Pipedrive MCP Server

A single-tenant, self-hosted Model Context Protocol server for Pipedrive. Version 2.x uses Pipedrive API v2 for deals, persons, organizations, pipelines, stages, leads, and item search. Notes and users remain isolated behind clearly scoped v1 adapters because Pipedrive has not moved those APIs to v2.

The server is read-only by default. Two narrowly scoped write tools can be enabled explicitly and remain preview-first.

Requirements

• Node.js 22 or 24 (Node 24 recommended)
• A Pipedrive API token

PIPEDRIVE_DOMAIN is not used. The official Pipedrive client supplies the API base URL.

Install and run with stdio

Install globally:

npm install --global pipedrive-mcp-server
PIPEDRIVE_API_TOKEN=your-token pipedrive-mcp-server

Or build this repository:

npm ci
npm run check
PIPEDRIVE_API_TOKEN=your-token npm start

Example desktop MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipedrive": {
      "command": "pipedrive-mcp-server",
      "env": {
        "PIPEDRIVE_API_TOKEN": "your-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Streamable HTTP

The modern HTTP endpoint defaults to http://127.0.0.1:3000/mcp:

PIPEDRIVE_API_TOKEN=your-token \
MCP_TRANSPORT=http \
pipedrive-mcp-server

GET /health is unauthenticated, host-validated, and returns only service status. The server creates an independent MCP server and transport for every session and closes active sessions during shutdown.

Binding to a non-loopback address requires both an HS256 JWT secret of at least 32 characters and an explicit hostname allowlist:

PIPEDRIVE_API_TOKEN=your-token \
MCP_TRANSPORT=http \
MCP_HOST=0.0.0.0 \
MCP_ALLOWED_HOSTS=mcp.example.com \
MCP_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=https://app.example.com \
MCP_JWT_SECRET='replace-with-at-least-32-random-characters' \
pipedrive-mcp-server

The built-in HTTP server does not terminate TLS. Never expose it directly on an untrusted network: place it behind a trusted HTTPS reverse proxy, keep the application port private, and configure the proxy to replace (not append to) forwarding headers. JWT bearer tokens are replayable if captured. Docker Compose therefore publishes the service only on host loopback by default; remote operators must add a TLS terminator before changing that binding.

Clients send Authorization: Bearer <token>. Tokens must use HS256. MCP_JWT_ISSUER and MCP_JWT_AUDIENCE add optional claim validation. There is no boot-token setting.

MCP_ALLOWED_ORIGINS is an exact, comma-separated allowlist. When it is empty the server emits no CORS headers; wildcard CORS is not supported. MCP_ALLOWED_HOSTS contains hostnames only, without schemes, paths, or ports.

Legacy SSE

The deprecated compatibility routes are GET /sse and POST /messages. They are enabled by default in 2.x and can be disabled with MCP_ENABLE_LEGACY_SSE=false. MCP_TRANSPORT=sse remains an alias for HTTP mode and emits a warning. These routes are planned for removal in 3.0.

Docker

Copy .env.example to .env, set PIPEDRIVE_API_TOKEN, and set a random MCP_JWT_SECRET of at least 32 characters. Then run:

docker compose up --build -d
docker compose ps

Compose serves /mcp on port 3000, requires JWT for MCP routes, runs as the unprivileged node user, and checks /health with Node’s built-in fetch. Published images use ghcr.io/willdent/pipedrive-mcp-server.

