Rootly

Rootly MCP Server

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An MCP server for the Rootly API for Cursor, Windsurf, Claude, and other MCP clients.

Quick Start

Use the hosted MCP server. No local installation required.

Hosted Transport Options

• Streamable HTTP (recommended): https://mcp.rootly.com/mcp
• SSE (stable alternative): https://mcp.rootly.com/sse
• Code Mode: https://mcp.rootly.com/mcp-codemode

Hosted tool profiles:

• Full (default): use the URLs above as-is
• Slim (~70 tools): add ?tool_profile=slim to the hosted URL, for example https://mcp.rootly.com/mcp?tool_profile=slim
• Header alternative: send X-Rootly-Tool-Profile: slim
• Server-wide default: set ROOTLY_MCP_HOSTED_TOOL_PROFILE=full|slim
• Exact custom override: set ROOTLY_MCP_ENABLED_TOOLS=...

General Remote Setup

With OAuth2 (recommended):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rootly": {
      "url": "https://mcp.rootly.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Your MCP client handles OAuth2 login automatically — a browser window opens for you to authenticate with Rootly. No API token needed.

With API Token:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rootly": {
      "url": "https://mcp.rootly.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ROOTLY_API_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

SSE (alternative):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rootly": {
      "url": "https://mcp.rootly.com/sse"
    }
  }
}

Code Mode:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rootly": {
      "url": "https://mcp.rootly.com/mcp-codemode"
    }
  }
}

Agent Setup

Claude Code

With OAuth2 (recommended):

claude mcp add --transport http rootly https://mcp.rootly.com/mcp

# Code Mode:
claude mcp add --transport http rootly-codemode https://mcp.rootly.com/mcp-codemode

With API Token:

claude mcp add --transport http rootly https://mcp.rootly.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ROOTLY_API_TOKEN"

Manual Configuration — Create .mcp.json in your project root:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rootly": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.rootly.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Install the extension:

gemini extensions install https://github.com/rootlyhq/rootly-mcp-server

Or configure manually in ~/.gemini/settings.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rootly": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "rootly-mcp-server", "rootly-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "ROOTLY_API_TOKEN": ""
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

With OAuth2 (recommended):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rootly": {
      "url": "https://mcp.rootly.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

With API Token:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rootly": {
      "url": "https://mcp.rootly.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer "
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

With OAuth2 (recommended):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rootly": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.rootly.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

With API Token:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rootly": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.rootly.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer "
      }
    }
  }
}

Codex

Add to ~/.codex/config.toml:

With OAuth2 (recommended):

[mcp_servers.rootly]
url = "https://mcp.rootly.com/mcp"

With API Token:

[mcp_servers.rootly]
url = "https://mcp.rootly.com/mcp"
bearer_token_env_var = "ROOTLY_API_TOKEN"

Claude Desktop

With OAuth2 (recommended):

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rootly": {
      "url": "https://mcp.rootly.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop handles OAuth2 login automatically.

With API Token (via mcp-remote):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rootly": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp.rootly.com/mcp",
        "--transport",
        "http",
        "--header",
        "Authorization: Bearer "
      ]
    }
  }
}

Rootly CLI

Standalone CLI for incidents, alerts, services, and on-call operations.

Install via Homebrew:

brew install rootlyhq/tap/rootly-cli

Or via Go:

go install github.com/rootlyhq/rootly-cli/cmd/rootly@latest

For more details, see the Rootly CLI repository.

Alternative Installation (Local)

Run the MCP server locally if you do not want to use the hosted service.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.12 or higher
• uv package manager

``bash curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh ``

• Rootly API token

API Token Types

Choose the token type based on the access you need:

• Global API Key: Full access across the Rootly instance. Best for organization-wide visibility.
• Team API Key: Access limited to entities owned by that team.
• Personal API Key: Access matches the user who created it.

A Global API Key is recommended for organization-wide queries and for actions that modify data, especially when workflows may span multiple teams, schedules, or incidents.

With uv

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rootly": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "tool",
        "run",
        "--from",
        "rootly-mcp-server",
        "rootly-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ROOTLY_API_TOKEN": "",
        "ROOTLY_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE_TOOLS": "true"
      }
    }
  }
}

Self-Hosted Transport Options

Choose one transport per server process:

• Streamable HTTP endpoint path: /mcp
• SSE endpoint path: /sse
• Code Mode (experimental) endpoint path: /mcp-codemode in hosted dual-transport mode

Hosted and self-hosted deployments now both expose the full tool surface by default.

• Hosted default: full surface
• Hosted slim profile: about 70 high-usage tools via ?tool_profile=slim
• Self-hosted default: full surface

To restrict either deployment to read-only tools, start the server with --no-enable-write-tools or set ROOTLY_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE_TOOLS=false.

