Redmine MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Redmine integration, enabling Claude Code to directly interact with Redmine project management systems.

🚀 Features

✅ Issue Management

• Query Issues: Get detailed issue information and lists
• Create Issues: Create new issues and set related attributes
• Update Issues: Modify issue content, status, priority, etc.
• Assign Issues: Assign or unassign issues to specific users
• Add Notes: Add public or private notes to issues
• Close Issues: Automatically set issues to completed status

✅ Project Management

• Project Lists: Get accessible project lists
• Project Issues: Filter by status and list all issues in projects

✅ Search Features

• Keyword Search: Search for keywords in issue titles and descriptions
• My Issues: Quick view of issues assigned to current user

✅ System Tools

• Health Check: Verify MCP server and Redmine connection status
• Status Query: Get available issue status lists

📋 System Requirements

• Python: 3.12 or higher
• Redmine: Version with REST API support (recommended 4.0+)
• Package Manager: uv or pip

🔧 Installation & Setup

1. Clone the Project

git clone https://github.com/snowild/redmine-mcp.git
cd redmine-mcp

2. Install Dependencies

Using uv (recommended):

uv sync

Or using pip:

pip install -e .

3. Environment Configuration

Create a .env file:

cp .env.example .env

Edit the .env file and set the following environment variables:

REDMINE_DOMAIN=https://your-redmine-domain.com
REDMINE_API_KEY=your_api_key_here

# Project-specific variables (avoid conflicts with other projects)
REDMINE_MCP_LOG_LEVEL=INFO
REDMINE_MCP_TIMEOUT=30

# Backward compatibility variables (fallback)
REDMINE_TIMEOUT=30
LOG_LEVEL=info

Environment Variables Reference

Log Level Priority:

1. REDMINE_MCP_LOG_LEVEL (highest priority - project-specific)
2. LOG_LEVEL (backward compatibility)
3. INFO (default if neither is set)

Note: The system automatically handles case conversion and ensures FastMCP compatibility.

4. Redmine API Setup

4.1 Enable REST API

1. Log in to Redmine as administrator
2. Go to Administration → Settings → API
3. Check "Enable REST web service"
4. Click Save

4.2 Configure Redmine Basic Data (Administrator)

Before using MCP tools, you need to configure Redmine's basic data:

Configure Roles and Permissions

1. Go to Administration → Roles and permissions
2. Create or edit roles (e.g.: Developer, Tester, Project Manager)
3. Assign appropriate permissions to roles (recommend at least: View issues, Add issues, Edit issues)

Configure Trackers

1. Go to Administration → Trackers
2. Create tracker types (e.g.: Bug, Feature, Support)
3. Set default status and workflow for each tracker

Configure Issue Statuses

1. Go to Administration → Issue statuses
2. Create statuses (e.g.: New, In Progress, Resolved, Closed, Rejected)
3. Set status attributes (whether it's a closed status, etc.)

Configure Workflow

1. Go to Administration → Workflow
2. Set allowed status transitions for each role and tracker combination
3. Ensure basic status transition paths (New → In Progress → Resolved → Closed)

Create Projects

1. Go to Projects → New project
2. Set project name, identifier, description
3. Select enabled modules (at least enable "Issue tracking")
4. Assign members and set roles

4.3 Get API Key

1. Log in to your Redmine system (can be administrator or regular user)
2. Go to My account → API access key
3. Click Show or Reset to get the API key
4. Copy the key to REDMINE_API_KEY in the .env file

⚠️ Important Notes:

• If you can't find the API key option, please ensure step 4.1 (Enable REST API) is completed
• Complete basic setup before you can properly create and manage issues

📚 Detailed Setup Guide: For complete Redmine setup steps, please refer to Redmine Complete Setup Guide

🔗 Claude Code Integration

Install to Claude Code

# Install from local
uv tool install .

# Or using pip
pip install .

# Add to Claude Code MCP configuration
claude mcp add redmine "redmine-mcp" \
  -e REDMINE_DOMAIN="https://your-redmine-domain.com" \
  -e REDMINE_API_KEY="your_api_key_here"

