mcp-server-polarion Server

Polarion ALM MCP server for Claude, Cursor & Copilot — read and write documents, work items, and traceability links

Documentation

mcp-server-polarion

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Polarion ALM. Lets AI assistants read documents, work items, and traceability links — and create, update, and reorganize work items — directly from your Polarion instance.

mcp-server-polarion demo

Features

24 tools covering read and write across documents, work items, traceability links, and comments.
Read — render documents as Markdown, search with Lucene or SQL, walk incoming/outgoing links, resolve enum options.
Write — create and update work items and documents, manage links, reorganize document structure, post comments.
Safe writes — every write tool supports dry_run, and pre-write guards validate fields, enum values, and link targets before hitting Polarion.
Built for LLMs — strict async, fully typed, pagination on every list tool, docstrings written as the assistant's manual.

Quickstart

Requires uv (see Prerequisites). Fastest path — Claude Code:

claude mcp add mcp-server-polarion \
  -e POLARION_URL=https://polarion.example.com \
  -e POLARION_TOKEN=your-personal-access-token \
  -- uvx mcp-server-polarion

Other clients (VS Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor) — see Setup.

Prerequisites

Polarion 2506 or higher is required. Earlier versions lack REST API endpoints this server depends on.

This server is distributed as a Python package and requires uv to run.

Install uv (if not already installed):

# macOS / Linux
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

# Windows
powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

Or via pip:

pip install uv

No other installation is needed — uvx mcp-server-polarion downloads and runs the server automatically.

Setup

Environment Variables

Variable	Description	Example
`POLARION_URL`	Base URL of your Polarion instance	`https://polarion.example.com`
`POLARION_TOKEN`	Personal Access Token for authentication	`your-personal-access-token`

VS Code (GitHub Copilot)

Add to .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-server-polarion": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-polarion"],
      "env": {
        "POLARION_URL": "https://polarion.example.com",
        "POLARION_TOKEN": "your-personal-access-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-polarion": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-polarion"],
      "env": {
        "POLARION_URL": "https://polarion.example.com",
        "POLARION_TOKEN": "your-personal-access-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to Cursor MCP settings:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-polarion": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mcp-server-polarion"],
      "env": {
        "POLARION_URL": "https://polarion.example.com",
        "POLARION_TOKEN": "your-personal-access-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add mcp-server-polarion \
  -e POLARION_URL=https://polarion.example.com \
  -e POLARION_TOKEN=your-personal-access-token \
  -- uvx mcp-server-polarion

Tools

Read

Tool	Description
`list_projects`	List accessible projects
`list_documents`	List documents in a project
`list_work_items`	Search work items with Lucene or SQL queries
`get_sql_query_recipes`	Fetch copy-paste SQL recipes for advanced queries
`get_document`	Get document metadata, optionally with the raw body HTML
`read_document`	Render a document end-to-end as Markdown
`read_document_parts`	List a document's structural parts with embedded work item metadata
`get_work_item`	Get work item details with the body as raw HTML
`read_work_item`	Get work item details with the body as Markdown
`list_work_item_links`	List a work item's outgoing or incoming links
`list_document_comments`	List a document's comments with thread relationships
`list_document_enum_options`	Resolve valid enum ids for a document field
`list_work_item_enum_options`	Resolve valid enum ids for a work item field

All list tools support pagination via page_size (1–100) and page_number parameters.

Write

Tool	Description
`create_work_items`	Create one or more work items in a single request
`update_work_item`	Update an existing work item
`create_document`	Create a new document
`update_document`	Update document metadata, body, or workflow status
`create_work_item_links`	Create one or more outgoing links from a source work item
`update_work_item_link`	Update `suspect` / `revision` on one outgoing link
`delete_work_item_links`	Delete one or more outgoing links from a source work item
`move_work_item_to_document`	Attach a work item to a document at a chosen position
`move_work_item_from_document`	Detach a work item from its document
`create_document_comments`	Add one or more comments or replies to a document
`update_document_comment`	Resolve or re-open a document comment

Example Prompts

Discovery & search

"List the projects I can access, then show the documents in project MCPT with their types."

"List the documents in space 'Specifications' of project MCPT."

"Find every approved requirement in project MCPT whose title starts with 'Auth' and show me their owning document."

"Search project MCPT for work items where the custom field 'verification_method' is 'Test' — grab the SQL recipes first if you need a join."

"Find all work items in the SRS module of project MCPT that were changed in the last sprint."

Reading & summarizing

"Read the SRS document of project MCPT and summarize each open requirement."

"Show me the structural outline of the SRS document — headings and the work items under each."

"Read work item MCPT-042 as Markdown and explain what it asks for."

"Show the outgoing and incoming links for MCPT-042 and flag any child task that is still open."

"Which requirements in the SRS document have no 'verifies' back link from a test case?"

"List the open comment threads on the SRS document and who started each."

Creating & editing

"Create a task in project MCPT titled 'Refactor authentication module' and link it to MCPT-042 as 'relates_to'."

"Create three test-case work items in project MCPT from this checklist and link each one to MCPT-042 as 'verifies'."

"Add a new requirement under section 3.2 of the SRS document with the body I just drafted."

"Update the description of MCPT-042 with the revised text I'll paste, keeping the existing formatting."

"Add a comment on the SRS document asking the owner to clarify section 4, then reply to thread T-12 marking it resolved."

Workflow & reorganization

"List the valid status values for a defect in project MCPT, then move MCPT-077 to 'in_review'."

"Bump MCPT-042's priority to 90, set severity to 'major', and approve the workflow."

"Change MCPT-201 from a task to a requirement and re-apply its previous status."

"Move MCPT-201 into the SRS document right after MCPT-150."

"Detach MCPT-077 from its document so I can rework it as a standalone task."

"Mark the 'blocks' link from MCPT-042 to MCPT-099 as suspect, then delete the stale 'relates_to' link to MCPT-010."

License

MIT