AlibabaCloud DevOps MCP

AlibabaCloud Devops MCP Server provides AI assistants with the ability to interact with the Yunxiao platform, enabling them to read work item contents in projects, automatically write code after understanding requirements, and submit code merge requests. Enterprise development teams can use it to assist with code reviews, optimize task management, reduce repetitive operations, and thus focus on more important innovation and product delivery.

Features

alibabacloud-devops-mcp-server provides the following capabilities for AI assistants:

- organization-management: Organization management tools (organization list, organization details, department information, organizational roles, member information, etc.)
- code-management: Code repository management tools (repository management, branch management, merge request management, file tree, etc.)
- project-management: Project management tools (project management, work item management, work item fields, work item comments, time tracking, etc.)
- pipeline-management: Pipeline management tools (pipeline list, pipeline configuration, resource management, tag management, deployment management, etc.)
- application-delivery: Application delivery tools (deployment order management, application management, application tags, variable group management, etc.)
- packages-management: Artifact repository management tools (artifact repositories, artifact lists, etc.)
- test-management: Test management tools (test case management, test case directories, test plans, test results, etc.)

Usage

Region Edition Support

This tool supports both Yunxiao central station and Region edition deployment modes:

- Central Station: Uses https://openapi-rdc.aliyuncs.com as the API domain
- Region Edition: Uses organization-specific domains, such as https://your-org.devops.aliyuncs.com

Automatic Mode Detection

The tool automatically determines the deployment mode based on the configured API base URL:

- If the URL contains openapi-rdc.aliyuncs.com, it operates in central station mode
- Otherwise, it operates in region edition mode

Configuring Region Edition

When using a Region edition, set the YUNXIAO_API_BASE_URL environment variable:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "yunxiao": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "alibabacloud-devops-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "YUNXIAO_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_TOKEN>",
        "YUNXIAO_API_BASE_URL": "https://your-org.devops.aliyuncs.com"
      }
    }
  }
}

Prerequisites

Official Hosted MCP Service (No Install)

Yunxiao provides an officially hosted MCP endpoint — no local install or Docker needed. Just point your client at it and authenticate with your Yunxiao token.

- Endpoint: https://openapi-rdc.aliyuncs.com/ai/mcp
- Transport: Streamable HTTP (stateless)
- Auth: Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN> (or header X-Yunxiao-Token: <YOUR_TOKEN>)

Client config (clients with native remote support, e.g. Cursor):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "yunxiao": {
      "url": "https://openapi-rdc.aliyuncs.com/ai/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>" }
    }
  }
}

> Tip: cut context usage by requesting only the toolsets you need — ?toolsets=code-management,project-management or header X-Devops-Toolsets. See the full guide: docs/hosted-mcp-guide.zh-CN.md.

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Quick Start (Self-host, Using Stdio Mode)

Stdio mode is the simplest self-hosting way, suitable for most MCP clients (like Cursor, Claude Desktop, iFlow, etc.). No Docker installation required, just run via npx.

Option 1: Direct Use via NPX (Simplest)

Add the following configuration to your MCP client configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "yunxiao": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "alibabacloud-devops-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "YUNXIAO_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

> Note:
> - Replace <YOUR_TOKEN> with your Yunxiao access token
> - The -y flag automatically confirms installation without manual confirmation
> - By default the tool calls the Yunxiao Central Station OpenAPI (https://openapi-rdc.aliyuncs.com); no extra configuration is required
> - If you are on a Region edition (organization-specific domain), set an additional environment variable YUNXIAO_API_BASE_URL to your Yunxiao instance URL, e.g. https://your-org.devops.aliyuncs.com. See the Configuring Region Edition section above for details
> - This method uses stdio mode, communicating with the MCP client via standard input/output

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Using Docker (Optional)

Transport Modes

| Mode | CLI Flag | Env Variable | Endpoints |
|------|----------|-------------|----------|
| Stdio | (default) | — | stdin/stdout |
| SSE | --sse | MCP_TRANSPORT=sse | /sse + /messages |
| Streamable HTTP | --streamable-http | MCP_TRANSPORT=streamable-http | /mcp |
| Both | --sse --streamable-http | MCP_TRANSPORT=both | /sse + /mcp |

> Streamable HTTP is the MCP specification's recommended remote transport. SSE is legacy; use both during migration.

1. Pull Image

docker pull build-steps-public-registry.cn-beijing.cr.aliyuncs.com/build-steps/alibabacloud-devops-mcp-server:latest

> Self-built: docker build -t alibabacloud/alibabacloud-devops-mcp-server .

