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Targetprocess MCP server

Integrates with Targetprocess to enable searching, retrieving, creating, and updating project management entities for enhanced agile workflows and task tracking.
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Provider
Aaron Bockover
Release date
Feb 25, 2025
Language
TypeScript
Stats
5 stars
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The Targetprocess MCP Server enables AI assistants to interact with your Targetprocess data through intelligent semantic operations. It provides workflow-aware tools that understand context, suggest next steps, and adapt to your Targetprocess configuration automatically - going far beyond basic data access.

Quick Start

Installation Options

Docker Installation (Recommended)

# Basic usage
docker run -i --rm \
  -e TP_DOMAIN=your-domain.tpondemand.com \
  -e TP_USERNAME=your-username \
  -e TP_PASSWORD=your-password \
  ghcr.io/aaronsb/apptio-target-process-mcp

# With semantic operations and strict mode (recommended for MCP clients)
docker run -i --rm \
  -e TP_DOMAIN=your-domain.tpondemand.com \
  -e TP_USERNAME=your-username \
  -e TP_PASSWORD=your-password \
  -e TP_USER_ROLE=developer \
  -e TP_USER_ID=your-user-id \
  -e TP_USER_EMAIL=your-email \
  -e MCP_STRICT_MODE=true \
  ghcr.io/aaronsb/apptio-target-process-mcp

NPX Installation (No Installation Required)

# Basic usage
TP_DOMAIN=your-domain.tpondemand.com TP_USERNAME=your-username TP_PASSWORD=your-password \
  npx -y https://github.com/aaronsb/apptio-target-process-mcp.git

# With semantic operations and strict mode (recommended for MCP clients)
TP_DOMAIN=your-domain.tpondemand.com TP_USERNAME=your-username TP_PASSWORD=your-password \
TP_USER_ROLE=developer TP_USER_ID=your-user-id TP_USER_EMAIL=your-email \
MCP_STRICT_MODE=true \
  npx -y https://github.com/aaronsb/apptio-target-process-mcp.git

Claude Code Integration

# Quick setup for development
./scripts/dev-setup.sh

# Basic manual setup
npm install && npm run build
claude mcp add targetprocess node ./build/index.js \
  -e TP_DOMAIN=your-domain.tpondemand.com \
  -e TP_USERNAME=your-username \
  -e TP_PASSWORD=your-password

# With semantic operations (recommended)
claude mcp add targetprocess node ./build/index.js \
  -e TP_DOMAIN=your-domain.tpondemand.com \
  -e TP_USERNAME=your-username \
  -e TP_PASSWORD=your-password \
  -e TP_USER_ROLE=developer \
  -e TP_USER_ID=your-user-id \
  -e TP_USER_EMAIL=your-email \
  -e MCP_STRICT_MODE=true

Configuration

MCP Client Configuration

Strict Mode: For MCP clients that require clean JSON-RPC on stdio (like Claude Desktop), enable strict mode to redirect all logging to stderr:

# Environment variable
MCP_STRICT_MODE=true

# Auto-detection also works for:
# - Claude Desktop (stdio transport)
# - Non-TTY environments
# - When --stdio flag is present

Semantic Operations: Enable intelligent workflow tools with role-based filtering:

TP_USER_ROLE=developer        # Options: developer, project-manager, tester
TP_USER_ID=your-user-id       # For task assignments and time tracking  
TP_USER_EMAIL=your-email      # Identity for semantic operations

Configuration Examples

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to your Claude Desktop configuration file (~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

Using Docker:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "targetprocess": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run", "-i", "--rm",
        "-e", "TP_USERNAME",
        "-e", "TP_PASSWORD", 
        "-e", "TP_DOMAIN",
        "-e", "TP_USER_ROLE",
        "-e", "TP_USER_ID",
        "-e", "TP_USER_EMAIL",
        "-e", "MCP_STRICT_MODE",
        "ghcr.io/aaronsb/apptio-target-process-mcp:latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TP_USERNAME": "your-username",
        "TP_PASSWORD": "your-password",
        "TP_DOMAIN": "your-domain.tpondemand.com",
        "TP_USER_ROLE": "developer",
        "TP_USER_ID": "your-user-id",
        "TP_USER_EMAIL": "[email protected]",
        "MCP_STRICT_MODE": "true"
      },
      "disabled": false,
      "transportType": "stdio"
    }
  }
}

