Appcircle MCP Server

Appcircle MCP Server

MCP server for Appcircle: exposes Build, Signing Identities, Testing Distribution, Enterprise App Store, Publish to Stores, and Reporting tools to any MCP-capable client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, etc.). The Appcircle MCP Server acts as the bridge between AI tools and Appcircle; thus, AI agents, assistants and chatbots to safely access and interact with Appcircle resources through structured, governed, and task-level tools.

Use Cases

• CI/CD and Workflow Intelligence: Monitor pipeline runs, track release status, and get insights into your mobile CI/CD workflows.
• Configuration and Environment Insights: Query build configurations and signing setup to understand how a project is configured and where issues may originate.
• Reporting and Operational Insights: Generate summaries of CI stability, recurring issues, pipeline performance, and overall CI/CD health.

Running Modes

You can use the MCP server in four ways:

Detailed client configuration (Cursor, Claude, etc.) lives in the dedicated installation guides; this section is a high-level summary only.

Installation

Client-specific setup guides:

• Claude Applications - Installation guide for Claude Desktop and Claude Code CLI.
• Cursor IDE - Installation guide for Cursor IDE.
• Codex - Installation guide for Codex app and Codex CLI.
• Antigravity IDE - Installation guide for Antigravity IDE.
• VS Code (GitHub Copilot) - Installation guide for VS Code with GitHub Copilot.
• Windsurf IDE - Installation guide for Windsurf IDE.
• Gemini CLI - Installation guide for Gemini CLI.
• GitHub Copilot CLI - Installation guide for GitHub Copilot CLI.

Configuration (Environment Variables)

Set these in your shell or in your MCP client’s configuration.

Toolsets

Available Toolsets

The following sets of tools are available:

You can exclude one or more toolsets so their tools are not registered. Exclusions can be set via CLI arguments or the APPCIRCLE_EXCLUDED_TOOLSETS environment variable; both are merged (union).

• CLI: --exclude toolset1 toolset2 or --exclude-toolsets toolset1,toolset2
• Env: APPCIRCLE_EXCLUDED_TOOLSETS=build_module,report

Example MCP config (Cursor / Claude Desktop) with exclusions:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "appcircle": {
      "command": "appcircle-mcp",
      "args": ["--exclude", "report"]
    }
  }
}

Tools

Tools are exposed via MCP tools/list. Reference below lists all tools by toolset; for response shape and examples see docs/tool_contract.md.

• get_build_profiles - Get build profiles for the current organization (paginated). Optionally filter by profile name.

  • Access level: read
  • page: Page number (1-based). Default: 1. (number, optional)
  • size: Page size (1-100). Default: 25. Values above 100 are capped at 100. (number, optional)
  • search: Optional search term to filter profiles by name (case-insensitive partial match). (string, optional)

• get_build_profile_details - Get a single build profile by ID, optionally including its build configurations.

  • Access level: read
  • profile_id: The build profile ID (e.g. UUID). (string, required)
  • configurations: If true, also fetch the profile's build configurations. Default: false. (boolean, optional)

• get_build_configuration_details - Get a single build configuration by profile ID and configuration ID.

  • Access level: read
  • profile_id: The build profile ID (e.g. UUID). (string, required)
  • configuration_id: The build configuration ID (e.g. UUID). (string, required)

• get_build_profile_workflows - Get workflows for a build profile by profile ID.

  • Access level: read
  • profile_id: The build profile ID (e.g. UUID). (string, required)

• get_workflow_detail - Get a single workflow by build profile ID and workflow ID.

  • Access level: read
  • profile_id: The build profile ID (e.g. UUID). (string, required)
  • workflow_id: The workflow ID (e.g. UUID). (string, required)

• get_commits_by_branch - Get commits for a build branch (paginated).

  • Access level: read
  • branch_id: The branch ID (e.g. UUID). (string, required)
  • page: Page number (1-based). If provided with size, enables pagination. Default: 1. (number, optional)
  • size: Page size. If provided with page, enables pagination. Default: 25, max 100. (number, optional)

• get_commit_details - Get a single commit by commit ID (UUID) or by commit hash (git SHA). Provide either commit_id or commit_hash, not both.

  • Access level: read
  • commit_id: The commit ID (UUID). (string, optional)
  • commit_hash: The commit hash (git SHA). (string, optional)

• get_bundle_identifiers - Get all bundle identifiers for the organization (iOS/macOS app bundle IDs).

