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items: [
{ text: "Webhooks", link: "/dev-tools/intro-webhooks" },
{ text: "Build Plane App", link: "/dev-tools/build-plane-app/overview" },
{ text: "MCP Server", link: "/dev-tools/mcp-server" },
{ text: "MCP server", link: "/dev-tools/mcp-server" },
{ text: "Agents", link: "/dev-tools/agents/overview" },
],
},
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},

{
text: "MCP Server",
text: "MCP server",
link: "/dev-tools/mcp-server",
collapsed: false,
items: [
{ text: "Self-host MCP Server", link: "/dev-tools/mcp-server-self-host" },
{ text: "Tool Reference", link: "/dev-tools/mcp-server-tools" },
{ text: "Self-host the MCP server", link: "/dev-tools/mcp-server-self-host" },
{ text: "Tool reference", link: "/dev-tools/mcp-server-tools" },
],
},
{ text: "Plane Compose", link: "/dev-tools/plane-compose" },
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---
title: Self-host MCP Server
description: Deploy your own Plane MCP Server with Docker Compose or Helm. Register an OAuth app, configure credentials, and point AI clients at your own instance.
title: Self-host the MCP server
description: Deploy the Plane MCP server with Docker Compose or Helm, register OAuth callbacks, configure storage and security, and connect AI clients.
keywords: plane mcp server, self-hosted mcp, plane mcp deployment, docker compose mcp, helm mcp, plane oauth mcp, mcp server setup
---

# Self-host MCP Server
# Self-host the MCP server

This guide is for teams that want to run their own instance of the Plane MCP Server - either because they're on a self-hosted Plane installation that needs OAuth against their own domain, or because they want full control over the MCP infrastructure.
This guide is for teams that want to run their own instance of the Plane MCP server — either because they use a
self-hosted Plane installation that needs OAuth against their own domain, or because they want full control over the
MCP infrastructure.

If you're a Plane Cloud user connecting to `mcp.plane.so`, you don't need this. Use the [MCP Server setup guide](/dev-tools/mcp-server) instead.
If you're a Plane Cloud user connecting to `mcp.plane.so`, you don't need this. Use the
[MCP server setup guide](/dev-tools/mcp-server) instead.

## Prerequisites

- A running **Plane instance** (self-hosted or Cloud) with workspace admin access
- A running **Plane instance** (self-hosted or Cloud) with workspace admin access. OAuth application registration is
available on Plane Cloud and Plane Commercial Edition; Plane Community Edition does not include it, so the OAuth
transport cannot be used against a Community Edition instance. Community Edition users should run the server in
[local (stdio) mode](/dev-tools/mcp-server#local-stdio) with a personal access token instead.
- **Docker** and Docker Compose v2+, _or_ **Kubernetes** v1.21+ with Helm v3+
- A **public URL** for the MCP server (e.g. `https://mcp.yourdomain.com`) - OAuth callbacks must be able to reach it over HTTPS
- A **public URL** for the MCP server (e.g. `https://mcp.yourdomain.com`) — OAuth callbacks must reach it over HTTPS

---

## Register an OAuth app in Plane

The MCP server authenticates users through Plane's OAuth 2.0 system. You need to register an app to get a Client ID and Client Secret.

1. Go to **Workspace Settings → Integrations**:
1. Go to **Workspace settings → Integrations**:

```
```text
https://<your-plane-domain>/<workspace>/settings/integrations/
```

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| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **App Name** | Anything descriptive (e.g. `Plane MCP Server`) |
| **Setup URL** | Your MCP server's public URL (e.g. `https://mcp.yourdomain.com`) |
| **Redirect URI** | All three URIs listed below, space-separated |
| **Redirect URI** | Both URIs listed below, space-separated |
| **Webhook URL** | Leave empty unless you need webhook events |

::: tip Add all three redirect URIs
The server exposes callbacks on three paths to support all transports and MCP clients:
::: tip Add both redirect URIs
FastMCP exposes one callback under the HTTP mount and one under the SSE mount:

| Transport | Redirect URI |
| --------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| OAuth callback | `<MCP_SERVER_URL>/callback` |
| HTTP with OAuth | `<MCP_SERVER_URL>/http/auth/callback` |
| SSE (legacy) | `<MCP_SERVER_URL>/auth/callback` |
| Transport | Redirect URI |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| Streamable HTTP | `<MCP_SERVER_URL>/http/auth/callback` |
| SSE (deprecated) | `<MCP_SERVER_URL>/auth/callback` |

For `https://mcp.yourdomain.com`, paste this into the Redirect URI field:

