SD Elements MCP server

Integrates with Security Compass's SD Elements platform to manage security projects, applications, countermeasures, and user administration for DevSecOps workflows requiring automated security requirement tracking and compliance management.
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Geoff Whittington
Release date
Jun 17, 2025
Stats
4 stars

The SD Elements MCP Server provides integration between Large Language Models (LLMs) and the SD Elements security development lifecycle platform through the Model Context Protocol. This server exposes various SD Elements API endpoints, allowing AI assistants to manage projects, applications, countermeasures, tasks, and more.

Installation Options

Using uvx (Recommended)

uvx git+https://github.com/geoffwhittington/sde-mcp.git

Using uv

uv pip install git+https://github.com/geoffwhittington/sde-mcp.git
sde-mcp-server

Using pip

pip install git+https://github.com/geoffwhittington/sde-mcp.git
sde-mcp-server

Configuration

The server requires two environment variables to function:

  • SDE_HOST: Your SD Elements instance URL (e.g., https://your-sdelements-instance.com)
  • SDE_API_KEY: Your SD Elements API key

Setting Environment Variables

You can set these variables in two ways:

Option 1: Using environment variables directly

export SDE_HOST="https://your-sdelements-instance.com"
export SDE_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"

Option 2: Using a .env file Create a .env file in your working directory:

SDE_HOST=https://your-sdelements-instance.com
SDE_API_KEY=your-api-key-here

Getting Your API Key

  1. Log into your SD Elements instance
  2. Navigate to Settings > API Tokens
  3. Generate a new API token
  4. Copy the token value for use as SDE_API_KEY

MCP Client Configuration

Claude Desktop

Add this to your Claude Desktop configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sde-elements": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["git+https://github.com/geoffwhittington/sde-mcp.git"],
      "env": {
        "SDE_HOST": "https://your-sdelements-instance.com",
        "SDE_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

Add this to your Cline MCP settings:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sde-elements": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["git+https://github.com/geoffwhittington/sde-mcp.git"],
      "env": {
        "SDE_HOST": "https://your-sdelements-instance.com",
        "SDE_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Continue

Add this to your Continue configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sde-elements": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["git+https://github.com/geoffwhittington/sde-mcp.git"],
      "env": {
        "SDE_HOST": "https://your-sdelements-instance.com",
        "SDE_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add this to your Cursor configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sde-elements": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["git+https://github.com/geoffwhittington/sde-mcp.git"],
      "env": {
        "SDE_HOST": "https://your-sdelements-instance.com",
        "SDE_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Alternatively, if you have the package installed locally:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sde-elements": {
      "command": "sde-mcp-server",
      "env": {
        "SDE_HOST": "https://your-sdelements-instance.com",
        "SDE_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

Project Management

  • list_projects - List all projects with optional filtering
  • get_project - Get detailed project information
  • create_project - Create a new project
  • update_project - Update project details
  • delete_project - Delete a project

Application Management

  • list_applications - List all applications
  • get_application - Get application details
  • create_application - Create a new application
  • update_application - Update application information

Countermeasures

  • list_countermeasures - List countermeasures for a project
  • get_countermeasure - Get countermeasure details
  • update_countermeasure - Update countermeasure status

Tasks & Surveys

  • list_tasks - List tasks for a project
  • get_task - Get task details
  • list_surveys - List surveys
  • get_survey - Get survey details

Phases & Milestones

  • list_phases - List project phases
  • get_phase - Get phase details
  • list_milestones - List project milestones

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 "sde-elements" '{"command":"uvx","args":["git+https://github.com/geoffwhittington/sde-mcp.git"],"env":{"SDE_HOST":"https://your-sdelements-instance.com","SDE_API_KEY":"your-api-key-here"}}'

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": {
        "sde-elements": {
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": [
                "git+https://github.com/geoffwhittington/sde-mcp.git"
            ],
            "env": {
                "SDE_HOST": "https://your-sdelements-instance.com",
                "SDE_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
            }
        }
    }
}

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": {
        "sde-elements": {
            "command": "uvx",
            "args": [
                "git+https://github.com/geoffwhittington/sde-mcp.git"
            ],
            "env": {
                "SDE_HOST": "https://your-sdelements-instance.com",
                "SDE_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
            }
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect

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