Buildkite's official MCP server exposes Buildkite pipelines, builds, jobs, logs and test data to AI tools. The remote server supports OAuth (with a read-only endpoint) or API-token pass-through; a local server/Docker image uses BUILDKITE_API_TOKEN.
Connect
- 1Connect it in ChatGPT
Turn on Developer mode in ChatGPT (Settings → Security and login), open Plugins, select + and paste https://mcp.buildkite.com/mcp as the MCP server URL, then sign in with OAuth. Add it to a chat from the composer's tools menu.
- 2Or add it to Codex or the API
codex mcp add buildkite --url https://mcp.buildkite.com/mcp codex mcp login buildkiteThe login command opens a browser to finish OAuth.
Configs are generated from the publisher's documented endpoint. Check their docs for plan requirements and scopes. New to this? Read the step-by-step tutorial.
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read_buildsread_build_logstail_logsget_build_failure_summarycompare_buildsThings to ask
- “Summarize why build #1234 on the web pipeline failed”
- “Compare the last passing and failing builds”
- “Tail the logs for the running deploy job”
- “List recent builds on main”