2. Start Server

Stdio:

docker run -i --rm -e YUNXIAO_ACCESS_TOKEN \

  build-steps-public-registry.cn-beijing.cr.aliyuncs.com/build-steps/alibabacloud-devops-mcp-server:latest

SSE / Streamable HTTP / Both — set MCP_TRANSPORT and expose PORT:

docker run -d --name yunxiao-mcp -p 3000:3000 \

  -e YUNXIAO_ACCESS_TOKEN="your_token" -e PORT=3000 \

  -e MCP_TRANSPORT=streamable-http \   # sse | streamable-http | both

  build-steps-public-registry.cn-beijing.cr.aliyuncs.com/build-steps/alibabacloud-devops-mcp-server:latest

Optional Streamable HTTP env vars:
- MCP_STREAMABLE_PATH: MCP endpoint path (default /mcp)
- MCP_HTTP_HOST: Bind host (default 0.0.0.0)
- MCP_ALLOWED_HOSTS: Allowed Host header values (comma-separated)

3. Configure MCP Client

Stdio:

{

  "mcpServers": {

    "yunxiao": {

      "command": "docker",

      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "YUNXIAO_ACCESS_TOKEN", "build-steps-public-registry.cn-beijing.cr.aliyuncs.com/build-steps/alibabacloud-devops-mcp-server:latest"],

      "env": { "YUNXIAO_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_TOKEN>" }

    }

  }

}

SSE: http://localhost:3000/sse

Streamable HTTP: http://localhost:3000/mcp

Pass credentials via query parameter or header:

http://localhost:3000/mcp?yunxiao_access_token=YOUR_TOKEN_HERE

Region / instance OpenAPI base:

http://localhost:3000/mcp?yunxiao_access_token=TOKEN&yunxiao_api_base_url=https%3A%2F%2Fyour-org.devops.aliyuncs.com

Docker Compose

cp .env.example .env   # set YUNXIAO_ACCESS_TOKEN
docker compose up -d

Client URL: http://localhost:3000/sse (SSE) or http://localhost:3000/mcp (Streamable HTTP)

Toolsets

Available toolsets:
- organization-management: Organization management tools (organization list, organization details, department information, organizational roles, member information, etc.)
- code-management: Code repository management tools (repository management, branch management, merge request management, file tree, etc.)
- project-management: Project management tools (project management, work item management, work item fields, work item comments, time tracking, etc.)
- pipeline-management: Pipeline management tools (pipeline list, pipeline configuration, resource management, tag management, deployment management, etc.)
- packages-management: Artifact repository management tools (artifact repositories, artifact lists, etc.)
- application-delivery: Application delivery tools (deployment order management, application management, application tags, variable group management, etc.)
- test-management: Test management tools (test case management, test case directories, test plans, test results, etc.)

To use toolsets, you can specify them via command line arguments or environment variables:

1. Via command line argument:

npx -y alibabacloud-devops-mcp-server --toolsets=code-management,project-management

2. Via environment variable:

DEVOPS_TOOLSETS=code-management,project-management npx -y alibabacloud-devops-mcp-server

If no toolsets are specified, all tools will be enabled by default.

Tools

alibabacloud-devops-mcp-server integrates various tools, including:

Organization Management

- get_current_organization_Info: Get current user's organization information
- get_user_organizations: Get the list of organizations the current user has joined
- get_organization_role: Get information about an organization role
- get_organization_departments: Get the list of departments in an organization
- get_organization_department_info: Get information about a department in an organization
- get_organization_department_ancestors: Get the ancestors of a department in an organization
- get_organization_members: Get the list of members in an organization
- get_organization_member_info: Get information about a member in an organization
- get_organization_member_info_by_user_id: Get information about a member in an organization by user ID
- search_organization_members: Search for organization members
- list_organization_roles: List organization roles
- get_organization_role: Get information about an organization role

Code Management Tools

- create_branch: Create a branch
- delete_branch: Delete a branch
- get_branch: Get branch information
- list_branches: Get branch list
- create_file: Create a file
- delete_file: Delete a file
- get_file_blobs: Get file content
- list_files: Query file tree
- update_file: Update file content
- create_change_request: Create a merge request
- create_change_request_comment: Create a comment on a merge request
- get_change_request: Query merge request
- list_change_request_patch_sets: Query merge request version list
- list_change_request: Query merge request list
- list_change_request_comments: Query merge request comment list
- get_compare: Compare code
- get_repository: Get repository details
- list_repositories: Get repository list
- list_commits: [Code Management] List commits in a repository
- get_commit: [Code Management] Get commit details
- create_commit_comment: [Code Management] Create a comment on a commit