Using NPX:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "targetprocess": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "https://github.com/aaronsb/apptio-target-process-mcp.git"],
      "env": {
        "TP_USERNAME": "your-username",
        "TP_PASSWORD": "your-password",
        "TP_DOMAIN": "your-domain.tpondemand.com",
        "TP_USER_ROLE": "developer",
        "TP_USER_ID": "your-user-id",
        "TP_USER_EMAIL": "[email protected]",
        "MCP_STRICT_MODE": "true"
      },
      "disabled": false,
      "transportType": "stdio"
    }
  }
}

IBM watsonx Orchestrate Integration

# Import as a toolkit in watsonx Orchestrate
orchestrate toolkits import \
  --kind mcp \
  --name targetprocess \
  --package-root /path/to/apptio-target-process-mcp \
  --command '["node", "build/index.js"]' \
  --tools "*"

Usage Examples

Here are examples of what you can ask your AI assistant with this MCP server:

  • "Show me all open user stories in the mobile app project"
  • "Create a bug for the authentication failure on the login page"
  • "What's the status of our Q2 release?"
  • "Update the priority of story #12345 to high"
  • "Show me all tasks assigned to Sarah"
  • "Which team has the most open bugs right now?"

Features

Semantic Operations (Workflow Intelligence)

  • show_my_tasks: View assigned tasks with smart filtering and priority analysis
  • start_working_on: Begin work on tasks with automatic state transitions
  • complete_task: Mark tasks complete with integrated time logging and comments
  • show_my_bugs: Analyze assigned bugs with dynamic severity categorization
  • log_time: Record time with intelligent entity type discovery and validation
  • add_comment: Add contextual comments with workflow-aware follow-up suggestions

Core API Tools

  • Entity Management: Create, read, update, and search Targetprocess entities
  • Complex Queries: Filter items by custom fields, status, relationships, and more
  • Data Discovery: Explore entity types, properties, and relationships
  • Rich Includes: Retrieve related data in a single request

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "targetprocess" '{"command":"docker","args":["run","-i","--rm","-e","TP_USERNAME","-e","TP_PASSWORD","-e","TP_DOMAIN","-e","TP_USER_ROLE","-e","TP_USER_ID","-e","TP_USER_EMAIL","-e","MCP_STRICT_MODE","ghcr.io/aaronsb/apptio-target-process-mcp:latest"],"env":{"TP_USERNAME":"your-username","TP_PASSWORD":"your-password","TP_DOMAIN":"your-domain.tpondemand.com","TP_USER_ROLE":"developer","TP_USER_ID":"your-user-id","TP_USER_EMAIL":"[email protected]","MCP_STRICT_MODE":"true"},"disabled":false,"transportType":"stdio"}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "targetprocess": {
            "command": "docker",
            "args": [
                "run",
                "-i",
                "--rm",
                "-e",
                "TP_USERNAME",
                "-e",
                "TP_PASSWORD",
                "-e",
                "TP_DOMAIN",
                "-e",
                "TP_USER_ROLE",
                "-e",
                "TP_USER_ID",
                "-e",
                "TP_USER_EMAIL",
                "-e",
                "MCP_STRICT_MODE",
                "ghcr.io/aaronsb/apptio-target-process-mcp:latest"
            ],
            "env": {
                "TP_USERNAME": "your-username",
                "TP_PASSWORD": "your-password",
                "TP_DOMAIN": "your-domain.tpondemand.com",
                "TP_USER_ROLE": "developer",
                "TP_USER_ID": "your-user-id",
                "TP_USER_EMAIL": "[email protected]",
                "MCP_STRICT_MODE": "true"
            },
            "disabled": false,
            "transportType": "stdio"
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

  • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
  • Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
  • Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "targetprocess": {
            "command": "docker",
            "args": [
                "run",
                "-i",
                "--rm",
                "-e",
                "TP_USERNAME",
                "-e",
                "TP_PASSWORD",
                "-e",
                "TP_DOMAIN",
                "-e",
                "TP_USER_ROLE",
                "-e",
                "TP_USER_ID",
                "-e",
                "TP_USER_EMAIL",
                "-e",
                "MCP_STRICT_MODE",
                "ghcr.io/aaronsb/apptio-target-process-mcp:latest"
            ],
            "env": {
                "TP_USERNAME": "your-username",
                "TP_PASSWORD": "your-password",
                "TP_DOMAIN": "your-domain.tpondemand.com",
                "TP_USER_ROLE": "developer",
                "TP_USER_ID": "your-user-id",
                "TP_USER_EMAIL": "[email protected]",
                "MCP_STRICT_MODE": "true"
            },
            "disabled": false,
            "transportType": "stdio"
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect

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