For hosted clients that want the smaller remote profile, append ?tool_profile=slim to the MCP URL or send X-Rootly-Tool-Profile: slim.

To override the hosted or self-hosted default profile entirely, set ROOTLY_MCP_ENABLED_TOOLS (or pass --enabled-tools) with a comma-separated allowlist of exact tool names. When that variable is set, it fully replaces the default selection.

To expose only a specific subset of MCP tools on a self-hosted deployment, set ROOTLY_MCP_ENABLED_TOOLS (or pass --enabled-tools) with a comma-separated allowlist of exact tool names, for example list_incidents,get_incident,get_server_version.

To discover the exact tool names available under your current self-hosted configuration, run:

ROOTLY_API_TOKEN= \
uv run python -m rootly_mcp_server --list-tools

This prints the effective MCP tool names after applying your current settings, including ROOTLY_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE_TOOLS and ROOTLY_MCP_ENABLED_TOOLS.

Smoke-test a self-hosted allowlist:

ROOTLY_API_TOKEN= \
ROOTLY_MCP_ENABLED_TOOLS=list_incidents,get_incident,get_server_version \
uv run python -m rootly_mcp_server --transport streamable-http --log-level ERROR

Then connect an MCP client to http://127.0.0.1:8000/mcp and verify tools/list returns only:

get_server_version
get_incident
list_incidents

To include specific write tools for self-hosted testing, add both the write flag and the allowlist:

ROOTLY_API_TOKEN= \
ROOTLY_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE_TOOLS=true \
ROOTLY_MCP_ENABLED_TOOLS=create_incident,create_workflow_task,list_teams \
uv run python -m rootly_mcp_server --transport streamable-http --log-level ERROR

Example Docker run (Streamable HTTP):

docker run -p 8000:8000 \
  -e ROOTLY_TRANSPORT=streamable-http \
  -e ROOTLY_API_TOKEN= \
  -e ROOTLY_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE_TOOLS=true \
  rootly-mcp-server

Example Docker run (SSE):

docker run -p 8000:8000 \
  -e ROOTLY_TRANSPORT=sse \
  -e ROOTLY_API_TOKEN= \
  rootly-mcp-server

Example Docker run (Dual transport + Code Mode):

docker run -p 8000:8000 \
  -e ROOTLY_TRANSPORT=both \
  -e ROOTLY_API_TOKEN= \
  rootly-mcp-server

Workflow-Focused Tool Subsets

The full hosted and self-hosted surface exposes 200+ tools. If you want tighter workflow-specific subsets, use ROOTLY_MCP_ENABLED_TOOLS:

🚨 Incident Response (25 tools)

Essential tools for emergency responders and incident commanders

ROOTLY_MCP_ENABLED_TOOLS="list_incidents,get_incident,create_incident,update_incident,search_incidents,find_related_incidents,suggest_solutions,create_incident_action_item,list_incident_action_items,update_incident_form_field_selection,list_teams,get_current_user,list_services,list_severities,get_alert,list_alerts,get_alert_by_short_id,list_escalation_policies,get_escalation_policy,list_on_call_roles,list_schedules,get_schedule_shifts,get_oncall_handoff_summary,get_shift_incidents,list_endpoints"

📅 On-Call Management (35 tools)

For schedule coordinators and on-call managers

ROOTLY_MCP_ENABLED_TOOLS="list_schedules,get_schedule,update_schedule,get_schedule_shifts,list_shifts,create_schedule_rotation,update_schedule_rotation,list_schedule_rotations,get_schedule_rotation,list_schedule_rotation_users,update_schedule_rotation_user,create_on_call_shadow,update_on_call_shadow,list_on_call_shadows,create_override_shift,update_override_shift,list_override_shifts,list_on_call_roles,update_on_call_role,get_oncall_schedule_summary,get_oncall_shift_metrics,check_oncall_health_risk,check_responder_availability,create_override_recommendation,list_teams,get_team,list_users,get_user,get_current_user,list_escalation_policies,update_escalation_policy,list_escalation_paths,update_escalation_path,list_escalation_levels"

📊 Monitoring & Alerting (40 tools)

