Conduit (Phabricator) MCP server for AI agents

Conduit is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides seamless integration with Phabricator and Phorge APIs. It enables advanced automation and interaction capabilities for developers and tools, featuring modern HTTP client support, MCP tools for task management, and secure token-based authentication.

Installation

Using `uvx`

First, install uv if you don't have it:

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

After installation, restart your shell or terminal to apply the environment variable changes.

Then run:

uvx --from git+https://github.com/mcpnow-io/conduit conduit-mcp

Docker Support

Docker support is currently under development and will be available soon.

Configuration

Before running the server, you need to set up the following environment variables:

Environment Variables

export PHABRICATOR_TOKEN=your-api-token-here
export PHABRICATOR_URL="https://your-phabricator-instance.com/api/"

# Optional configurations
export PHABRICATOR_PROXY="socks5://127.0.0.1:1080"  # If your network is behind a firewall
export PHABRICATOR_DISABLE_CERT_VERIFY=1  # If your network is under HTTPS filter (use with caution)

Note: When running in HTTP/SSE mode, PHABRICATOR_TOKEN is not needed as authentication tokens are provided via HTTP headers.

Getting Your API Token

Log into your Phabricator instance
Go to Settings > API Tokens
Generate a new token
Copy the 32-character token and use it as PHABRICATOR_TOKEN

Usage

Running as an HTTP/SSE Server

Conduit can run as an HTTP/SSE server for multi-user scenarios, allowing multiple clients to connect simultaneously with their own authentication tokens:

conduit-mcp --host 127.0.0.1 --port 8000

If you haven't installed the package, you can also run:

python3 run.py

Authentication in HTTP/SSE Mode

When running as an HTTP server, provide authentication tokens via HTTP headers instead of environment variables:

X-PHABRICATOR-TOKEN: your-32-character-token-here

Features

Modern HTTP Client: Built with httpx for HTTP/2 support and better performance
MCP Integration: Ready-to-use MCP tools for task management
Type Safety: Full type hints for better development experience
Secure: Token-based authentication with environment variable configuration

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 "conduit-mcp" '{"command":"uvx","args":["--from","git+https://github.com/mcpnow-io/conduit","conduit-mcp"]}'

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": {
        "conduit-mcp": {
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": [
                "--from",
                "git+https://github.com/mcpnow-io/conduit",
                "conduit-mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}

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": {
        "conduit-mcp": {
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": [
                "--from",
                "git+https://github.com/mcpnow-io/conduit",
                "conduit-mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect

Conduit (Phabricator) MCP server