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Buildkite MCP Server

Buildkite MCP Server is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. MCP server exposing Buildkite API data (pipelines, builds, jobs, tests) to AI tooling and editors. It has 56 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with docker run -i --rm -e BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN ghcr.io/buildkite/buildkite-mcp-server:0.7.0.

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Install Buildkite MCP Server

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "buildkite-mcp-server": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN",
        "ghcr.io/buildkite/buildkite-mcp-server:0.7.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN=your-value --transport stdio buildkite-mcp-server -- docker run -i --rm -e BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN ghcr.io/buildkite/buildkite-mcp-server:0.7.0

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "buildkite-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN",
        "ghcr.io/buildkite/buildkite-mcp-server:0.7.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "buildkite_api_token",
      "description": "BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "buildkite-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN",
        "ghcr.io/buildkite/buildkite-mcp-server:0.7.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN": "${input:buildkite_api_token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
BUILDKITE_API_TOKENsecretYesBuildkite API token for authentication. Get one from https://buildkite.com/user/api-access-tokens

About Buildkite MCP Server

Model Context Protocol (MCP) server exposing Buildkite data (pipelines, builds, jobs, tests) to AI tooling and editors. Full documentation is available at buildkite.com/docs/apis/mcp-server.

  • buildkite
  • mcp-server

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How do I install the Buildkite MCP Server MCP server?

Add the command docker run -i --rm -e BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN ghcr.io/buildkite/buildkite-mcp-server:0.7.0 to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Buildkite MCP Server free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It needs credentials (BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN) for the service it connects to, which may require a paid account.

Is Buildkite MCP Server actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 23, 2026. The latest release is v1.29.0, published Oct 20, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.