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Zendesk MCP MCP Server

io.github.markusvankempen/zendesk-mcp

What is the Zendesk MCP MCP server?

Zendesk MCP: 14 tools for AI agents — create, search, assign, comment, and close support tickets.

How to install Zendesk MCP

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio
Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.
Environment / auth
  • ZENDESK_SUBDOMAIN
    required

    Your Zendesk subdomain (e.g. mycompany for mycompany.zendesk.com)

  • ZENDESK_EMAIL
    required

    Zendesk service account email address used for API authentication

  • ZENDESK_API_TOKEN
    required
    secret

    Zendesk API token (Admin → Apps and integrations → APIs → Token access)

Claude Desktop
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zendesk-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@markusvankempen/zendesk-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ZENDESK_SUBDOMAIN": "<YOUR_ZENDESK_SUBDOMAIN>",
        "ZENDESK_EMAIL": "<YOUR_ZENDESK_EMAIL>",
        "ZENDESK_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_ZENDESK_API_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Cursor
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zendesk-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@markusvankempen/zendesk-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ZENDESK_SUBDOMAIN": "<YOUR_ZENDESK_SUBDOMAIN>",
        "ZENDESK_EMAIL": "<YOUR_ZENDESK_EMAIL>",
        "ZENDESK_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_ZENDESK_API_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Windsurf
~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zendesk-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@markusvankempen/zendesk-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ZENDESK_SUBDOMAIN": "<YOUR_ZENDESK_SUBDOMAIN>",
        "ZENDESK_EMAIL": "<YOUR_ZENDESK_EMAIL>",
        "ZENDESK_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_ZENDESK_API_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}
VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "zendesk-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@markusvankempen/zendesk-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ZENDESK_SUBDOMAIN": "<YOUR_ZENDESK_SUBDOMAIN>",
        "ZENDESK_EMAIL": "<YOUR_ZENDESK_EMAIL>",
        "ZENDESK_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_ZENDESK_API_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Claude Code
claude mcp add zendesk-mcp --env ZENDESK_SUBDOMAIN=<YOUR_ZENDESK_SUBDOMAIN> --env ZENDESK_EMAIL=<YOUR_ZENDESK_EMAIL> --env ZENDESK_API_TOKEN=<YOUR_ZENDESK_API_TOKEN> -- npx -y @markusvankempen/zendesk-mcp-server

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