For stdio in Docker, override the transport and disable the HTTP health check:

docker run --rm -i --no-healthcheck \
  -e PIPEDRIVE_API_TOKEN=your-token \
  -e MCP_TRANSPORT=stdio \
  ghcr.io/willdent/pipedrive-mcp-server:latest

Tools and response contract

Read tools:

• get-users
• get-deals, get-deal, get-deal-notes, search-deals
• get-persons, get-person, search-persons
• get-organizations, get-organization, search-organizations
• get-pipelines, get-pipeline, get-stages
• search-leads, search-all

List/search tools return JSON text and structured content shaped as:

{
  "items": [],
  "count": 0,
  "nextCursor": "optional-cursor",
  "truncated": false,
  "filters": {}
}

Single-record tools return { "item": {} }. Stable failures return { "code", "message", "retryable" } with MCP isError: true; raw API errors, credentials, and token-bearing URLs are not exposed.

get-deals has no hidden status or activity-date defaults. It supports owner, stage, pipeline, status, updated-time, value, cursor, limit, and generic custom-field selection. Page size defaults to 100 and is capped at 500. Value filtering scans at most 2,000 deals and reports truncated and nextCursor when more records remain. Use search-deals for title searches.

Gated writes

No write tools are registered unless named in PIPEDRIVE_WRITE_TOOLS:

PIPEDRIVE_WRITE_TOOLS=move-deal,add-deal-note

• move-deal requires dealId, targetStageId, and expectedCurrentStageId. It performs a best-effort optimistic stale-state check immediately before the update. Pipedrive does not expose an atomic conditional stage update, so concurrent changes by another client can still race this check.
• add-deal-note accepts at most 10,000 characters of plain text and HTML-escapes it before sending.
• Both tools preview by default. A mutation happens only with execute: true.
• Audit output contains only operation, entity ID, outcome, and timestamp—never note contents or credentials.

Configuration

Variable	Default	Purpose
PIPEDRIVE_API_TOKEN	required	Pipedrive API token
MCP_TRANSPORT	stdio	stdio, http, or deprecated sse alias
MCP_HOST	127.0.0.1	HTTP bind address
MCP_PORT	3000	HTTP port
MCP_HTTP_PATH	/mcp	Streamable HTTP path
MCP_ALLOWED_HOSTS	local hosts	Exact hostname allowlist
MCP_ALLOWED_ORIGINS	empty	Exact CORS origin allowlist
MCP_ENABLE_LEGACY_SSE	true	Keep /sse and /messages
MCP_MAX_SESSIONS	100	Maximum combined HTTP/SSE sessions
MCP_SESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS	1800000	Close sessions idle longer than this duration
MCP_JWT_SECRET	empty	HS256 secret; required off loopback
MCP_JWT_ISSUER	empty	Optional JWT issuer
MCP_JWT_AUDIENCE	empty	Optional JWT audience
PIPEDRIVE_WRITE_TOOLS	empty	Explicit write-tool allowlist
PIPEDRIVE_RATE_LIMIT_MIN_TIME_MS	250	Minimum delay between queued calls
PIPEDRIVE_RATE_LIMIT_MAX_CONCURRENT	2	Maximum concurrent calls

All ports, paths, numeric limits, origins, hosts, boolean values, and tool names are validated at startup.

Migrating from 1.x

1. Upgrade Node to 22 or 24.
2. Remove PIPEDRIVE_DOMAIN, MCP_JWT_TOKEN, MCP_JWT_ALGORITHM, and MCP_ENDPOINT.
3. Replace HTTP MCP_TRANSPORT=sse with MCP_TRANSPORT=http; keep the alias temporarily if a client still uses legacy SSE.
4. Point modern clients at /mcp; legacy clients may use /sse through 2.x.
5. Update callers for cursor pagination and the structured response contract.
6. Review deal queries: get-deals no longer silently forces open status or a 365-day activity window.
7. Leave PIPEDRIVE_WRITE_TOOLS empty until each write has been reviewed and sandbox-tested.

Development and release

npm run typecheck
npm test
npm run build
npm run validate:package

See docs/release-checklist.md for automated, Docker, and manual Pipedrive sandbox gates. Releases are tag-driven and use npm trusted publishing plus GHCR semantic tags.

Scope

Version 2.x remains single-tenant and self-hosted. Pipedrive OAuth, MCP OAuth, persistent sessions, broad CRUD, and destructive delete tools are intentionally out of scope.

License

MIT