CircleCI MCP

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CircleCI MCP

Trigger + inspect CircleCI pipelines.

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Best for

Best for engineering teams on CircleCI.

At a glance

Pricing: open-source
Setup time: 15 minutes
Learning curve: easy
Last verified: 5/27/2026

What we love

✓CircleCI-maintained
✓Modern API surface
✓Strong CI/CD fit

Where it falls short

−CircleCI plan needed
−Some advanced features behind tier
−API rate limits

Install & connect

Copy-paste ready

Install

shell

npx -y @smithery/cli@latest install CircleCI-Public/mcp-server-circleci --client claude

Config — Claude Desktop

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "server-circleci": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@smithery/cli@latest", "run", "CircleCI-Public/mcp-server-circleci", "--config", "{}"]
    }
  }
}

Pricing

✓ Pricing verified Jun 21, 2026

1 tier

Open-source

perpetual

✓MIT

Overview

MCP server for CircleCI — pipeline trigger, job + workflow status, artifact fetch, env var mgmt. CircleCI personal API token.

Key features

●Pipeline trigger
●Workflow + job status
●Artifact fetch
●Env var mgmt
●API token

Exposed tools

The MCP-tool names this server exposes. Your agent can invoke any of these when this server is connected.

get_build_failure_logs
Debug CircleCI build failures by retrieving failure logs.
find_flaky_tests
Retrieve information about flaky tests in a CircleCI project.
get_latest_pipeline_status
Status of the latest pipeline for a CircleCI project.
get_job_test_results
Test metadata for a CircleCI job.
config_helper
Analyze, validate, and fix CircleCI configuration files.
create_prompt_template
Generate a prompt template for AI-assisted testing.
recommend_prompt_template_tests
Generate recommended tests for a prompt template.
run_pipeline
Trigger a new CircleCI pipeline and return its monitor URL.
list_followed_projects
List projects the user is following on CircleCI.
run_evaluation_tests
Run evaluation (prompt) tests on a CircleCI pipeline.
rerun_workflow
Rerun a workflow from start or from the failed job.
download_usage_api_data
Download CircleCI usage data via the API.
find_underused_resource_classes
Find jobs/resource classes with average or max CPU/RAM below a threshold.
analyze_diff
Analyze a git diff against IDE rules to identify violations.
run_rollback_pipeline
Run a rollback pipeline for a CircleCI project.
list_component_versions
List all versions for a CircleCI component.

Best use cases

CI pipeline ops

Let Claude trigger and monitor CircleCI pipelines.

Failed-build investigation

Pull CircleCI logs into Claude for failure analysis.

Integrations

CircleCI

GitHub

GitLab

Slack

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