM_JENKINS_TOKEN="${PROD_BLSM_JENKINS_TOKEN}" \ -e SHLAB_JENKINS_TOKEN="${SHLAB_JENKINS_TOKEN}" \ jenkins-mcp # Or specify custom config path docker run -i --rm \ -v /path/to/your/config.yaml:/app/config.yaml \ -e JENKINS_TOKEN="${JENKINS_TOKEN}" \ jenkins-mcp

🎨 MCP Client Integration

Cursor Integration
  1. Set Environment Variables:
    export JENKINS_TOKEN="your-jenkins-token"
  2. Create Config File: Create jenkins-config.yaml in the project root:
    servers: - name: your-jenkins uri: https://your-jenkins.company.com user: your-username tokenEnv: JENKINS_TOKEN scenarios: "Deploy Application": description: "Application deployment scenario" server: "your-jenkins" job_path: "deploy/"
  3. Configure Cursor MCP Settings: Add to Cursor's MCP config:
    { "mcpServers": { "jenkins": { "command": "docker", "args": [ "run", "--rm", "-i", "-v", "/path/to/your/jenkins-config.yaml:/app/config.yaml", "-e", "JENKINS_TOKEN=${JENKINS_TOKEN}", "docker.io/mpan083/jenkins-mcp" ], "env": { "JENKINS_TOKEN": "your-jenkins-token" } } } }
  4. Usage Example: In Cursor, ask:
    "Get the list of available Jenkins scenarios" "Trigger a build for Deploy Application" "Check the status of the latest build" "Create a new test job from Jenkinsfile"
Method 2: Local Installation
  1. Install Dependencies:
    cd mcps/jenkins pip install -e .
  2. Configure Cursor MCP Settings:
    { "mcpServers": { "command": "docker", "args": [ "run", "-i", "--rm", "-v", "~/.jenkinscliconfig:/app/config.yaml", "docker.io/mpan083/jenkins-mcp" ] } } }

🔧 Command Line Arguments

Jenkins MCP supports the following command line arguments:

# Basic usage jenkins [options] # Available options: --transport {stdio,sse,http} # Transport mode (default: stdio) --host HOST # Bind host (default: 0.0.0.0) --port PORT # Bind port (default: 8000) --config, -c CONFIG # Config file path --scenarios, -s SCENARIOS # Scenario file path # Usage examples: jenkins --config my-config.yaml --scenarios my-scenarios.yaml jenkins --transport sse --port 8080 --scenarios custom-scenarios.yaml

🔧 Traditional Startup

# Local development python -m jenkins --transport stdio # Use custom config and scenarios python -m jenkins --config config.yaml --scenarios scenarios.yaml # Web service uvicorn jenkins.server:server --reload --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000

📋 Available Tools (11)

🔧 Server Management

ToolDescriptionParams
get_server_names()Get the list of all available Jenkins serversNone
validate_jenkins_config()Validate the integrity of Jenkins configNone
ToolDescriptionParams
get_scenario_list()Get all available scenariosNone
search_jobs_by_scenario(scenario)Search Jenkins jobs by scenarioscenario: scenario name

🔍 Job Search and Management

ToolDescriptionParams
search_jobs(server_name, keyword)Search Jenkins jobs on a serverserver_name: server namekeyword: search term
get_job_parameters(server_name, job_full_name)Get job parameter definitionsserver_name: server namejob_full_name: job name

⚙️ Build Management

ToolDescriptionParams
trigger_build(server_name, job_full_name, params)Trigger Jenkins buildserver_name: server namejob_full_name: job nameparams: build params (optional)
get_build_status(server_name, job_full_name, build_number)Get build statusserver_name: server namejob_full_name: job namebuild_number: build number
stop_build(server_name, job_full_name, build_number)Stop Jenkins buildserver_name: server namejob_full_name: job namebuild_number: build number
get_build_log(server_name, job_full_name, build_number)Get build logserver_name: server namejob_full_name: job namebuild_number: build number

🚀 Job Creation and Management

ToolDescriptionParams
create_or_update_job_from_jenkinsfile(server_name, job_name, jenkinsfile_content, description, folder_path)Create or update Jenkins job from Jenkinsfileserver_name: server namejob_name: job namejenkinsfile_content: Jenkinsfile contentdescription: job description (optional)folder_path: folder path (optional)
Job Creation Workflow

💡 Usage Examples

Scenario-based Deployment Example
# 1. Get available scenarios "Get the list of available Jenkins scenarios" # 2. Select scenario and search jobs "Search jobs for the 'Sync Image to mldc' scenario" # 3. Trigger build "Trigger image sync task, image address is docker.io/user/app:latest"
Direct Operation Example
# 1. View available servers "Show all available Jenkins servers" # 2. Search jobs "Search for jobs containing 'deploy' on the shlab server" # 3. Get parameters and trigger "Get parameter definitions for job 'release/deploy/app'" "Trigger build with parameters: {'APP_NAME': 'myapp', 'VERSION': '1.0.0'}"
Job Creation Example
# 1. Create a new test job "Create a new Jenkins job named 'my-test-job' on shlab server with this Jenkinsfile: pipeline { agent any stages { stage('Test') { steps { echo 'Hello World' } } } }" # 2. Update existing job "Update the 'my-test-job' with a new Jenkinsfile that includes deployment steps"

