AgentOps MCP server for AI agents

The AgentOps MCP server provides access to observability and tracing data for debugging complex AI agent runs. It adds crucial context about where AI agents succeed or fail, helping you identify and troubleshoot issues more effectively.

Installation Options

Installing via NPM

You can install the AgentOps MCP server using NPM:

npm install agentops-mcp

Installing via Cursor Deeplink

You can install the MCP server directly in Cursor using their deeplink installation feature.

Installing via Smithery

To install agentops-mcp for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @AgentOps-AI/agentops-mcp --client claude

Configuration

MCP Client Configuration

Add the following to your MCP configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "agentops-mcp": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": ["agentops-mcp"],
            "env": {
              "AGENTOPS_API_KEY": ""
            }
        }
    }
}

Make sure to add your AgentOps API key in the environment variables section.

Available Tools

Authentication

auth

This tool authorizes using an AgentOps project API key and returns a JWT token.

Parameters:

api_key (string): Your AgentOps project API key

Trace Retrieval

get_trace

This tool retrieves basic trace information by ID.

Parameters:

trace_id (string): The trace ID to retrieve

Span Retrieval

get_span

This tool gets span information by ID.

Parameters:

span_id (string): The span ID to retrieve

Complete Trace Retrieval

get_complete_trace

This tool gets comprehensive trace information including all spans and their metrics.

Parameters:

trace_id (string): The trace ID

System Requirements

Node.js >= 18.0.0
AgentOps API key (passed as parameter to tools)

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 "agentops-mcp" '{"command":"npx","args":["agentops-mcp"],"env":{"AGENTOPS_API_KEY":""}}'

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": {
        "agentops-mcp": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "agentops-mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "AGENTOPS_API_KEY": ""
            }
        }
    }
}

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": {
        "agentops-mcp": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "agentops-mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "AGENTOPS_API_KEY": ""
            }
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect