Redmine MCP Server

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Getting Started

npx @getmcp/cli add io.github.igorolv/redmine-mcp-server

Requires Docker Engine. Community-contributed server. Review source before installing.

Claude Desktopguide →Vscodeguide →Cursorguide →Windsurfguide →

Required Environment Variables

REDMINE_URL
Base URL of the Redmine instance, e.g. https://redmine.example.com
REDMINE_API_KEY
Redmine API key of the user the server acts as (My account -> API access key)

Configuration

Config file: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io.github.igorolv/redmine-mcp-server": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "REDMINE_URL",
        "-e",
        "REDMINE_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "REDMINE_MCP_WRITE_ENABLED",
        "ghcr.io/igorolv/redmine-mcp-server:0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "REDMINE_URL": "",
        "REDMINE_API_KEY": "",
        "REDMINE_MCP_WRITE_ENABLED": "false"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop MCP documentation