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BugHerd MCP server

Lets your AI look up BugHerd projects, tasks and comments, and make simple changes for you.

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This is a small helper that connects your AI assistant to BugHerd, the tool teams use to collect website feedback and bug reports. Once it is set up, you can ask your AI things like which bugs are still open or what people said in the comments, instead of clicking around yourself. It is handy for project managers, support folks, and anyone who lives in BugHerd all day.

What is an MCP server? The 30-second version

On its own, your AI can only chat with you. It cannot see your BugHerd account or do anything inside it. An MCP server is a small helper program that gives your AI a new skill, in this case the ability to talk to BugHerd. You ask a question, the AI passes it to this helper, the helper asks BugHerd, and the answer comes back to you in the chat.

What this MCP server does

You ask your AI something about your BugHerd work, like which tasks are still open or what is in a specific project. The AI sends that request to this helper program running on your computer. The helper logs into BugHerd with your API key and fetches the information you asked for. Then it hands the results back to the AI, which explains them to you in plain words. If you ask it to make a change, like updating a task status or adding a comment, the helper does that in BugHerd too.

Flow diagram: you ask your AI “Show me all critical bugs in project 12345”, the BugHerd MCP server connects it to BugHerd, and you get back A plain list of bugs and tasks.

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What you can do with it

List your BugHerd projects and see which ones are active
Filter tasks by status, priority or tag
Get the full details of any task, including who it is assigned to
Read the comments on a task so you know what has been discussed
Create new tasks with a description and assignee
Update a task's status, priority or description
Add a comment to a task, for example to note a fix

Try asking your AI

“List my BugHerd projects”
“Show me all critical bugs in project 12345”
“What comments are on task 678?”
“Update task 678 status to done and add a comment saying fixed in latest deploy”

What it gives back to you

You get back plain answers in the chat: lists of projects or tasks, task details with status and assignee, and comment threads written out. If you asked it to make a change, it tells you what it updated. Everything is shown as text you can read and copy, not as files.

Before you start

What you need

A BugHerd account with API access
Your BugHerd API key (find it under Settings, then General Settings)
Node.js 18 or newer installed on your computer
An AI assistant that supports MCP servers, like the Claude desktop app

Good to know

It can change or delete things in BugHerd, so double-check before you tell it to remove a project, task attachment or webhook.

Install it with your AI

Add BugHerd MCP server to your AI, no technical skills needed

You don't install anything by hand. You copy one prompt, paste it into an AI that can work on your computer, and it checks, installs and connects the server for you, asking you when it needs something.

Sign in to get the install prompt

Members get a ready-made prompt that lets the Claude desktop app check BugHerd MCP server, install it and connect it for them, step by step. You don't need any technical skills: you copy, paste and answer a few questions. Your connected AI can also find and install any of the 4,066 MCP servers here for you.