Rootly

rootly-mcp

MCP server for the Rootly incident management platform.

Built by WYRE Technology — part of the wyre-projects MCP server collection.

Uses decision-tree navigation: start with rootly_navigate to select a domain, then use that domain's tools. Call rootly_back to return.

Domains & Tools

Navigation (always available)

Tool	Description
rootly_navigate	Navigate to a domain: incidents, alerts, schedules, org
rootly_status	Check connection status and available domains
rootly_back	Return to the navigation menu

Domain: incidents

Tool	Description
rootly_incidents_list	List incidents with optional status/severity filters
rootly_incidents_get	Get a single incident by ID
rootly_incidents_create	Create a new incident
rootly_incidents_update	Update title, summary, status, or severity
rootly_incidents_resolve	Resolve an incident

Domain: alerts

Tool	Description
rootly_alerts_list	List alerts with optional status filter
rootly_alerts_acknowledge	Acknowledge an alert
rootly_alerts_resolve	Resolve an alert
rootly_alerts_create	Create a new alert
rootly_alerts_update	Update alert status or summary

Domain: schedules

Tool	Description
rootly_schedules_list	List on-call schedules
rootly_schedules_get	Get a single on-call schedule

Domain: org

Tool	Description
rootly_org_list_teams	List teams
rootly_org_list_severities	List severity levels
rootly_org_current_user	Get current authenticated user

Interactive Incident Card (MCP Apps)

rootly_incidents_get renders as an interactive read-only card in MCP Apps hosts (Claude Desktop/web) showing status, severity, services, environments, teams, and a lifecycle timeline; plain-JSON behavior is unchanged in other hosts. The card is neutral by default and brandable via window.__BRAND__ injection or MCP_BRAND_* env vars (MCP_BRAND_NAME, MCP_BRAND_LOGO_URL, MCP_BRAND_PRIMARY_COLOR, MCP_BRAND_ACCENT_COLOR, MCP_BRAND_BG, MCP_BRAND_TEXT) — no rebuild needed. Rebuild the card bundle itself with npm run build:ui (only needed when ui/ changes; the embedded output is committed).

Setup

1. Install & build

cd rootly-mcp
npm install
npm run build

2. Set your API token

export ROOTLY_API_TOKEN=rootly_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Get your token from Rootly → Profile → API Tokens.

3. Run (stdio — for mcporter/Claude Desktop)

ROOTLY_API_TOKEN=your_token node dist/index.js

4. Run (HTTP streaming transport)

CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET is required. If it is empty or a known placeholder (changeme, change-me, secret, example, placeholder, replace-me, your-secret, your-s2s-secret, s2s-secret, replace-with-a-real-secret), the HTTP server logs an error and exits non-zero. It never prints the secret.

# Refuses to start until CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET is set. With a secret and no
# MCP_HTTP_HOST, the process binds 0.0.0.0 (same as container deploys).
CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET="$CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET" \
  ROOTLY_API_TOKEN=your_token \
  MCP_HTTP_HOST=127.0.0.1 \
  npm run start:http

# Local HTTP only, without a service-to-service secret. Always binds 127.0.0.1.
# A non-loopback MCP_HTTP_HOST is overridden and that override is logged.
MCP_ALLOW_INSECURE_DEV=1 npm run start:http

/health stays unauthenticated, does not require X-Gateway-S2S, and does not return the API token. The stdio transport does not use CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET.

5. Run with Docker

The image listens on 0.0.0.0 inside the container (MCP_HTTP_HOST) and defaults to AUTH_MODE=gateway. Publish the port on loopback and pass the S2S secret. In gateway mode the Rootly token arrives on each request as X-Rootly-Api-Token; it is not read from the environment.

docker build -t rootly-mcp .
docker run \
  -e CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET="$(openssl rand -hex 32)" \
  -p 127.0.0.1:8080:8080 \
  rootly-mcp

Do not pass a known placeholder such as your-s2s-secret or changeme. Startup treats those as unset and exits. Compose refuses to start when CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET is unset, sets AUTH_MODE=gateway, does not pass ROOTLY_API_TOKEN, and publishes 127.0.0.1:8080:8080. A project .env is interpolation only — do not add env_file to the gateway service.

CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET="$(openssl rand -hex 32)" docker compose up

Single-tenant HTTP (AUTH_MODE=env) still requires the S2S secret, then uses ROOTLY_API_TOKEN:

docker run \
  -e CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET="$(openssl rand -hex 32)" \
  -e AUTH_MODE=env \
  -e ROOTLY_API_TOKEN=your_token \
  -e MCP_HTTP_HOST=0.0.0.0 \
  -p 127.0.0.1:8080:8080 \
  rootly-mcp

Configuration

Copy .env.example and set the variables below.

Variable	Required	Description
ROOTLY_API_TOKEN	For stdio and AUTH_MODE=env	Rootly API token (Bearer). Gateway mode does not read this.
MCP_TRANSPORT	No	stdio (default) or http
AUTH_MODE	No	gateway (Docker image and Compose default) or env. Gateway mode requires X-Rootly-Api-Token on each /mcp request and never falls back to ROOTLY_API_TOKEN. env uses that variable after S2S auth succeeds.
CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET	Yes for HTTP	Service-to-service secret. The HTTP server logs an error and exits non-zero when this is empty or a known placeholder. Compose will not start without it. Never commit a real value.
MCP_ALLOW_INSECURE_DEV	No	Set to exactly 1 only for local development to start HTTP without CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET. The process logs a warning, does not enforce X-Gateway-S2S, and binds 127.0.0.1 only. A non-loopback MCP_HTTP_HOST is overridden and logged. A placeholder secret still refuses to start.
MCP_HTTP_HOST	No	Bind address when a secret is configured. Unset means 0.0.0.0. The container image sets 0.0.0.0. Ignored in favor of 127.0.0.1 when the insecure-dev bypass is on.
MCP_HTTP_PORT	No	HTTP port. Defaults to 8080.
LOG_LEVEL	No	debug, info, warn, or error. Defaults to info.

HTTP authentication

With MCP_TRANSPORT=http and CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET set, every /mcp request must include X-Gateway-S2S. The value is t=<unix seconds>,v1=<hex hmac-sha256>. The hex digest is HMAC-SHA256 over the exact ASCII string t=<unix seconds> (the same prefix that appears in the header), keyed with CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET, encoded as 64 lowercase hex characters. The timestamp must be within 300 seconds of the server clock. A missing or invalid header returns 401. The secret is never written to logs or the response.

X-Gateway-S2S: t=1710000000,v1=<64 lowercase hex chars>

In AUTH_MODE=gateway, /mcp also requires X-Rootly-Api-Token. That header is the only Rootly credential for the request. A request without it returns 401 and does not fall back to ROOTLY_API_TOKEN.

curl -sS http://127.0.0.1:8080/mcp \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -H 'accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
  -H "x-gateway-s2s: $X_GATEWAY_S2S" \
  -H "x-rootly-api-token: $ROOTLY_API_TOKEN" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"rootly_status","arguments":{}}}'

mcporter Configuration

{
  "rootly": {
    "command": "node",
    "args": ["/path/to/rootly-mcp/dist/index.js"],
    "env": {
      "ROOTLY_API_TOKEN": "rootly_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
    }
  }
}

Then: mcporter call rootly.rootly_navigate --domain alerts

Claude Desktop (MCPB)

Download the .mcpb bundle from Releases and install it in Claude Desktop.

Or manually add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rootly": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/rootly-mcp/dist/index.js"],
      "env": { "ROOTLY_API_TOKEN": "your_token" }
    }
  }
}

Rate Limiting

Rootly enforces 3 write operations per 60 seconds. The server tracks this in-process and returns a descriptive error with retry-after time if exceeded.

API Reference

• Rootly API docs: https://docs.rootly.com/api-reference
• API base URL: https://api.rootly.com/v1
• Auth: Authorization: Bearer <token>
• Write content-type: application/vnd.api+json

Development

npm run dev        # watch mode
npm run lint       # TypeScript type-check
npm run test       # run tests

License

Apache-2.0 © WYRE Technology