  • Access level: read
  • No parameters.

• get_certificates - Get all signing certificates for the organization. Sensitive fields (p12Password, p12Binary, metaData, thumbprint) are omitted.

  • Access level: read
  • No parameters.

• get_keystores - Get all keystores for the organization (e.g. Android signing keystores). Sensitive fields (password, aliasPassword, binary, checkSum, sha256FingerPrint) are omitted.

  • Access level: read
  • No parameters.

• get_provisioning_profiles - Get provisioning profiles for the organization (e.g. iOS/macOS). Sensitive/large fields (binary, metaData, certificateThumbPrints, provisionedDevices, connectApiKeyId) are omitted. Optionally filter by app (bundle) ID.

  • Access level: read
  • app_id: Optional app (bundle) ID to filter provisioning profiles (e.g. com.example.app). (string, optional)

• get_distribution_profiles - Get testing distribution profiles for the current organization (paginated). Optionally filter by profile name.

  • Access level: read
  • page: Page number (1-based). Default: 1. (number, optional)
  • size: Page size (1-100). Default: 25, max 100. (number, optional)
  • search: Optional search term to filter profiles by name. (string, optional)

• get_distribution_profile_details - Get a single testing distribution profile by ID (with optional app versions pagination).

  • Access level: read
  • profile_id: The distribution profile ID (e.g. UUID). (string, required)
  • page: Page number for app versions (1-based). Default: 1. (number, optional)
  • size: Page size for app versions (1-100). Default: 25, max 100. (number, optional)

• get_publish_profiles - Get publish profiles for the current organization for a given platform type (paginated). Optionally filter by flow status.

  • Access level: read
  • platform_type: Platform type of publish profiles ("ios" or "android"). (string, required)
  • page: Page number (1-based). Default: 1. (number, optional)
  • size: Page size (1-100). Default: 25, max 100. (number, optional)
  • flow_status: Optional flow status code to filter by (e.g. 0=Success, 1=Failed, 91=Running). (number, optional)

• get_publish_profile_details - Get a single publish profile by platform type and ID (with optional app versions pagination).

  • Access level: read
  • platform_type: Platform type ("ios" or "android"). (string, required)
  • profile_id: The publish profile ID (e.g. UUID). (string, required)
  • page: Page number for app versions (1-based). Default: 1. (number, optional)
  • size: Page size for app versions (1-100). Default: 25, max 100. (number, optional)

• get_store_profiles - Get enterprise app store profiles for the current organization (paginated).

  • Access level: read
  • page: Page number (1-based). Default: 1. (number, optional)
  • size: Page size (1-100). Default: 25, max 100. (number, optional)

• get_store_profile_details - Get a single enterprise app store profile by ID (with optional app versions pagination).

  • Access level: read
  • profile_id: The enterprise app store profile ID (e.g. UUID). (string, required)
  • page: Page number for app versions (1-based). Default: 1. (number, optional)
  • size: Page size for app versions (1-100). Default: 25, max 100. (number, optional)

• get_build_history_report - Get build history report, optionally filtered by date range, build profile, and organization. Paginated.

  • Access level: read
  • start_date: Optional start date (YYYY-MM-DD). (string, optional)
  • end_date: Optional end date (YYYY-MM-DD). (string, optional)
  • page: Page number (default: 1). (number, optional)
  • size: Items per page (1-100, default: 50). (number, optional)
  • build_profile_name: Filter by build profile name. (string, optional)
  • organization_id: Filter by organization UUID. (string, optional)

• get_distribution_app_version_report - Get daily usage report for distributed app versions. Paginated; supports filters by profile, OS, organization.

  • Access level: read
  • start_date: Optional start date (YYYY-MM-DD). (string, optional)
  • end_date: Optional end date (YYYY-MM-DD). (string, optional)
  • page: Page number (default: 1). (number, optional)
  • size: Items per page (1-100, default: 50). (number, optional)
  • profile_name: Filter by distribution profile name. (string, optional)
  • os: Filter by OS ("ios" or "android"). (string, optional)
  • organization_id: Filter by organization UUID. (string, optional)

• get_distribution_sent_report - Get daily usage report for distributed app sharing. Paginated; supports filters by profile, OS, organization.