Project Management Tools

- get_project: Get project details
- search_projects: Search projects
- get_sprint: Get sprint details
- list_sprints: List sprints in a project
- create_sprint: [Project Management] Create a sprint
- update_sprint: [Project Management] Update a sprint
- search_programs: [Project Management] Search for programs
- list_program_versions: [Project Management] List program versions
- list_versions: [Project Management] List project versions
- create_version: [Project Management] Create a version
- update_version: [Project Management] Update a version
- delete_version: [Project Management] Delete a version
- get_work_item: Get work item details
- update_work_item: [Project Management] Update a work item
- search_workitems: Search work items
- get_work_item_types: get work item types
- create_work_item: create work item
- list_all_work_item_types: List all work item types in an organization
- list_work_item_types: List work item types in a project space
- get_work_item_type: Get details of a specific work item type
- list_work_item_relation_work_item_types: List work item types that can be related to a specific work item
- get_work_item_type_field_config: Get field configuration for a specific work item type
- get_work_item_workflow: Get workflow information for a specific work item type
- list_work_item_comments: List comments for a specific work item
- create_work_item_comment: Create a comment for a specific work item
- list_workitem_attachments: List attachments for a specific work item
- get_workitem_file: Get file information for a specific work item attachment
- create_workitem_attachment: Upload a local file as an attachment to a work item
- list_workitem_activities: List activity history for a work item (field changes, status transitions, association changes)
- list_current_user_effort_records: [Project Management] 获取用户的实际工时明细，结束时间和开始时间的间隔不能大于6个月
- list_effort_records: [Project Management] 获取实际工时明细
- create_effort_record: [Project Management] 登记实际工时
- list_estimated_efforts: [Project Management] 获取预计工时明细
- create_estimated_effort: [Project Management] 登记预计工时
- update_effort_record: [Project Management] 更新登记实际工时
- update_estimated_effort: [Project Management] 更新登记预计工时

Pipeline Management Tools

- get_pipeline: Get pipeline details
- list_pipelines: Get pipeline list
- smart_list_pipelines: Smart pipeline search with natural language time references
- generate_pipeline_yaml: [Pipeline Management] Generate pipeline YAML configuration
- create_pipeline_from_description: Create a pipeline from natural language description
- update_pipeline: [Pipeline Management] Update pipeline YAML content
- create_pipeline_run: Create a pipeline run instance
- get_latest_pipeline_run: Get the latest pipeline run instance
- get_pipeline_run: Get pipeline run details
- list_pipeline_runs: Get pipeline run list
- list_pipeline_jobs_by_category: Get pipeline execution tasks by category
- list_pipeline_job_historys: Get the execution history of a pipeline task
- execute_pipeline_job_run: Manually run a pipeline task
- get_pipeline_job_run_log: Get the execution logs of a pipeline job
- list_service_connections: List service connections in organization
- create_pipeline_from_description: Automatically generates YAML configuration and creates pipeline
- update_pipeline: Update an existing pipeline in Yunxiao by pipelineId. Use this to update pipeline YAML, stages, jobs, etc.
- create_resource_member: Create a resource member
- delete_resource_member: Delete a resource member
- list_resource_members: Get a list of resource members
- update_resource_member: Update a resource member
- update_resource_owner: Transfer resource owner
- create_tag: Create a tag
- create_tag_group: Create a tag group
- list_tag_groups: Get a list of tag groups
- delete_tag_group: Delete a tag group
- update_tag_group: Update a tag group
- get_tag_group: Get a tag group
- delete_tag: Delete a tag
- update_tag: Update a tag
- stop_vm_deploy_order: Stop VM deploy order
- skip_vm_deploy_machine: Skip VM deploy machine
- retry_vm_deploy_machine: Retry VM deploy machine
- resume_vm_deploy_order: Resume VM deploy order
- get_vm_deploy_order: Get VM deploy order details
- get_vm_deploy_machine_log: Get VM deploy machine log

