Rally MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol server that lets AI assistants interact with Rally (CA Agile Central).

Available Tools

Related MCP server: WorkItems DevOps MCP Server

Setup

1. Install dependencies

cd rally-mcp-server
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate   # Windows: venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

2. Configure credentials

Copy .env.example to .env and fill in your Rally credentials:

cp .env.example .env

RALLY_BASE_URL=https://rally1.rallydev.com
RALLY_USERNAME=you@company.com
RALLY_PASSWORD=your-password

3. Run the server

python rally_mcp/main.py

Integration with Cursor / Claude Desktop

Add to your ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rally": {
      "command": "/full/path/to/rally-mcp-server/venv/bin/python",
      "args": ["/full/path/to/rally-mcp-server/rally_mcp/main.py"]
    }
  }
}

Authentication

Uses HTTP Basic Authentication — your Rally username (email) and password are Base64-encoded and sent in the Authorization header on every request. Credentials are loaded from the .env file and never hard-coded.

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