buildkite-mcp-server
by wolfeidau
This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Buildkite. It provides access to information from Buildkite about pipelines, builds, and jobs to tools like Claude Desktop and GitHub Copilot.
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buildkite-mcp-server
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.
Tools
get_pipeline
- Get details of a specific pipeline in Buildkitelist_pipelines
- List all pipelines in a buildkite organizationlist_builds
- List all builds in a pipeline in Buildkiteget_job_logs
- Get logs for a specific job in Buildkitelist_artifacts
- List all artifacts for a specific job in Buildkiteget_artifact
- Get a specific artifact for a specific job in Buildkitecurrent_user
- Get details of the current user in Buildkiteuser_token_organization
- Get the organization associated with the user token used for this request
Example of the get_pipeline
tool in action.

Get Pipeline Tool
Production
Pull the pre-built image (once published):
docker pull buildkite/buildkite-mcp-server
Or build it yourself using GoReleaser:
goreleaser build --snapshot --clean
configuration
Create a buildkite api token with read access to pipelines.
Local Installation
{
"mcpServers": {
"buildkite": {
"command": "buildkite-mcp-server",
"args": [
"stdio"
],
"env": {
"BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN": "bkua_xxxxxxxx"
}
}
}
}
Docker Configuration
Use this configuration if you want to run the server using Docker:
{
"mcpServers": {
"buildkite": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"-e",
"BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN",
"buildkite/buildkite-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN": "bkua_xxxxxxxx"
}
}
}
}
Goose Configuration
YAML 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
For Docker with Goose:
extensions:
fetch:
name: Buildkite
cmd: docker
args: ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN", "buildkite/buildkite-mcp-server"]
enabled: true
envs: { "BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN": "bkua_xxxxxxxx" }
type: stdio
timeout: 300
Contributing
Notes on building this project are in the Development.md
Disclaimer
This project is in the early stages of development and is not yet ready for use.
License
This project is released under MIT license.