Application Delivery Tools

- create_change_order: [application delivery] 创建部署单
- list_change_order_versions: [application delivery] 查看部署单版本列表
- get_change_order: [application delivery] 读取部署单使用的物料和工单状态
- list_change_order_job_logs: [application delivery] 查询环境部署单日志
- find_task_operation_log: [application delivery] 查询部署任务执行日志，其中通常包含下游部署引擎的调度细节信息
- execute_job_action: [application delivery] 操作环境部署单
- list_change_orders_by_origin: [application delivery] 根据创建来源查询部署单
- create_appstack_change_request: [application delivery] 创建变更请求
- get_appstack_change_request_audit_items: [application delivery] 获取变更请求的审批项
- list_appstack_change_request_executions: [application delivery] 列出变更请求的执行记录
- list_appstack_change_request_work_items: [application delivery] 列出变更请求的工作项
- cancel_appstack_change_request: [application delivery] 取消变更请求
- close_appstack_change_request: [application delivery] 关闭变更请求
- list_applications: [application delivery] List applications in an organization with pagination
- get_application: [application delivery] Get application details by name
- create_application: [application delivery] Create a new application
- update_application: [application delivery] Update an existing application
- get_latest_orchestration: [application delivery] Get the latest orchestration for an environment
- list_app_orchestration: [application delivery] List application orchestrations
- create_app_orchestration: [application delivery] Create an application orchestration
- delete_app_orchestration: [application delivery] Delete an application orchestration
- get_app_orchestration: [application delivery] Get an application orchestration
- update_app_orchestration: [application delivery] Update an application orchestration
- get_env_variable_groups: [application delivery] Get variable groups for an environment
- create_variable_group: [application delivery] Create a variable group
- delete_variable_group: [application delivery] Delete a variable group
- get_variable_group: [application delivery] Get a variable group
- update_variable_group: [application delivery] Update a variable group
- get_app_variable_groups: [application delivery] Get variable groups for an application
- get_app_variable_groups_revision: [application delivery] Get the revision of variable groups for an application
- search_app_templates: [application delivery] Search application templates
- create_app_tag: [application delivery] Create an application tag
- update_app_tag: [application delivery] Update an application tag
- search_app_tags: [application delivery] Search application tags
- update_app_tag_bind: [application delivery] Update application tag bindings
- create_global_var: [application delivery] Create a global variable group
- get_global_var: [application delivery] Get a global variable group
- update_global_var: [application delivery] Update a global variable group
- list_global_vars: [application delivery] List global variable groups
- get_machine_deploy_log: [application delivery] Get machine deployment log
- add_host_list_to_host_group: [application delivery] Add host list to host group
- add_host_list_to_deploy_group: [application delivery] Add host list to deploy group
- list_app_release_workflows: [application delivery] List all release workflows for an application
- list_app_release_workflow_briefs: [application delivery] List release workflow briefs for an application
- list_system_release_workflows: [application delivery] List all system release workflows
- create_system_release_workflow: [application delivery] Create a system release workflow
- update_system_release_stage: [application delivery] Update system release workflow stage
- execute_system_release_stage: [application delivery] Execute system release workflow stage
- get_app_release_workflow_stage: [application delivery] Get release workflow stage details
- list_app_release_stage_briefs: [application delivery] List release stage briefs
- update_app_release_stage: [application delivery] Update application release workflow stage
- list_app_release_stage_runs: [application delivery] List release stage execution records
- execute_app_release_stage: [application delivery] Execute release workflow stage for a change request
- cancel_app_release_stage_execution: [application delivery] Cancel release workflow stage execution
- retry_app_release_stage_pipeline: [application delivery] Retry release workflow stage pipeline
- skip_app_release_stage_pipeline: [application delivery] Skip release workflow stage pipeline
- list_app_release_stage_metadata: [application delivery] List integrated metadata for stage execution
- get_app_release_stage_pipeline_run: [application delivery] Get release stage pipeline run instance
- pass_app_release_stage_validate: [application delivery] Pass release workflow stage validation
- get_app_release_stage_job_log: [application delivery] Get pipeline job execution log
- refuse_app_release_stage_validate: [application delivery] Refuse release workflow stage validation

Packages Management Tools

- list_package_repositories: Get package repositories details list
- list_artifacts: Get artifacts details list
- get_artifact: Get single artifact details

Test Management Tools

- list_testcase_directories: [test management] Get test case directory list
- create_testcase_directory: [test management] Create a test case directory
- get_testcase_field_config: [test management] Get test case field configuration
- create_testcase: [test management] Create a test case
- search_testcases: [test management] Search test cases
- get_testcase: [test management] Get test case information
- delete_testcase: [test management] Delete a test case
- list_test_plans: [test management] Get test plan list
- get_test_result_list: [test management] Get test case list in a test plan
- update_test_result: [test management] Update test result

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