MantisBT MCP Server

What you can do with it

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• Connection: Runs on your computer
• Transport: stdio
• Category: Docs, sheets & office work
• You need to fill in: MANTIS_BASE_URL, MANTIS_API_KEY, MCP_HTTP_TOKEN

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

You need

• npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mantisbt": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dpesch/mantisbt-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MANTIS_BASE_URL": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_USE_INDEX_PHP": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_CACHE_DIR": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_CACHE_TTL": "your-value",
        "TRANSPORT": "your-value",
        "PORT": "your-value",
        "MCP_HTTP_HOST": "your-value",
        "MCP_HTTP_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_SEARCH_ENABLED": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_SEARCH_BACKEND": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_SEARCH_DIR": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_SEARCH_MODEL": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_SEARCH_THREADS": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_UPLOAD_DIR": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add mantisbt --env MANTIS_BASE_URL=your-value --env MANTIS_API_KEY=your-value --env MANTIS_USE_INDEX_PHP=your-value --env MANTIS_CACHE_DIR=your-value --env MANTIS_CACHE_TTL=your-value --env TRANSPORT=your-value --env PORT=your-value --env MCP_HTTP_HOST=your-value --env MCP_HTTP_TOKEN=your-value --env MANTIS_SEARCH_ENABLED=your-value --env MANTIS_SEARCH_BACKEND=your-value --env MANTIS_SEARCH_DIR=your-value --env MANTIS_SEARCH_MODEL=your-value --env MANTIS_SEARCH_THREADS=your-value --env MANTIS_UPLOAD_DIR=your-value -- npx -y @dpesch/mantisbt-mcp-server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mantisbt": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dpesch/mantisbt-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MANTIS_BASE_URL": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_USE_INDEX_PHP": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_CACHE_DIR": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_CACHE_TTL": "your-value",
        "TRANSPORT": "your-value",
        "PORT": "your-value",
        "MCP_HTTP_HOST": "your-value",
        "MCP_HTTP_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_SEARCH_ENABLED": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_SEARCH_BACKEND": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_SEARCH_DIR": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_SEARCH_MODEL": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_SEARCH_THREADS": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_UPLOAD_DIR": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "mantisbt": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dpesch/mantisbt-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MANTIS_BASE_URL": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_USE_INDEX_PHP": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_CACHE_DIR": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_CACHE_TTL": "your-value",
        "TRANSPORT": "your-value",
        "PORT": "your-value",
        "MCP_HTTP_HOST": "your-value",
        "MCP_HTTP_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_SEARCH_ENABLED": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_SEARCH_BACKEND": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_SEARCH_DIR": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_SEARCH_MODEL": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_SEARCH_THREADS": "your-value",
        "MANTIS_UPLOAD_DIR": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Values you fill in

• MANTIS_BASE_URL required env
  Base URL of the MantisBT REST API, e.g. https://your-mantis.example.com/api/rest
• MANTIS_API_KEY secret required env
  MantisBT API key (Profile → API Tokens in MantisBT)
• MANTIS_USE_INDEX_PHP env
  Use /api/rest/index.php/ for MantisBT installations without URL rewriting. Detected automatically when MANTIS_BASE_URL ends with /api/rest/index.php
• MANTIS_CACHE_DIR env
  Directory for the metadata cache. Defaults to ~/.cache/mantisbt-mcp
• MANTIS_CACHE_TTL env
  Metadata cache TTL in seconds. Default: 3600 (1 hour)
• TRANSPORT env
  Transport mode. 'stdio' for local use (default), 'http' for remote/team deployments
• PORT env
  HTTP port when TRANSPORT=http. Default: 3000
• MCP_HTTP_HOST env
  Bind address when TRANSPORT=http. Default: 127.0.0.1 (local only). Use 0.0.0.0 for Docker/remote.
• MCP_HTTP_TOKEN secret env
  Optional Bearer token to protect the /mcp endpoint when TRANSPORT=http
• MANTIS_SEARCH_ENABLED env
  Enable offline semantic search (requires ~80 MB model download on first use)
• MANTIS_SEARCH_BACKEND env
  Vector store backend for semantic search. 'vectra' (default, pure JS) or 'sqlite-vec' (faster for >10k issues)
• MANTIS_SEARCH_DIR env
  Directory for the semantic search index. Defaults to ~/.cache/mantisbt-mcp/search
• MANTIS_SEARCH_MODEL env
  Hugging Face model for embeddings. Default: Xenova/paraphrase-multilingual-MiniLM-L12-v2
• MANTIS_SEARCH_THREADS env
  ONNX inference threads for the embedding model. Default: 1
• MANTIS_UPLOAD_DIR env
  If set, restricts file uploads to this directory (path traversal protection)

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

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