# Buildkite MCP Server (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 55 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.

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.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/buildkite/buildkite-mcp-server |
| GitHub stars | 55 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | Go |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | docker: ghcr.io/buildkite/buildkite-mcp-server:0.7.0 |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | yes |
| Official | yes |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Other |
| Latest release | v1.26.0 (Oct 6, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | io.github.buildkite/buildkite-mcp-server |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```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

```sh
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)

```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)

```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 2026-10-07.

## Environment variables

- `BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN` (secret) (required): Buildkite API token for authentication. Get one from https://buildkite.com/user/api-access-tokens

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