Install Bamboo MCP Server in Claude Code
What you need first
- Claude Code, installed.
- Docker, which
gives the
dockercommand the server starts with. - Your own values for
YOUR_BAMBOO_URL,YOUR_BAMBOO_TOKEN,YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT.
Steps
- Run this in a terminal, in the project folder. It adds the server for you in that
project; put
--scope userafterclaude mcp addto have it in every project.
claude mcp add --env BAMBOO_URL=YOUR_BAMBOO_URL --env BAMBOO_TOKEN=YOUR_BAMBOO_TOKEN --env MCP_TRANSPORT=YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT --transport stdio bamboo-mcp -- docker run -i --rm -e BAMBOO_URL -e BAMBOO_TOKEN -e MCP_TRANSPORT ghcr.io/hmdmph/bamboo-mcp:0.1.2 - Replace
YOUR_BAMBOO_URL,YOUR_BAMBOO_TOKEN,YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORTwith your own values. - Start Claude Code and type
/mcp: the server is listed with its state.
Check it worked
Ask Claude Code: List the tools of bamboo-mcp.
If it does not start
- Cannot connect to the Docker daemon
- Docker is not running. Start it, then restart Claude Code.
- The server starts, but its tools fail
- A
YOUR_…placeholder is still in the config, or its value is wrong.