  • Access level: read
  • start_date: Optional start date (YYYY-MM-DD). (string, optional)
  • end_date: Optional end date (YYYY-MM-DD). (string, optional)
  • page: Page number (default: 1). (number, optional)
  • size: Items per page (1-100, default: 50). (number, optional)
  • profile_name: Filter by distribution profile name. (string, optional)
  • os: Filter by OS ("ios" or "android"). (string, optional)
  • organization_id: Filter by organization UUID. (string, optional)

• get_enterprise_app_store_app_usage_report - Get app usage report for enterprise app store. start_date and end_date are required. Paginated.

  • Access level: read
  • start_date: Start date (YYYY-MM-DD). (string, required)
  • end_date: End date (YYYY-MM-DD). (string, required)
  • page: Page number (default: 1). (number, optional)
  • size: Items per page (1-100, default: 50). (number, optional)
  • organization_id: Optional filter by organization UUID. (string, optional)

• get_publish_resign_report - Get publish resign report, optionally filtered by date range, app name, organization, and status. Paginated.

  • Access level: read
  • start_date: Optional start date (YYYY-MM-DD). (string, optional)
  • end_date: Optional end date (YYYY-MM-DD). (string, optional)
  • page: Page number (default: 1). (number, optional)
  • size: Items per page (1-100, default: 50). (number, optional)
  • app_name: Filter by app name. (string, optional)
  • organization_id: Filter by organization UUID. (string, optional)
  • status: Filter by resign status (0=waiting, 1=processing, 2=succeeded, 3=failed, 4=cancelled, 5=timeout). (number, optional)

• get_publish_status_report - Get publish status report, optionally filtered by date range, app name, organization, and status. Paginated.

  • Access level: read
  • start_date: Optional start date (YYYY-MM-DD). (string, optional)
  • end_date: Optional end date (YYYY-MM-DD). (string, optional)
  • page: Page number (default: 1). (number, optional)
  • size: Items per page (1-100, default: 50). (number, optional)
  • app_name: Filter by app name. (string, optional)
  • organization_id: Filter by organization UUID. (string, optional)
  • status: Filter by publish status (e.g. 0=Success, 1=Failed, 91=Running). (number, optional)

• get_signing_report - Get signing report, optionally filtered by date range, organization, OS, and build status. Paginated.

  • Access level: read
  • start_date: Optional start date (YYYY-MM-DD). (string, optional)
  • end_date: Optional end date (YYYY-MM-DD). (string, optional)
  • page: Page number (default: 1). (number, optional)
  • size: Items per page (1-100, default: 50). (number, optional)
  • organization_id: Filter by organization UUID. (string, optional)
  • os: Filter by OS ("ios" or "android"). (string, optional)
  • build_status: Filter by build status (e.g. 0=Success, 1=Failed, 91=Running). (number, optional)

Running the server

From the repo root:

python -m src.server

Or after pip install -e .:

appcircle-mcp

The server runs over stdio (or SSE/HTTP depending on how your client starts it).

Response format

Every tool returns a standard envelope:

• Success: { "success": true, "data": <payload>, "meta": { ... } }
data is the tool result; meta is optional (e.g. count, page, filters).
• Error: { "success": false, "error": { "tool", "type", "message", "details" } }
  Same shape for all tools so clients can parse errors consistently.

Full specification: docs/tool_contract.md.

Testing

Install with dev dependencies:

pip install -e ".[dev]"

Unit tests (default)

Use a mocked API; no APPCIRCLE_ACCESS_TOKEN needed. Default pytest only runs these (see testpaths in pyproject.toml):

pytest test/unit/ -v

• Single file: pytest test/unit/tools/build_module/test_get_build_profiles.py -v
• With coverage: pytest test/unit/ --cov=src --cov-report=term-missing

Integration tests

Call the real Appcircle API. Set APPCIRCLE_ACCESS_TOKEN in the environment, then run:

pytest test/integration/ -v

• All integration tests: pytest test/integration/ -v
• By tool: pytest test/integration/build_module/ -v, pytest test/integration/report/ -v, etc.
• By marker: pytest -m integration -v (when running from repo root; includes only integration tests if both unit and integration are collected)

If APPCIRCLE_ACCESS_TOKEN is not set, integration tests are skipped (no failure).

Optional env vars for integration tests (when discovery fails or tests need real IDs; omit to skip those tests):

Security

This project depends on third-party open-source packages listed in pyproject.toml. While we pin dependency version ranges and ship a lockfile (uv.lock) with cryptographic hashes, these packages are maintained independently and provided "as-is." Appcircle makes no guarantees regarding the security or reliability of third-party dependencies.

We recommend auditing installed packages before use:

uv run pip-audit