GLPI MCP Server

A Python Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for GLPI IT Service Management, using SSE transport so it can be hosted as a persistent HTTP service and connected to by any MCP client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, etc.).

Features

Full ITIL coverage across 80+ tools:

Category	Tools
Tickets	list, get, create, update, delete, add followup/task/solution, assign
Problems	list, get, create, update
Changes	list, get, create, update
Computers	list, get, create, update, delete
Software	list, get, create
Network Equipment	list, get
Printers / Monitors / Phones	list, get
Knowledge Base	list, get, search, create
Contracts	list, get, create
Suppliers	list, get, create
Locations	list, get, create
Projects	list, get, create, update
Users	list, get, search, create
Groups	list, get, create, add user
Categories / Entities / Documents	list, get
Statistics	ticket stats by status, asset inventory counts
Session	get full session info
Search	advanced search by criteria

Quick start

Environment variables

Variable	Required	Description
GLPI_URL	Yes	Base URL of your GLPI instance, e.g. https://glpi.example.com
GLPI_APP_TOKEN	Recommended	Application token (configured in GLPI Setup → API)
GLPI_USER_TOKEN	One of these	Personal API token for the user
GLPI_USERNAME	One of these	Username (used with GLPI_PASSWORD)
GLPI_PASSWORD	One of these	Password
HOST	No	Bind host (default 0.0.0.0)
PORT	No	Bind port (default 8000)

Run with Docker (recommended)

docker run -d \
  -p 8000:8000 \
  -e GLPI_URL=https://glpi.example.com \
  -e GLPI_APP_TOKEN=your_app_token \
  -e GLPI_USER_TOKEN=your_user_token \
  manikumar1/glpi-mcp:latest

Run locally

pip install -r requirements.txt

export GLPI_URL=https://glpi.example.com
export GLPI_APP_TOKEN=your_app_token
export GLPI_USER_TOKEN=your_user_token

python server.py

The server starts at http://localhost:8000/sse.

Docker Compose

services:
  glpi-mcp:
    image: manikumar1/glpi-mcp:latest
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"
    environment:
      GLPI_URL: https://glpi.example.com
      GLPI_APP_TOKEN: your_app_token
      GLPI_USER_TOKEN: your_user_token
    restart: unless-stopped

Connect to Claude

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "glpi": {
      "url": "http://localhost:8000/sse"
    }
  }
}

Claude Code (CLI)

claude mcp add glpi --transport sse http://localhost:8000/sse

GLPI API setup

1. In GLPI, go to Setup → General → API
2. Enable the REST API
3. Create an Application Token for this server
4. Either use a User Token (from user preferences) or provide GLPI_USERNAME + GLPI_PASSWORD

Build

docker build -t glpi-mcp .

Docker image

Pre-built images are published to Docker Hub on every push to main and on version tags:

manikumar1/glpi-mcp:latest
manikumar1/glpi-mcp:main
manikumar1/glpi-mcp:v1.0.0

License

MIT