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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughUpdates MCP Server 0.3.0 documentation, self-hosting and OAuth guidance, navigation labels, landing-page content, and the Claude Code redirect. Adds a Python generator that validates and renders the MCP tool reference. ChangesMCP documentation and reference
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Rewrite the MCP server setup guide around the hosted OAuth endpoint with per-client setup (Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, Antigravity, mcp-remote), correct the access-token headers (Authorization: Bearer + x-workspace-slug), and add security, permissions, upgrading, troubleshooting and FAQ sections. Rebuild the tool reference for the 28 action-dispatch tools (183 actions, 169 retired-name aliases, 7 unmappable) from the v0.3.0 tool declarations, and update the self-hosting guide with the correct OAuth callback URIs, new environment variables (PLANE_OAUTH_ALLOWED_REDIRECT_URIS, LOG_USER_INFO, Redis/ElastiCache options) and logging notes.
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In `@docs/dev-tools/mcp-server-self-host.md`:
- Around line 280-285: Expand the “Logging and observability” documentation to
cover privacy controls for every logged identifier, including the opaque user ID
and workspace slug, not just the display name controlled by LOG_USER_INFO. Add
guidance for appropriate log retention, access restrictions, and redaction of
the complete structured payload.
- Around line 261-263: Correct the Helm deployment section in the MCP server
documentation: remove the unsupported plane-mcp-server helm install
instructions, or replace them with the supported Kubernetes deployment method
and its actual environment-variable configuration. Remove extraEnv references
unless the documented chart templates explicitly support that setting.
- Around line 18-26: Update the prerequisites and OAuth registration section to
apply only to Plane Cloud or editions supporting OAuth app registration, and add
the Community Edition alternative using PAT authentication or stdio setup.
In `@docs/dev-tools/mcp-server.md`:
- Around line 768-772: Update the migration-count description in the “From
per-operation tools (0.2.x → 0.3.0)” section to reconcile all 177 original
tools: explicitly identify get_pql_reference as the retained entry if that is
the intended exception, or correct the mapped and unmapped totals to include it.
Keep the replacement-reference link and compatibility details unchanged.
- Line 349: Update both badge references in the documentation to use locally
stored image files under docs/.vitepress/public/images/, replacing the external
image URLs with absolute /images/... paths while preserving each badge link and
its appearance.
- Around line 756-757: Update the curl example in the API-key usage
documentation to read the credential from a protected environment variable or
curl configuration instead of embedding it directly in the command-line header.
Preserve the request target and header behavior while avoiding a pattern that
exposes real keys through shell history or process inspection.
- Around line 79-83: Update the re-authentication instructions near the
mcp-remote cache reset to avoid deleting credentials for unrelated servers:
document using an isolated MCP_REMOTE_CONFIG_DIR for Plane, or instruct users to
back up the default ~/.mcp-auth directory before clearing it.
- Around line 292-300: Update the ChatGPT setup instructions to use Settings →
Apps → Advanced settings instead of chatgpt.com/plugins, stating that workspace
admins must enable Developer mode first. Revise the plan list to indicate full
MCP support for Business, Enterprise, and Edu, while documenting Pro as limited
to read/fetch MCP connections, and retain the OAuth requirement.
- Around line 217-227: Update both mcp-remote configurations in the MCP server
documentation to store the complete Authorization bearer value in an environment
variable, then reference that variable as a space-free header argument; retain
the existing workspace-slug header and add the corresponding environment entry
in each configuration.
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Plane Helm chart plane-mcp-server extraEnv environment variables chart templates
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As of August 2026, there is no official, published Helm chart specifically for the plane-mcp-server [1]. While there have been community discussions and pull requests aimed at creating one, the primary documentation for the Plane MCP server focuses on direct configuration via environment variables (such as PLANE_API_KEY, PLANE_WORKSPACE_SLUG, and PLANE_BASE_URL) rather than Helm deployment [2][3][4]. For the main Plane platform Helm charts (plane-ce and plane-enterprise), the platform does provide a mechanism for injecting additional environment variables globally across its workloads using an extraEnv parameter [5]. If you are working with the main Plane Helm charts, you can define custom environment variables in your values.yaml file using the following structure [5]: extraEnv: - name: CUSTOM_VAR_NAME value: "your-value" - name: ANOTHER_VAR value: "another-value" This extraEnv setting applies the defined environment variables to all workloads (web, api, worker, etc.) within the deployment [5]. Important Considerations: 1. Plane MCP Server Deprecation: Note that the Node.js-based plane-mcp-server is deprecated [2][6][7]. The current recommendation is to use the Python-based implementation, which is typically configured as an MCP server for your AI client (e.g., in your Claude or other MCP-compatible editor configuration file) rather than as a standalone Kubernetes service [2][3]. 2. Helm Chart Availability: Because the dedicated plane-mcp-server Helm chart is not officially published, if you require a containerized deployment of the MCP server, you would currently need to create your own Kubernetes deployment manifests or custom Helm chart using the official Plane MCP container image [1]. 3. OAuth Configuration: There have been reports that specific configurations for MCP server OAuth integration are currently missing from the standard Community Edition Helm charts, which may complicate direct integration in some self-hosted environments [8].