```text
https://mcp.yourdomain.com/http/auth/callback https://mcp.yourdomain.com/auth/callback
```
https://mcp.yourdomain.com/callback https://mcp.yourdomain.com/http/auth/callback https://mcp.yourdomain.com/auth/callback
```

A previously registered `https://mcp.yourdomain.com/callback` URI is harmless but unnecessary.

:::

4. Under **Scopes & Permissions**, select both **read** and **write** scopes.
4. Under **Scopes & permissions**, select both **read** and **write** scopes.

5. Save. Copy the generated **Client ID** and **Client Secret** - you'll need them in the next step.

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#### Environment variable reference

| Variable | Required | Description |
| ------------------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `APP_RELEASE_VERSION` | No | Image tag to deploy. Defaults to `latest`. Pin in production. |
| `PLANE_BASE_URL` | No | Plane API URL. Defaults to `https://api.plane.so`. |
| `PLANE_INTERNAL_BASE_URL` | No | Internal Plane URL for server-to-server calls. Falls back to `PLANE_BASE_URL`. |
| `PLANE_OAUTH_PROVIDER_CLIENT_ID` | Yes | OAuth Client ID from Step 1. |
| `PLANE_OAUTH_PROVIDER_CLIENT_SECRET` | Yes | OAuth Client Secret from Step 1. |
| `PLANE_OAUTH_PROVIDER_BASE_URL` | Yes | Public URL of **this MCP server** - not your Plane instance. |
| `MCP_PATH_PREFIX` | No | Path prefix for all routes. Use when reverse-proxying alongside other apps. |
| Variable | Required | Description |
| ------------------------------------ | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `APP_RELEASE_VERSION` | No | Image tag to deploy. Defaults to `latest`. Pin in production. |
| `PLANE_BASE_URL` | No | Public Plane API URL. Defaults to `https://api.plane.so`. |
| `PLANE_INTERNAL_BASE_URL` | No | Internal Plane URL for server-to-server calls. Falls back to `PLANE_BASE_URL`. |
| `PLANE_OAUTH_PROVIDER_CLIENT_ID` | Yes | OAuth Client ID from Step 1. |
| `PLANE_OAUTH_PROVIDER_CLIENT_SECRET` | Yes | OAuth Client Secret from Step 1. |
| `PLANE_OAUTH_PROVIDER_BASE_URL` | Yes | Public URL of **this MCP server**, not your Plane instance. |
| `PLANE_OAUTH_PROVIDER_ENABLE_CIMD` | No | Enables client ID metadata documents. Defaults to `false`. |
| `PLANE_OAUTH_ALLOWED_REDIRECT_URIS` | No | Comma-separated extra client redirect patterns. `*` can match a port, path segment, or subdomain; keep hosts pinned. |
| `MCP_PATH_PREFIX` | No | Prefix for every route. For example, `/plane` serves MCP at `/plane/http/mcp`. |
| `REDIS_HOST` | No | Redis or Valkey host for persistent OAuth token storage. Without it, tokens use in-memory storage. |
| `REDIS_PORT` | No | Redis or Valkey port. |
| `REDIS_PASSWORD` | No | Static Redis or Valkey password. |
| `REDIS_SSL` | No | Enables TLS for Redis or Valkey when set to `true`. |
| `ELASTICACHE_SECRET_ARN` | No | AWS Secrets Manager ARN containing a rotating ElastiCache authentication token. |
| `AWS_REGION` | No | AWS region for `ELASTICACHE_SECRET_ARN`. |
| `REDIS_AUTH_TOKEN_KEY` | No | JSON key that contains the rotating token in the AWS secret. |
| `LOG_USER_INFO` | No | Logs the user's display name when `true`. Defaults to `false`; the display name is PII. |

#### Onboard a new MCP client

The built-in redirect allowlist contains:

