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Rootly

Rootly is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Incident management, on-call scheduling, and intelligent analysis powered by Rootly. It has 45 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with uvx rootly-mcp-server.

github.com/rootlyhq/rootly-mcp-server (opens in a new tab)

  • Official
  • Needs API key
  • Other
  • Apache-2.0
  • Actively maintained

Install Rootly

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

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rootly": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "rootly-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ROOTLY_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 ROOTLY_API_TOKEN=your-value --transport stdio rootly -- uvx rootly-mcp-server

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rootly": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "rootly-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ROOTLY_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": "rootly_api_token",
      "description": "ROOTLY_API_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "rootly": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "rootly-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ROOTLY_API_TOKEN": "${input:rootly_api_token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code (remote)

claude mcp add --transport sse rootly "https://mcp.rootly.com/sse"

The same server is also hosted as a remote MCP endpoint, so nothing runs on your machine.

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
ROOTLY_API_TOKENsecretYesYour Rootly API token

Tools (19)

Parsed from the Tools section of the README; check the repository for the current list.

  • check_oncall_health_risk

    self-hosted only

  • check_responder_availability
  • collect_incidents
  • create_incident

    create a new incident with a scoped set of fields for agent workflows

  • create_override_recommendation
  • find_related_incidents
  • get_incident

    retrieve a single incident for direct verification, including PIR-related fields

  • get_alert_by_short_id
  • get_oncall_handoff_summary
  • get_oncall_schedule_summary
  • get_oncall_shift_metrics
  • get_server_version
  • get_shift_incidents
  • list_endpoints
  • list_incidents
  • list_shifts
  • search_incidents
  • suggest_solutions
  • update_incident

    scoped incident update tool for summary and retrospectiveprogressstatus

About Rootly

An MCP server for the Rootly API for Cursor, Windsurf, Claude, and other MCP clients. Use the hosted MCP server. No local installation required.

FAQ

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What is Rootly?

Rootly is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Incident management, on-call scheduling, and intelligent analysis powered by Rootly. It has 45 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with uvx rootly-mcp-server. The source code is at github.com/rootlyhq/rootly-mcp-server.

How do I install the Rootly MCP server?

Add the command uvx rootly-mcp-server 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 Rootly free?

The server is open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so running it is free. It needs credentials (ROOTLY_API_TOKEN) for the service it connects to, which may require a paid account.

Is Rootly actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 7, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.