Verify Installation

# Test MCP server
uv run python -m redmine_mcp.server

# Test Claude Code integration
uv run python tests/scripts/claude_integration.py

🔄 Updating/Reinstalling MCP

If you need to update to the latest version of the MCP server or reinstall it:

1. Remove Previous Installation

# Remove from Claude Code
claude mcp remove redmine

# Uninstall the package (if installed with uv tool)
uv tool uninstall redmine-mcp

# Or if installed with pip
pip uninstall redmine-mcp

2. Install Latest Version

# Navigate to project directory
cd /path/to/redmine-mcp

# Pull latest changes (if from git)
git pull origin main

# Install latest version
uv tool install .

# Or using pip
pip install .

3. Re-register with Claude Code

claude mcp add redmine "redmine-mcp" \
  -e REDMINE_DOMAIN="https://your-redmine-domain.com" \
  -e REDMINE_API_KEY="your_api_key_here" \
  -e REDMINE_MCP_LOG_LEVEL="INFO" \
  -e REDMINE_MCP_TIMEOUT="30"

4. Verify Updated Installation

# Verify MCP registration
claude mcp list

# Or check in Claude Code using slash command
# /mcp

# Or test directly
uv run python -m redmine_mcp.server --help

Important Notes:

• Environment variable names have been updated for better project isolation
• Now supports both REDMINE_MCP_LOG_LEVEL (preferred) and LOG_LEVEL (backward compatibility)
• Log level handling is now more robust with automatic case conversion and FastMCP compatibility

🛠️ Available MCP Tools

Basic Tools

Issue Operations

Query Tools

💡 Usage Examples

Using in Claude Code

# Check server status
Please run health check

# Get project list
Show all accessible projects

# View system settings
Get all available issue statuses
Get all available tracker lists
Get all available issue priorities
Get all available time tracking activities
Get all available document categories

# View specific issue
Get detailed information for issue #123

# Create new issue
Create an issue in project ID 1:
- Title: Fix login error
- Description: Users cannot log in to the system properly
- Priority: High

# Search issues
Search for issues containing "login" keyword

# Update issue status
Update issue #123 status to "In Progress" with note "Starting to handle this issue"

🧪 Testing

Run Test Suite

# Run all tests
uv run python -m pytest

# Run MCP integration tests
uv run python tests/scripts/mcp_integration.py

# Run Claude Code integration tests  
uv run python tests/scripts/claude_integration.py

Docker Environment Testing

If you want to test in a local Docker environment:

# Start Redmine test environment
docker-compose up -d

# Quick start complete test environment
./quick_start.sh

🔍 Troubleshooting

Common Issues

1. API Authentication Failed (401/403 errors)

• Verify API key is correct
• Check if Redmine has REST API enabled: Go to Administration → Settings → API, check "Enable REST web service"
• Verify user permissions are sufficient
• Check if URL is correct (including http/https and port)

2. Connection Timeout

• Check network connection
• Adjust REDMINE_TIMEOUT environment variable
• Verify Redmine server status

3. Issue Creation Failed

• Verify project exists and has permissions
• Check if required fields are filled
• Verify tracker and status settings
• Check basic data configuration: Ensure roles, trackers, statuses, and workflow setup is complete
• Verify user has appropriate role and permissions in the project

4. Status Update Failed

• Check if workflow allows the status transition
• Verify user role has permission to change status
• Verify target status ID is correct

5. Project or Issue Not Found

• Verify ID is correct
• Check if user has permission to view the project/issue
• Verify project status is active

Debug Mode

Enable debug mode for more detailed error information:

DEBUG_MODE=true

📁 Project Structure

redmine-mcp/
├── src/redmine_mcp/          # Main source code
│   ├── __init__.py           # Package initialization
│   ├── server.py             # MCP server main program
│   ├── redmine_client.py     # Redmine API client
│   ├── config.py             # Configuration management
│   └── validators.py         # Data validation
├── tests/                    # Test files
├── docs/                     # Documentation directory
├── docker-compose.yml        # Docker test environment
├── pyproject.toml            # Project configuration
└── README.md                 # Project documentation

🤝 Contributing

1. Fork this project
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🔗 Related Links

• Model Context Protocol
• Claude Code
• Redmine
• FastMCP

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If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to open an Issue or contact the project maintainers.