MantisBT MCP Server

by dpesch·io.github.dpesch/mantisbt-mcp-server·v1.17.0·9 stars

MantisBT MCP server – manage issues, notes, files, tags, and relationships. With semantic search.

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Release history: 7 versions in the registry since 2026-07-03, latest 2026-11-03, typically one every 7 days.

Runs npx -y @dpesch/mantisbt-mcp-server on your machine. Read the scan report first; the gateway never runs local packages.

claude mcp add mantisbt-mcp-server -- npx -y @dpesch/mantisbt-mcp-server

Is MantisBT MCP Server safe?: Mostly: it is graded B (83/100). Read the MantisBT MCP Server safety report
How do I install MantisBT MCP Server?: It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.
Does MantisBT MCP Server need an API key?: Yes. The registry entry asks for MANTIS_API_KEY, MCP_HTTP_TOKEN.
Is MantisBT MCP Server maintained?: The last commit was 68 days ago (2026-08-28). The latest release is v1.17.0.
What can I use instead of MantisBT MCP Server?: Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Vexor MCP server, Octobrain MCP server and Silica Core MCP server.
How does MantisBT MCP Server compare with other Web search MCP servers?: safety score 83/100 (higher than 70% of 3,470 Web search servers); github stars 9 (more than 85% of 1,786 Web search servers). Full comparison.

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Local package. It runs on your machine, not through the gateway.

MANTIS_BASE_URLBase URL of the MantisBT REST API, e.g. https://your-mantis.example.com/api/rest
MANTIS_API_KEYsecretMantisBT API key (Profile → API Tokens in MantisBT)
MANTIS_USE_INDEX_PHPUse /api/rest/index.php/ for MantisBT installations without URL rewriting. Detected automatically when MANTIS_BASE_URL ends with /api/rest/index.php
MANTIS_CACHE_DIRDirectory for the metadata cache. Defaults to ~/.cache/mantisbt-mcp
MANTIS_CACHE_TTLMetadata cache TTL in seconds. Default: 3600 (1 hour)
TRANSPORTTransport mode. 'stdio' for local use (default), 'http' for remote/team deployments
PORTHTTP port when TRANSPORT=http. Default: 3000
MCP_HTTP_HOSTBind address when TRANSPORT=http. Default: 127.0.0.1 (local only). Use 0.0.0.0 for Docker/remote.
MCP_HTTP_TOKENsecretOptional Bearer token to protect the /mcp endpoint when TRANSPORT=http
MANTIS_SEARCH_ENABLEDEnable offline semantic search (requires ~80 MB model download on first use)
MANTIS_SEARCH_BACKENDVector store backend for semantic search. 'vectra' (default, pure JS) or 'sqlite-vec' (faster for >10k issues)
MANTIS_SEARCH_DIRDirectory for the semantic search index. Defaults to ~/.cache/mantisbt-mcp/search
MANTIS_SEARCH_MODELHugging Face model for embeddings. Default: Xenova/paraphrase-multilingual-MiniLM-L12-v2
MANTIS_SEARCH_THREADSONNX inference threads for the embedding model. Default: 1
MANTIS_UPLOAD_DIRIf set, restricts file uploads to this directory (path traversal protection)

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