- `http://localhost:*`, `http://localhost:*/*`, `http://127.0.0.1:*`, and
`http://127.0.0.1:*/*`
- `cursor://anysphere.cursor-mcp/oauth/*` and `https://www.cursor.com/*`
- `https://vscode.dev/redirect` and `https://insiders.vscode.dev/redirect`
- `https://antigravity.google/oauth-callback`
- `https://claude.ai/*`
- `https://chatgpt.com/connector/oauth/*` and `https://chatgpt.com/connector_platform_oauth_redirect`

Append new client callbacks without releasing a new server version:

```env
PLANE_OAUTH_ALLOWED_REDIRECT_URIS=https://newclient.com/cb,https://other.app/oauth/*
```

The `*` wildcard can match any port, path segment, or subdomain. Keep the host pinned to a domain you trust.

#### Upgrading

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| `services.redis.local_setup` | `true` | Deploy Valkey in-cluster |
| `services.redis.external_redis_url` | `""` | External Valkey/Redis URL (if not using in-cluster) |

Environment variables that have no Helm value — for example `PLANE_OAUTH_ALLOWED_REDIRECT_URIS` or `LOG_USER_INFO` —
must be set as environment variables on the MCP server deployment.

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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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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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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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#### Upgrading

```bash
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---

## Logging and observability

The server emits structured JSON logs with the tool name, duration, status, opaque user ID, and workspace slug.

`LOG_USER_INFO` defaults to `false`. Setting it to `true` also logs the user's display name, which is personally
identifiable information.
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Even with `LOG_USER_INFO=false`, log entries contain the opaque user ID and the workspace slug, which can identify a
person or organisation when combined with other data. Treat log storage as sensitive: restrict who can read it, set a
retention period, and redact those fields before sharing logs outside your team.

## Connect AI clients

Once the server is running, your available endpoints are:

| Endpoint | Auth | Description |
| --------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------- |
| `https://mcp.yourdomain.com/http/mcp` | OAuth | Recommended for most clients |
| `https://mcp.yourdomain.com/http/api-key/mcp` | PAT header | For CI/CD, scripts, headless setups |
| `https://mcp.yourdomain.com/sse` | OAuth | Legacy SSE transport (deprecated) |
| Endpoint | Auth | Description |
| --------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------- |
| `https://mcp.yourdomain.com/http/mcp` | OAuth | Recommended for most clients |
| `https://mcp.yourdomain.com/http/api-key/mcp` | `Authorization: Bearer <PAT>`, `x-workspace-slug: <slug>` | CI, scripts, and headless setups |
| `https://mcp.yourdomain.com/sse` | OAuth | Deprecated HTTP+SSE transport |

Client configuration is identical to the [MCP Server setup guide](/dev-tools/mcp-server) - replace `https://mcp.plane.so` with your server's URL in every config snippet.
Client configuration is identical to the [MCP server setup guide](/dev-tools/mcp-server). Swap
`https://mcp.plane.so` for your server's host in each configuration.

---

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**OAuth errors:**

- Confirm all three redirect URIs are registered in your Plane OAuth app: `/callback`, `/http/auth/callback`, `/auth/callback`.
- Confirm both redirect URIs are registered in your Plane OAuth app: `/http/auth/callback` and `/auth/callback`. An
existing `/callback` registration is harmless but unnecessary.
- Check that `PLANE_OAUTH_PROVIDER_CLIENT_ID` and `PLANE_OAUTH_PROVIDER_CLIENT_SECRET` match what Plane generated.
- Check that `PLANE_OAUTH_PROVIDER_BASE_URL` is the publicly reachable `https://` URL of this MCP server - not your Plane instance URL.
- If the client reports `redirect_uri is not allowed`, add its exact callback or a host-pinned pattern to
`PLANE_OAUTH_ALLOWED_REDIRECT_URIS`, then restart the deployment.
- Clear any cached auth tokens on the client side:

```bash
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---

→ For client configuration details, see the [MCP Server setup guide](/dev-tools/mcp-server).
→ For the full list of available tools, see the [MCP Server Tool Reference](/dev-tools/mcp-server-tools).
→ For client configuration details, see the [MCP server setup guide](/dev-tools/mcp-server).
→ For the full list of available tools, see the [tool reference](/dev-tools/mcp-server-tools).
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