For platform teams setting up observability

ROOTLY_MCP_ENABLED_TOOLS="list_alerts,get_alert,get_alert_by_short_id,create_alert_group,update_alert_group,list_alert_groups,create_alert_routing_rule,update_alert_routing_rule,list_alert_routing_rules,list_alert_events,get_alert_event,update_alert_event,create_heartbeat,update_heartbeat,list_heartbeats,get_heartbeat,create_pulse,update_pulse,list_pulses,get_pulse,create_dashboard,update_dashboard,list_dashboards,get_dashboard,create_dashboard_panel,update_dashboard_panel,list_status_pages,get_status_page,update_status_page,list_status_page_templates,get_status_page_template,list_communications_templates,update_communications_template,create_live_call_router,update_live_call_router,list_services,list_teams,get_current_user,list_environments,list_severities,list_endpoints"

📋 Post-Incident Analysis (30 tools)

For SREs doing retrospectives and process improvement

ROOTLY_MCP_ENABLED_TOOLS="get_incident,update_incident,find_related_incidents,suggest_solutions,list_incident_action_items,create_incident_action_item,update_incident_form_field_selection,create_post_incident_review,update_post_incident_review,list_post_incident_reviews,get_post_incident_review,create_retrospective_step,update_retrospective_step,list_retrospective_steps,create_retrospective_process,update_retrospective_process,list_retrospective_processes,create_playbook,update_playbook,list_playbooks,get_playbook,create_playbook_task,update_playbook_task,list_causes,get_cause,update_cause,list_incident_types,get_incident_type,update_incident_type,get_current_user"

📈 Analytics & Reporting (15 tools)

For leadership and metrics teams (read-only focus)

ROOTLY_MCP_ENABLED_TOOLS="list_incidents,search_incidents,collect_incidents,list_teams,list_services,list_schedules,get_oncall_shift_metrics,get_shift_incidents,list_dashboards,get_dashboard,list_alerts,list_heartbeats,list_pulses,get_current_user,list_endpoints"

Multiple MCP Instances for Different Teams

You can run multiple MCP instances with different tool subsets:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rootly-incident-response": {
      "command": "uvx", "args": ["--from", "rootly-mcp-server", "rootly-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "ROOTLY_API_TOKEN": "",
        "ROOTLY_MCP_ENABLED_TOOLS": "list_incidents,get_incident,create_incident,find_related_incidents,suggest_solutions..."
      }
    },
    "rootly-oncall-management": {
      "command": "uvx", "args": ["--from", "rootly-mcp-server", "rootly-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "ROOTLY_API_TOKEN": "",
        "ROOTLY_MCP_ENABLED_TOOLS": "list_schedules,update_schedule,create_override_shift,get_oncall_shift_metrics..."
      }
    }
  }
}

With uvx

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rootly": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "rootly-mcp-server",
        "rootly-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ROOTLY_API_TOKEN": ""
      }
    }
  }
}

Features

• Dynamic Tool Generation: Automatically creates MCP resources from Rootly's OpenAPI (Swagger) specification
• Smart Pagination: Uses bounded pagination and compact incident responses to prevent context window overflow
• API Filtering: Limits exposed API endpoints for security and performance
• Intelligent Incident Analysis: Smart tools that analyze historical incident data
• find_related_incidents: Uses TF-IDF similarity analysis to find historically similar incidents
• suggest_solutions: Mines past incident resolutions to recommend actionable solutions
• MCP Resources: Exposes incidents, teams, on-call status, and workflow guides as structured resources for AI context
• Intelligent Pattern Recognition: Automatically identifies services, error types, and resolution patterns
• On-Call Health Integration: Detects workload health risk in scheduled responders

Supported Tools

The default tool surface depends on deployment profile:

• Hosted default: about 218 tools
• Hosted slim profile: about 70 tools
• Self-hosted default: about 218 tools

Custom Agentic Tools

• check_oncall_health_risk
• 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 retrospective_progress_status

OpenAPI-Generated Tools

> Tool naming: all tools use snake_case. The historical camelCase names > (e.g. getScheduleShifts, listIncidents) are no longer advertised in > tools/list, but remain callable as hidden aliases — they are transparently > routed to their snake_case canonical. Update configs and ROOTLY_MCP_ENABLED_TOOLS > allowlists to the snake_case names; legacy camelCase allowlist entries are > auto-canonicalized.

list_workflow_runs
create_incident_action_item
create_incident_form_field_selection
create_workflow_task
get_alert
get_alert_event
get_alert_group
get_alert_routing_rule
get_alert_source
get_alert_urgency
get_catalog
get_catalog_entity
get_cause
get_current_user
get_custom_form
get_environment
get_escalation_level
get_escalation_path
get_escalation_policy
get_form_field
get_form_field_

…

## Source & license

This open-source MCP server is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [rootlyhq](https://github.com/rootlyhq)
- **Source:** [rootlyhq/rootly-mcp-server](https://github.com/rootlyhq/rootly-mcp-server)
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Homepage:** https://rootly.com/ai-labs

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.