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- 1: https://forum.plane.so/t/mcp-helm-chart-not-published-inconsistent-with-current-docs/288
- 2: https://github.com/makeplane/plane-mcp-server
- 3: https://github.com/makeplane/plane-mcp-server/blob/canary/README.md
- 4: https://github.com/makeplane/plane-mcp-server/blob/754faa99f7af480e9a361a8ef9b0c6465ded2fe2/README.md
- 5: https://planesoftwareinc.mintlify.app/self-hosting/methods/kubernetes
- 6: http://github.com/makeplane/plane-mcp-server
- 7: https://pypi.org/project/plane-mcp-server/
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services.pi.enableandplane_oauthconfigurations in Community Edition helm chart plane#9431
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Remove or correct the Helm deployment section.
https://helm.plane.so publishes only plane-ce and plane-enterprise. It has no plane-mcp-server chart, so the documented helm install command cannot work. Publish the MCP chart, or document the supported Kubernetes deployment method and its actual environment-variable configuration. Do not document extraEnv unless the chart templates support it.
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In `@docs/dev-tools/mcp-server-self-host.md` around lines 261 - 263, Correct the
Helm deployment section in the MCP server documentation: remove the unsupported
plane-mcp-server helm install instructions, or replace them with the supported
Kubernetes deployment method and its actual environment-variable configuration.
Remove extraEnv references unless the documented chart templates explicitly
support that setting.
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The chart does exist — plane-mcp-server (v1.3.0) in Plane's commercial Helm repository — but it isn't published to helm.plane.so, so this section (which predates this PR) currently points at the wrong repo. Flagging to the team to either publish the chart to helm.plane.so or point this section at the commercial repository; the environment-variable wording here does not claim extraEnv support.
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@vihar, thanks for the clarification.
The extraEnv concern does not apply. The current wording only states that unsupported Helm values must be set on the deployment.
The finding remains valid for the repository URL. The documented helm repo add plane https://helm.plane.so command cannot install plane-mcp-server until the chart is published there. The section should either use the commercial Helm repository or wait for publication to helm.plane.so.
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Repo: makeplane/developer-docs PR: 313
File: docs/dev-tools/mcp-server-self-host.md:264-266
Timestamp: 2026-08-15T14:25:39.409Z
Learning: The `plane-mcp-server` Helm chart exists as version `1.3.0` in Plane's commercial Helm repository. It is not currently published to `https://helm.plane.so`. In `docs/dev-tools/mcp-server-self-host.md`, the Helm deployment section predates pull request `#313` and currently points to `https://helm.plane.so`, so its `plane-mcp-server` install command cannot work until the chart is published there or the documentation uses the commercial repository.
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- Note that OAuth app registration is Cloud/Commercial Edition only and point Community Edition users to stdio mode - Use the Windows-safe mcp-remote header format (no spaces around the colon, header value in env) and mention MCP_REMOTE_CONFIG_DIR before clearing ~/.mcp-auth - Reconcile the retired-name counts (169 aliases + get_pql_reference + 7 unmappable = 177) - Keep the API key out of the curl command line - Add privacy guidance for the opaque user ID and workspace slug in logs - Serve the Cursor and VS Code install badges from /images/mcp/
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Summary
The three MCP pages were last updated on Jul 1 and predate plane-mcp-server v0.2.11 (customers, releases, initiative↔projects, custom relations) and v0.3.0 (177 per-operation tools consolidated into 28 action-dispatch tools / 183 actions). This PR brings them up to date and restructures the setup guide around the hosted OAuth endpoint.
dev-tools/mcp-server.md— rewrittenactionparameter,readOnlyHint/destructiveHint); what you can do (linked into the tool reference); PQL notes./http/mcp, access-token/http/api-key/mcp, local stdio, SSE deprecated).Authorization: Bearer <PAT>+x-workspace-slug— the previousx-api-keyheader was wrong for every client snippet.code --add-mcp), Windsurf, Zed, Antigravity, other clients — each with synced OAuth / Access token / Local (stdio) tabs. Snippets verified against each client's current official docs (Cursor remote entries take notype; Windsurf/Antigravity useserverUrl; Zed's flatcontext_serversschema; VS Codeinputsfor secrets; Codexbearer_token_env_var+http_headers).windsurf:///claude://allowlist claims (no longer in the server's default allowlist); documentsPLANE_OAUTH_ALLOWED_REDIRECT_URIS.claude --debug, plan-gated 402s, paginatedproject list, per-client schema pitfalls), FAQ.dev-tools/mcp-server-tools.md— rebuiltAction | Required | Optional | Notestable plus the tool's notes, taken directly from the v0.3.0 tool declarations (ACTIONS/FOOTERin eachplane_mcp/tools/<resource>.py).dev-tools/mcp-server-self-host.md<MCP_URL>/http/auth/callbackand<MCP_URL>/auth/callback; the bare/callbackis unnecessary), full environment-variable reference (PLANE_OAUTH_ALLOWED_REDIRECT_URIS,PLANE_OAUTH_PROVIDER_ENABLE_CIMD,LOG_USER_INFO, Redis password/SSL/ElastiCache options), "Onboard a new MCP client", logging and observability, redirect-URI troubleshooting.Misc
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