Alces MCP Server

com.moosejudge/alces-mcpv1.1.0

Alces for Jira Data Center — MCP server bridging Jira DC/JSM with AI agents

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Install Alces MCP server

claude mcp add alces -e JIRA_URL='<jira-url>' -e JIRA_USER_TOKEN='<jira-user-token>' -e JIRA_ADMIN_TOKEN='<jira-admin-token>' -e JIRA_SESSION_PASSWORD='<jira-session-password>' -- npx -y alces-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alces": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "alces-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_URL": "<jira-url>",
        "JIRA_USER_TOKEN": "<jira-user-token>",
        "JIRA_ADMIN_TOKEN": "<jira-admin-token>",
        "JIRA_SESSION_PASSWORD": "<jira-session-password>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) or .cursor/mcp.json (project).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alces": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "alces-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_URL": "<jira-url>",
        "JIRA_USER_TOKEN": "<jira-user-token>",
        "JIRA_ADMIN_TOKEN": "<jira-admin-token>",
        "JIRA_SESSION_PASSWORD": "<jira-session-password>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config (claude_desktop_config.json), then restart.

{
  "servers": {
    "alces": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "alces-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_URL": "<jira-url>",
        "JIRA_USER_TOKEN": "<jira-user-token>",
        "JIRA_ADMIN_TOKEN": "<jira-admin-token>",
        "JIRA_SESSION_PASSWORD": "<jira-session-password>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "alces": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "alces-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "JIRA_URL": "<jira-url>",
        "JIRA_USER_TOKEN": "<jira-user-token>",
        "JIRA_ADMIN_TOKEN": "<jira-admin-token>",
        "JIRA_SESSION_PASSWORD": "<jira-session-password>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json.

Configuration

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
JIRA_URL	yes	—	Base URL of the Jira Data Center instance
JIRA_USER_TOKEN	yes	yes	Personal Access Token for standard operations
JIRA_ADMIN_TOKEN	—	yes	Personal Access Token for elevated/admin operations (optional)
JIRA_TIMEOUT_MS	—	—	Timeout in milliseconds for every Jira API call. Defaults to 30000 (30s) when unset or blank; raise it if your instance is slow.
ALCES_TOOL_GROUPS	—	—	Comma-separated tool domains to pre-activate at startup instead of the core-issues default (core-issues, jsm-service-desk, assets, issue-detail, agile, projects, filters-personal-settings, users-groups-permissions, admin). Unknown names are warned about on stderr and ignored.
ALCES_TOKEN_ESCALATION_DOMAINS	—	—	Comma-separated tool domains allowed to substitute JIRA_ADMIN_TOKEN via token escalation. Empty by default — no tool may escalate until its domain is listed here.
JIRA_SESSION_USERNAME	—	—	Optional Jira DC account username (not a PAT), paired with JIRA_SESSION_PASSWORD, enabling session-cookie auth for the legacy avatar upload/crop/finalize tools. Must be the same account as JIRA_USER_TOKEN and must not be an administrator: those tools authenticate as this account rather than the token.
JIRA_SESSION_PASSWORD	—	yes	Password for JIRA_SESSION_USERNAME. Only used to establish a session cookie for the legacy avatar upload/crop/finalize tools.

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FAQ

›How do I install the Alces MCP server in Claude Code?

Run: claude mcp add alces -e JIRA_URL='<jira-url>' -e JIRA_USER_TOKEN='<jira-user-token>' -e JIRA_ADMIN_TOKEN='<jira-admin-token>' -e JIRA_SESSION_PASSWORD='<jira-session-password>' -- npx -y alces-mcp. For Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop and Windsurf, use the install tabs above.

›Does Alces require an API key?

Yes. It expects JIRA_URL, JIRA_USER_TOKEN, JIRA_ADMIN_TOKEN, JIRA_SESSION_PASSWORD, of which 3 are secrets.

›Can I use Alces as a remote (hosted) MCP server?

No hosted endpoint is published; it runs locally over stdio.

›Is Alces in the official MCP registry?

Yes, as com.moosejudge/alces-mcp.