🔍 Enhanced Job Information

When searching or getting job information, the following details are returned:

  • Basic Info: Job name, full name, URL, description
  • Status: Buildable status, color indicator, parameterization status
  • Build History: Last build number, last build URL
  • Parameters: Complete parameter definitions with types and default values

🏗️ Job Creation Features

Automatic Directory Management
  • User Organization: All created jobs are organized under MCPS/{username}/ directory
  • Username Extraction: Automatically extracts username from Jenkins server configuration (handles email formats)
  • Folder Creation: Automatically creates necessary folder structure
  • Nested Folders: Supports creating jobs in nested folder paths
Job Creation Process
  1. Folder Structure: Jobs are created in MCPS/{username}/{optional_folder_path}/
  2. Conflict Handling: Automatically detects existing jobs and updates configuration
  3. Pipeline Jobs: Creates pipeline jobs with sandbox security enabled
  4. Error Recovery: Robust error handling for folder creation and job updates

🎯 Pre-configured Scenarios

Jenkins MCP comes with 3 common DevOps scenarios:

ScenarioDescriptionServerJob Path
Sync User PermissionsUser permission sync scenarioshlabmaglev/tool/permission-replicate/
Deploy ApplicationApplication deployment, supports diff/sync/buildmaglev-srerelease/deploy/
Sync Image to mldcSync container image to mldc environmentshlabmldc-prod/sync-container-image-to-docker-af

🎨 Custom Scenario Configuration

📁 Scenario File Support

Jenkins MCP supports multiple ways to configure custom scenarios:

  1. Standalone Scenario File (Recommended):
    # Create custom scenario file cp scenarios.example.yaml scenarios.yaml # Specify scenario file at startup jenkins --scenarios scenarios.yaml
  2. Environment Variable:
    export JENKINS_MCP_SCENARIOS_FILE="/path/to/my-scenarios.yaml" jenkins
  3. Configure in config.yaml:
    scenarios: "Custom Deployment": description: "Custom application deployment scenario" server: "your-jenkins" job_path: "custom/deploy/" prompt_template: "Execute custom deployment task. Please confirm deployment parameters?"
🔄 Scenario Merge Rules
  • Default Scenarios: Load built-in scenarios from scenarios.default.yaml
  • User Scenarios: Load from custom scenario file
  • Merge Strategy: User scenarios take precedence, same-name scenarios override defaults
📝 Scenario File Example

Create a scenarios.yaml file:

scenarios: "Database Backup": description: "Execute database backup task" server: "production" job_path: "backup/database/" prompt_template: "Execute database backup task. Please select the database and backup type?" "Performance Test": description: "Run application performance test" server: "test" job_path: "test/performance/" prompt_template: "Execute performance test. Please select test scenario and load parameters?" # Override default scenario "Deploy Application": description: "My custom deployment process" server: "my-jenkins" job_path: "custom/deploy/" prompt_template: "Execute custom deployment. Please confirm deployment configuration?"

🧪 Testing

Unit Tests

cd mcps/jenkins pytest tests/ -v

Docker Test

# Build and test docker build -t jenkins-mcp-test . docker run --rm jenkins-mcp-test jenkins --help

MCP Inspector Testing

# Test with MCP Inspector npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector docker run --rm -i -v ./config.yaml:/app/config.yaml jenkins-mcp

🔧 Development

Local Development Environment

# Install development dependencies pip install -e ".[dev]" # Run code checks ruff check src/ mypy src/ # Format code ruff format src/

Contribution Guide

  1. Fork this repository
  2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
  5. Open a Pull Request

📚 Documentation

🆘 Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Q: Failed to connect to Jenkins server?
A: Check network, URL, and authentication info. Use validate_jenkins_config() to validate config.

Q: Build parameter validation failed?
A: Use get_job_parameters() to check required parameters and ensure all are provided.

Q: Docker container failed to start?
A: Check config file mount path and environment variable settings.

Q: Job creation failed with 500 error?
A: Check Jenkins permissions and CSRF settings. The tool automatically handles CSRF tokens.

Q: Cannot create job in specified folder?
A: Ensure you have permission to create folders and jobs. Jobs are automatically organized under MCPS/{username}/.

Log Debugging

# Enable detailed logs export JENKINS_MCP_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG jenkins --transport stdio

Performance Optimization

  • Multi-level Directory Support: Efficiently handles nested Jenkins folders
  • Intelligent Parameter Detection: Reduces API calls through smart caching
  • CSRF Token Management: Automatic token handling for secure Jenkins instances

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🤝 Support

If you have questions or suggestions:

  1. Check known issues in Issues
  2. Create a new Issue to report problems
  3. Contact the development team for support

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