About pylon-mcp
pylon-mcp connects MCP clients to the Pylon customer support platform. It exposes tools for managing organizations, accounts, contacts, issues, messages, tags, and teams using a Pylon API token.
Key features
- 01Retrieve organization details
- 02List, search, and manage accounts
- 03List, search, and manage contacts
- 04Search and manage support issues
- 05Redact issue messages and manage followers
- 06Manage tags and teams
Use cases
- 01Look up a customer account or contact
- 02Create or update a support issue
- 03Snooze an issue or adjust its followers
- 04Maintain Pylon tags and teams
MCP support
Exposes Pylon organization, account, contact, issue, message, tag, and team operations as tools for MCP clients. Requires a Pylon API token.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMEpylon-mcp
MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Pylon customer support platform.
Installation
corepack enable
pnpm install
pnpm run build
Configuration
-
Copy the example environment file:
cp .env.example .env -
Edit
.envand add your Pylon API token:PYLON_API_TOKEN=your_api_token_here
You can generate an API token from the Pylon dashboard. Note: Only Admin users can create API tokens.
Usage
With Claude Desktop
Add to your Claude Desktop configuration (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS):
{
"mcpServers": {
"pylon": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["--env-file", "/path/to/pylon-mcp/.env", "/path/to/pylon-mcp/dist/index.js"]
}
}
}
With Claude Code
Add to your Claude Code MCP settings:
{
"mcpServers": {
"pylon": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["--env-file", "/path/to/pylon-mcp/.env", "/path/to/pylon-mcp/dist/index.js"]
}
}
}
Available Tools
Organization
pylon_get_organization- Get information about your Pylon organization
Accounts
pylon_list_accounts- List all accounts with paginationpylon_get_account- Get a specific account by IDpylon_create_account- Create a new accountpylon_update_account- Update an existing accountpylon_delete_account- Delete an accountpylon_search_accounts- Search accounts with filters
Contacts
pylon_list_contacts- List all contacts with paginationpylon_get_contact- Get a specific contact by IDpylon_create_contact- Create a new contactpylon_update_contact- Update an existing contactpylon_delete_contact- Delete a contactpylon_search_contacts- Search contacts with filters
Issues
pylon_list_issues- List issues within a time rangepylon_get_issue- Get a specific issue by IDpylon_create_issue- Create a new issue/ticketpylon_update_issue- Update an existing issuepylon_delete_issue- Delete an issuepylon_search_issues- Search issues with filterspylon_snooze_issue- Snooze an issue until a specific timepylon_get_issue_followers- Get issue followerspylon_update_issue_followers- Add/remove issue followers
Messages
pylon_redact_message- Redact a message from an issue
Tags
pylon_list_tags- List all tagspylon_get_tag- Get a specific tag by IDpylon_create_tag- Create a new tagpylon_update_tag- Update an existing tagpylon_delete_tag- Delete a tag
Teams
pylon_list_teams- List all teamspylon_get_team- Get a specific team by IDpylon_create_team- Create a new teampylon_update_team- Update an existing team
Requirements
- Node.js 24+
- Pylon API token (Admin access required)
License
MIT
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