Spira

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets AI assistants interact with Inflectra Spira — covering project management, test management, and requirements management.

Works with SpiraTest, SpiraTeam, and SpiraPlan.

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Table of Contents

• Quick Start
• Configuration
• Available Tools
• Usage Examples
• License

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Quick Start

Install from PyPI:

pip install mcp-server-spira

Add to your MCP client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "inflectra-spira": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "mcp_server_spira"],
      "env": {
        "INFLECTRA_SPIRA_BASE_URL": "https://myinstance.spiraservice.net",
        "INFLECTRA_SPIRA_USERNAME": "mylogin",
        "INFLECTRA_SPIRA_API_KEY": "{XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXX}"
      }
    }
  }
}

For Cline, add "type": "stdio" to the server config. For Claude Desktop:

mcp install src/mcp_server_spira/server.py --name "Inflectra Spira Server"

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Configuration

Set these environment variables (or use a .env file):

Variable	Required	Description
INFLECTRA_SPIRA_BASE_URL	Yes	Base URL for your Spira instance
INFLECTRA_SPIRA_USERNAME	Yes	Your Spira login name
INFLECTRA_SPIRA_API_KEY	Yes	API Key (RSS Token) from your Spira user profile
SPIRA_PROJECT_ID	No	Default product ID — avoids passing product_id on every call

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Available Tools

13 tools organized by scope. All data-retrieval tools return structured JSON with field projection, filtering, and a consistent response envelope.

Search Tools

Tool	Description
mywork_search_artifacts	Your assigned items (task, incident, requirement, test_case, test_set) with filtering and field projection
product_search_artifacts	Search artifacts in a product (11 types). Supports cross-product fan-out, server-side filtering, and nested sub-artifact includes.
product_get_artifact	Single artifact by ID with full details and optional sub-artifact includes
program_search_artifacts	Search program-level artifacts (capability, milestone)

Write Tools

Tool	Description
product_create_artifact	Create artifacts (incident, task, requirement, test_case, risk, release, test_set, build, test_step, mitigation, requirement_step)
product_update_artifact	Update existing artifacts
product_record_test_run	Record automated test results from CI/CD
create_comment	Add a comment to an artifact
create_association	Link two artifacts (related-to, depends-on, coverage)

Workspace & Configuration Tools

Tool	Description
workspace_search	List products, programs, or product templates with field projection
workspace_get	Get a single product, program, or template by ID
template_get_metadata	Types, statuses, priorities, severities, custom properties, and more for a template
get_artifact_schema	Field schema for any artifact type (local-only, no API call)

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Usage Examples

Try these prompts with your AI assistant:

Show me my assigned tasks in Spira

List all products in my Spira instance

Get the open incidents in product 55

Search for critical requirements across products 55 and 60

Get the field schema for incidents

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License

MIT — see LICENSE.

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