About Zowe CLI MCP
Zowe CLI MCP is an MCP server for retrieving z/OS job information through profiles available via z/OS MF. It uses the Zowe SDK and provides queries by user or job-name prefix.
Key features
- 01List jobs for a specified user
- 02Find jobs by name prefix
- 03Use z/OS MF profiles
Use cases
- 01Review jobs belonging to a user
- 02Search jobs by a known name prefix
MCP support
It exposes tools for querying z/OS jobs to MCP clients.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMEZowe CLI MCP
An MCP Server that makes use of the Zowe SDK to get information about the jobs running on z/OS Systems available via z/OS MF profiles.
Tools
get-user-jobs
Returns all the jobs for the specified user from the specified profile
get-jobs-by-name
Returns all the jobs with the given prefix from the specified profile.
License
Copyright 2025 Andrew Smithson
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
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