Pagerduty Official

Frequently asked questions

What does the Pagerduty MCP server do?

PagerDuty's official MCP Server > [!IMPORTANT] > This repository is deprecated and now read-only. Development has moved to PagerDuty's > hosted Remote MCP Server — > see the docs there for setup instructions. PagerDuty's local MCP (Model Context Protocol) server which provides tools to interact with your PagerDuty account, allowing you to manage incidents, services, schedules, event orchestrations, and more directly from your MCP-enabled client. Quick start You need uv and a PagerDuty User API Token — see Prerequisites and Authentication. By default only read-only tools are exposed. Add --enable-write-tools to allow tools that modify your PagerDuty account. Then point your MCP client at the server — Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop, or Docker. Prefer no local install? PagerDuty hosts a Remote MCP Server with OAuth support. Contents The full documentation lives in docs/ and is readable directly on GitHub. Getting Started Introduction — what the MCP server is and what it can do Prerequisites Quick Start Authentication Installation Cursor VS Code Claude Desktop Docker Remote Server Remote MCP Server Setup — PagerDuty-hosted, no local install. Maintained on the PagerDuty Knowledge Base. Configuration Environment Variables Transport Modes Write Tools Tool Filtering Tools Reference Tools Overview — every tool, read/write type, and description Alert Grouping Alerts Analytics Business Services Change Events Incidents Incident Workflows Services Teams Users Schedules On-Call Priorities Log Entries Escalation Policies Event Orchestrations Status Pages Use Cases Use Cases Overview Incident Investigation On-Call Handoff Service Health Check Incident Response Automation Experimental Experimental Overview — MCP Apps and the experimental branch Incident Command Center On-Call Manager On-Call Compensation Report Service Dependency Graph Onboarding Wizard Community Community Streams Contributing Development Setup Contributing Guidelines Support PagerDuty's MCP server is an open-source project, and as such, we offer only community-based support. If assistance is required, please open an issue in GitHub or PagerDuty's community forum. Contributing If you are interested in contributing to this project, please refer to our Contributing Guidelines and the development setup guide.

How do I install Pagerduty?

Run the install command shown above, then paste the config for your client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Windsurf) into its MCP settings and restart the client.

Is Pagerduty free to use?

The MCP server itself is free to install. The source is public on https://github.com/PagerDuty/pagerduty-mcp-server. Any third-party service it calls may require its own API key and account.

Which clients support Pagerduty?

Any MCP-compatible client can use it, including Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and custom agents.