Redmine MCP Server

An MCP server that lets Claude find and manage your Redmine tickets, using the Redmine REST API.

Is this a real MCP server?

Yes. This is not a wrapper or mock of the interface — it's a standards-compliant MCP (Model Context Protocol) server:

• Built with the official @modelcontextprotocol/sdk (McpServer + StdioServerTransport).

• Speaks real JSON-RPC 2.0 over stdio, per the MCP spec. Verified directly by sending a raw initialize request and getting back a correct MCP handshake response (protocolVersion, capabilities, serverInfo).

• Exposes proper MCP tools (list_my_issues, get_issue, update_issue, etc.) with Zod-validated input schemas, discoverable via the standard tools/list method and callable via tools/call — the same mechanism any MCP client (Claude Code, Claude Desktop, or other MCP-aware apps) uses.

Related MCP server: Redmine MCP Server

Setup

1. Enable the REST API on your Redmine instance (if not already on): Administration → Settings → API → "Enable REST web service".

2. Get your API key: click your name (top right) → "My account" → "API access key" → "Show".

3. Install dependencies and build:

   npm install
   npm run build

4. Copy .env.example to .env and fill in REDMINE_URL and REDMINE_API_KEY (only needed for local testing — see registration below for how Claude Code passes these in).

Installing as a global command

The package ships a bin entry (redmine-mcp-server), so once built it can be linked or installed globally and run from anywhere, instead of pointing at an absolute path to dist/index.js.

From a local clone (not yet published to npm):

npm install
npm run build
npm link          # registers the `redmine-mcp-server` command globally

Run npm unlink -g redmine-mcp-server to remove it later.

If published to npm:

npm install -g redmine-mcp-server

Either way, you can now just run redmine-mcp-server from any directory.

Registering with Claude Code

claude mcp add redmine-mcp-server \
  --env REDMINE_URL=https://redmine.example.com \
  --env REDMINE_API_KEY=your_api_key_here \
  -- redmine-mcp-server

Or add directly to your .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "redmine-mcp-server": {
      "command": "redmine-mcp-server",
      "env": {
        "REDMINE_URL": "https://redmine.example.com",
        "REDMINE_API_KEY": "your_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

If you'd rather not install it globally, the old form still works:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "redmine-mcp-server": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/redmine-mcp-server/dist/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "REDMINE_URL": "https://redmine.example.com",
        "REDMINE_API_KEY": "your_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools

• list_my_issues — list issues assigned to you (status: open/closed/all).

• get_issue — full details + comment history for one issue.

• list_issue_statuses — valid status names/ids for this Redmine instance.

• update_issue — change status/% done and/or add a note.

• add_comment — add a comment without changing fields.

• list_projects — list visible projects (id/identifier/name).

Example prompts

• "What are my open tickets?"

• "Show me the details and history of issue 1234."

• "Mark issue 1234 as Resolved and note that it's deployed to prod."

• "Add a comment to issue 1234 saying I'm blocked on QA."

Manual testing

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node dist/index.js

This opens the MCP Inspector so you can invoke each tool directly against your real Redmine instance before wiring it into Claude Code.