Schema | Zendesk MCP Server

Zendesk MCP Server

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

Name	Required	Description	Default
`ZENDESK_EMAIL`	No	Email address for deprecated API token authentication; used together with ZENDESK_API_KEY. A deprecation warning is logged on first authentication.
`ZENDESK_API_KEY`	No	API token for deprecated API token authentication; used together with ZENDESK_EMAIL. API tokens stop working permanently on 2027-04-30.
`ZENDESK_CLIENT_ID`	No	The OAuth client Identifier noted when registering the public OAuth client in Zendesk Admin Center
`ZENDESK_SUBDOMAIN`	No	The Zendesk subdomain, e.g. 'acme' for https://acme.zendesk.com
`ZENDESK_TOKEN_FILE`	No	Path where OAuth tokens are stored. Defaults to ~/.config/zendesk-mcp/tokens.json; useful for storing tokens elsewhere, e.g. a Docker volume.	$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/zendesk-mcp/tokens.json
`ZENDESK_OAUTH_SCOPES`	No	Space-separated OAuth scopes to request, e.g. 'tickets:read users:read hc:read'. Defaults to all scopes needed by the server's tools.
`ZENDESK_OAUTH_REDIRECT_URI`	No	OAuth redirect URI; must match a redirect URL registered on the OAuth client exactly. Change if port 4567 is in use or the client is registered with a different redirect URL.	http://localhost:4567/callback

Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.

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Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

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