This is an Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Buildkite. The goal is to provide access to information from buildkite about pipelines, builds and jobs to tools such as Claude Desktop, GitHub Copilot and other tools, or editors.

• get_pipeline - Get details of a specific pipeline in Buildkite
• list_pipelines - List all pipelines in a buildkite organization
• list_builds - List all builds in a pipeline in Buildkite
• get_job_logs - Get logs for a specific job in Buildkite
• list_artifacts - List all artifacts for a specific job in Buildkite
• get_artifact - Get a specific artifact for a specific job in Buildkite
• current_user - Get details of the current user in Buildkite
• user_token_organization - Get the organization associated with the user token used for this request

Example of the get_pipeline tool in action.

Pull the pre-built image (recommended):

docker pull ghcr.io/buildkite/buildkite-mcp-server

Or build it yourself using GoReleaser and copy the binary into your path:

goreleaser build --snapshot --clean

Create a buildkite api token with read access to pipelines.

Use this configuration if you want to run the server buildkite-mcp-server Docker (recommended):

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "buildkite": {
            "command": "docker",
            "args": [
                "run",
                "-i",
                "--rm",
                "-e",
                "BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN",
                "ghcr.io/buildkite/buildkite-mcp-server",
                "stdio"
            ],
            "env": {
                "BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN": "bkua_xxxxxxxx"
            }
        }
    }
}

Configuration if you have buildkite-mcp-server installed locally.

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "buildkite": {
            "command": "buildkite-mcp-server",
            "args": [
                "stdio"
            ],
            "env": {
                "BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN": "bkua_xxxxxxxx"
            }
        }
    }
}

For Docker with Goose (recommended):

extensions:
  fetch:
    name: Buildkite
    cmd: docker
    args: ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN", "ghcr.io/buildkite/buildkite-mcp-server", "stdio"]
    enabled: true
    envs: { "BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN": "bkua_xxxxxxxx" }
    type: stdio
    timeout: 300

Local configuration for Goose:

extensions:
  fetch:
    name: Buildkite
    cmd: buildkite-mcp-server
    args: [stdio]
    enabled: true
    envs: { "BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN": "bkua_xxxxxxxx" }
    type: stdio
    timeout: 300

VSCode supports interactive inputs for variables. To get the API token interactively on MCP startup, put the following in .vscode/mcp.json

{
    "inputs": [
        {
            "id": "BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN",
            "type": "promptString",
            "description": "Enter your BuildKite Access Token (https://buildkite.com/user/api-access-tokens)",
            "password": true
        }
    ],
    "servers": {
        "buildkite": {
            "command": "docker",
            "args": [
                "run",
                "-i",
                "--rm",
                "-e",
                "BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN",
                "ghcr.io/buildkite/buildkite-mcp-server",
                "stdio"
            ],
            "env": {
                "BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN": "${input:BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN}"
            }
        }
    }
}

Notes on building this project are in the Development.md

This project is in the early stages of development and is not yet ready for use.

This project is released under MIT license.