# Huly MCP

An MCP server that wires your agent into a Huly deployment, so tasks, projects and workspaces are reachable from the chat.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 59
- Author: dearlordylord
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/dearlordylord/huly-mcp
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/huly-mcp

## What it does

Huly MCP links an AI client to the Huly platform through the npm package `@firfi/huly-mcp`. It talks to Huly Platform deployments and is meant to work with the Platform Collective and TraceX forks too. Compatibility was tested against Intabia `0.8.33` with model `0.8.4`; fork support stays unofficial.

By default (`HULY_TOOL_MODE=auto`) the server avoids dumping a 470-tool list at once. Exact `claude-code` sessions get native Huly tools, while Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, Copilot and other clients get a small proxy surface: `list_tool_categories`, `search_tools`, `get_tool_schema` and `invoke_tool`. Setting `HULY_TOOL_MODE=native` promotes every tool to first-class, and `TOOLSETS` or `TOOLS` pins the ones you use often.

Node.js 22.19.0 or newer is required, since the client ships no runtime of its own and `node` and `npx` come from the host environment. On an older runtime the server starts a diagnostic-only surface with the `get_huly_startup_diagnostic` tool and writes an `unsupported Node.js runtime` message to stderr; Huly operations stay unavailable until you upgrade. You also need a Huly API token, the instance URL and the workspace name.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)
- Environment variables: `HULY_URL`, `HULY_EMAIL`, `HULY_PASSWORD`, `HULY_WORKSPACE`, `HULY_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT`, `HULY_TOOL_MODE`, `PROXY_OUTPUT_STRICT`, `TOOLSETS`, `TOOLS` — keys and tokens: ask the human for the values, never commit them or put them in shared files.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add --env HULY_URL=<HULY_URL> --env HULY_EMAIL=<HULY_EMAIL> --env HULY_PASSWORD=<HULY_PASSWORD> --env HULY_WORKSPACE=<HULY_WORKSPACE> --env HULY_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT=<HULY_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT> --transport stdio huly-mcp -- npx -y @firfi/huly-mcp
```
Replace <…> with your own values. 4 more environment variables are in the server README

### Codex

**Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add huly-mcp --env HULY_URL=<HULY_URL> --env HULY_EMAIL=<HULY_EMAIL> --env HULY_PASSWORD=<HULY_PASSWORD> --env HULY_WORKSPACE=<HULY_WORKSPACE> --env HULY_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT=<HULY_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT> -- npx -y @firfi/huly-mcp
```
Replace <…> with your own values. 4 more environment variables are in the server README

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "huly-mcp": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@firfi/huly-mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "HULY_URL": "<HULY_URL>",
                "HULY_EMAIL": "<HULY_EMAIL>",
                "HULY_PASSWORD": "<HULY_PASSWORD>",
                "HULY_WORKSPACE": "<HULY_WORKSPACE>",
                "HULY_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT": "<HULY_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Replace <…> with your own values. 4 more environment variables are in the server README

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "huly-mcp": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "@firfi/huly-mcp"
            ],
            "env": {
                "HULY_URL": "<HULY_URL>",
                "HULY_EMAIL": "<HULY_EMAIL>",
                "HULY_PASSWORD": "<HULY_PASSWORD>",
                "HULY_WORKSPACE": "<HULY_WORKSPACE>",
                "HULY_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT": "<HULY_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT>"
            }
        }
    }
}
```
Replace <…> with your own values. 4 more environment variables are in the server README

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add -e HULY_URL=<HULY_URL> -e HULY_EMAIL=<HULY_EMAIL> -e HULY_PASSWORD=<HULY_PASSWORD> -e HULY_WORKSPACE=<HULY_WORKSPACE> -e HULY_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT=<HULY_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT> huly-mcp npx -y @firfi/huly-mcp
```
Replace <…> with your own values. 4 more environment variables are in the server README

## When to use it
- create a Huly issue without leaving the editor
- list projects and workspaces from the agent chat
- pull tasks matching a filter
- check which Huly tools the current session exposes
- connect Huly to an agent with one npm package

## Example prompts
- Show my Huly tasks for this week
- Create an issue in the `Backend` project using this file as the description
- Find every Huly task with status `In Progress`

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