Redmine MCP Server
Redmine MCP server enabling AI agents to interact with Redmine issue tracking and project management — creating, reading, and updating issues and time entries, querying projects and users, managing issue statuses and priorities, and integrating Redmine's open-source project management into agent-driven software development workflow automation.
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
API key auth. No scopes. Use read-only user. Self-hosted data control. Community MCP. Store key in env var.
⚡ Reliability
Best When
A team using Redmine for issue tracking needs AI-assisted project management — particularly common in open-source projects, government organizations, and traditional enterprise environments.
Avoid When
You use modern PM tools like Linear or Jira, or don't have a Redmine instance.
Use Cases
- • Creating and updating Redmine issues from development workflow agents
- • Querying issue status and tracking progress from project oversight agents
- • Logging time entries from time-tracking automation agents
- • Searching issues by project, assignee, or status from PM assistant agents
- • Generating issue summaries and sprint reports from reporting agents
- • Automating issue transitions from CI/CD pipeline agents
Not For
- • Teams using Jira, Linear, or GitHub Issues (use their respective MCPs)
- • Teams without Redmine instance (self-hosted or SaaS)
- • Non-software project management contexts where Redmine is overkill
Interface
Authentication
Redmine API key required. Found in user profile under 'API access key'. No fine-grained scopes — API key has same permissions as the user account. Use read-only user for analytics agents.
Pricing
Redmine software is free open source (GPL). Self-hosted Redmine has no software costs. Community MCP is also free. Hosting costs may apply for cloud deployments.
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ API key has full user permissions — no scoping; use dedicated read-only user for monitoring
- ⚠ Redmine instance URL must be configured — varies by deployment
- ⚠ Issue custom fields vary by Redmine configuration — agents need instance-specific knowledge
- ⚠ Redmine REST API returns XML or JSON — verify content-type handling
- ⚠ Self-hosted Redmine may have TLS certificates that need verification
- ⚠ Community MCP from individual contributor — Redmine REST API is stable and well-documented
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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-06.