Polarion MCP
This MCP server enables AI assistants to read and write Polarion ALM data via the Polarion REST API.
Discovery & Reading
List projects – Browse accessible Polarion projects
List documents – Discover documents within a project
Get document details – Retrieve metadata, raw HTML body, or render as flowing Markdown
List document parts – Inspect headings, work items, and prose blocks with embedded metadata
Search work items – Find work items using Lucene or SQL queries (module-scoped, custom fields, traceability)
Get work item details – Full details with raw HTML or Markdown-rendered description
List links – View outgoing/incoming traceability links with roles, suspect flags, and linked item metadata
List comments – Retrieve document comments with thread relationships
Resolve enum options – Get valid values for document and work item fields (status, type, severity, priority, custom enums)
Writing
Create/update work items – Create free-floating work items or patch title, status, description, priority, severity, assignees, custom fields, hyperlinks, and workflow actions
Create/update documents – Create new documents with optional Markdown body, or patch metadata, body HTML, and workflow actions
Manage links – Create, update (suspect flag, revision), or delete outgoing work item links in bulk
Move work items – Attach a work item into a document at a specific position, or detach it back to free-floating
Manage comments – Create top-level comments or replies, and resolve or re-open them
Most write operations support a dry_run mode that previews the JSON:API payload without making changes.
Enables GitHub Copilot to interact with Polarion ALM, allowing AI assistants to read, create, update, and reorganize work items, documents, and traceability links.
Click on "Install Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@Polarion MCPlist work items in project 'MyProject' where status is 'open'"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
mcp-server-polarion
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Polarion ALM. Lets AI assistants read documents, work items, and traceability links — and create, update, and reorganize work items — directly from your Polarion instance.
Prerequisites
Polarion 2506 or higher is required. Earlier versions lack REST API endpoints this server depends on.
This server is distributed as a Python package and requires uv to run.
Install uv (if not already installed):
# macOS / Linux
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
# Windows
powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"Or via pip:
pip install uvNo other installation is needed — uvx mcp-server-polarion downloads and runs the server automatically.
Related MCP server: codebeamer-mcp
Setup
Environment Variables
Variable | Description | Example |
| Base URL of your Polarion instance |
|
| Personal Access Token for authentication |
|
Add to .vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"mcp-server-polarion": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["mcp-server-polarion"],
"env": {
"POLARION_URL": "https://polarion.example.com",
"POLARION_TOKEN": "your-personal-access-token"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-polarion": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["mcp-server-polarion"],
"env": {
"POLARION_URL": "https://polarion.example.com",
"POLARION_TOKEN": "your-personal-access-token"
}
}
}
}Add to Cursor MCP settings:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-polarion": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["mcp-server-polarion"],
"env": {
"POLARION_URL": "https://polarion.example.com",
"POLARION_TOKEN": "your-personal-access-token"
}
}
}
}Register via the claude mcp add command:
claude mcp add mcp-server-polarion \
-e POLARION_URL=https://polarion.example.com \
-e POLARION_TOKEN=your-personal-access-token \
-- uvx mcp-server-polarionTools
Read
Tool | Description |
| List accessible projects |
| List documents in a project |
| Search work items with Lucene or SQL queries |
| Fetch copy-paste SQL recipes for |
| Get document metadata, optionally with the raw body HTML |
| Render a document end-to-end as Markdown |
| List a document's structural parts with embedded work item metadata |
| Get work item details with the body as raw HTML |
| Get work item details with the body as Markdown |
| List a work item's outgoing or incoming links |
| List a document's comments with thread relationships |
| Resolve valid enum ids for a document field |
| Resolve valid enum ids for a work item field |
All list tools support pagination via page_size (1–100) and page_number parameters.
Write
Tool | Description |
| Create one or more work items in a single request |
| Update an existing work item |
| Create a new document |
| Update document metadata, body, or workflow status |
| Create one or more outgoing links from a source work item |
| Update |
| Delete one or more outgoing links from a source work item |
| Attach a work item to a document at a chosen position |
| Detach a work item from its document |
| Add one or more comments or replies to a document |
| Resolve or re-open a document comment |
Example Prompts
"List the projects I can access, then show the documents in project MCPT with their types."
"List the documents in space 'Specifications' of project MCPT."
"Find every approved requirement in project MCPT whose title starts with 'Auth' and show me their owning document."
"Search project MCPT for work items where the custom field 'verification_method' is 'Test' — grab the SQL recipes first if you need a join."
"Find all work items in the SRS module of project MCPT that were changed in the last sprint."
"Read the SRS document of project MCPT and summarize each open requirement."
"Show me the structural outline of the SRS document — headings and the work items under each."
"Read work item MCPT-042 as Markdown and explain what it asks for."
"Show the outgoing and incoming links for MCPT-042 and flag any child task that is still open."
"Which requirements in the SRS document have no 'verifies' back link from a test case?"
"List the open comment threads on the SRS document and who started each."
"Create a task in project MCPT titled 'Refactor authentication module' and link it to MCPT-042 as 'relates_to'."
"Create three test-case work items in project MCPT from this checklist and link each one to MCPT-042 as 'verifies'."
"Add a new requirement under section 3.2 of the SRS document with the body I just drafted."
"Update the description of MCPT-042 with the revised text I'll paste, keeping the existing formatting."
"Add a comment on the SRS document asking the owner to clarify section 4, then reply to thread T-12 marking it resolved."
"List the valid status values for a defect in project MCPT, then move MCPT-077 to 'in_review'."
"Bump MCPT-042's priority to 90, set severity to 'major', and approve the workflow."
"Change MCPT-201 from a task to a requirement and re-apply its previous status."
"Move MCPT-201 into the SRS document right after MCPT-150."
"Detach MCPT-077 from its document so I can rework it as a standalone task."
"Mark the 'blocks' link from MCPT-042 to MCPT-099 as suspect, then delete the stale 'relates_to' link to MCPT-010."
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