☁️ MCP Heroku Server

A complete Heroku management server for the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Provides comprehensive Heroku app management through the Heroku Platform API for AI assistants like Claude.

✨ Features

• 📋 App Management - List, view, and manage your Heroku applications
• 🚀 Deployment History - View releases and deployment timeline
• 📊 Dyno Operations - Scale, restart, and monitor dynos
• 📝 Log Access - Stream and filter application logs
• 🔧 Configuration - Manage environment variables (config vars)
• 📦 Add-on Management - List and monitor add-ons (databases, caches, etc.)
• 🔒 Secure - Uses your Heroku API key with proper authentication

📋 Prerequisites

• Heroku CLI (optional, for generating API keys)
• Node.js 16+ for running the MCP server
• Heroku API Key - Get from Dashboard Account Settings

🚀 Quick Start

Using with npx (recommended)

HEROKU_API_KEY=your-api-key npx @artik0din/mcp-heroku

Install globally

npm install -g @artik0din/mcp-heroku
export HEROKU_API_KEY=your-api-key
mcp-heroku

🔧 Environment Variables

Set your Heroku API key:

Option 1: Environment Variable

export HEROKU_API_KEY=your-heroku-api-key

Option 2: .env file

cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env and add your HEROKU_API_KEY

Getting Your API Key

1. Visit Heroku Dashboard Account Settings
2. Scroll to "API Key" section
3. Click "Reveal" to show your key
4. Or use CLI: heroku auth:token

🔧 MCP Client Setup

Add this server to your MCP client configuration:

Claude Desktop Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "heroku": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@artik0din/mcp-heroku"],
      "env": {
        "HEROKU_API_KEY": "your-heroku-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Other MCP Clients

{
  "name": "heroku",
  "command": "npx",
  "args": ["@artik0din/mcp-heroku"],
  "env": {
    "HEROKU_API_KEY": "your-heroku-api-key-here"
  }
}

📚 Available Tools

App Management

• heroku_list_apps - List all your Heroku apps

  • team (string, optional) - Filter apps by team name

• heroku_get_app - Get detailed app information

  • appName (string, required) - Name of the Heroku app

Deployment & Releases

• heroku_list_releases - View deployment history
  • appName (string, required) - Name of the Heroku app
  • limit (number) - Max releases to return (default: 10)

Dyno Management

• heroku_restart - Restart app dynos

  • appName (string, required) - Name of the Heroku app
  • dyno (string, optional) - Specific dyno (e.g., "web.1"), or omit for all

• heroku_scale - Scale dynos up or down

  • appName (string, required) - Name of the Heroku app
  • dyno (string, required) - Dyno type (e.g., "web", "worker")
  • quantity (number, required) - Number of dynos to run
  • size (string, optional) - Dyno size (eco, basic, standard-1x, etc.)

Logs & Monitoring

• heroku_get_logs - Retrieve application logs
  • appName (string, required) - Name of the Heroku app
  • lines (number) - Number of log lines (default: 100)
  • dyno (string, optional) - Filter by dyno (e.g., "web.1")
  • source (string, optional) - Filter by source ("app" or "heroku")

Add-ons

• heroku_list_addons - List attached add-ons
  • appName (string, required) - Name of the Heroku app

Configuration

• heroku_config_vars - Manage environment variables
  • appName (string, required) - Name of the Heroku app
  • set (boolean) - Set to true to modify (default: false, just lists)
  • key (string) - Config var key name
  • value (string) - Config var value (use with set=true)

💡 Usage Examples

List all apps

// Use the heroku_list_apps tool
// Returns array of apps with basic info

Scale web dynos

// Use heroku_scale tool with:
// appName: "my-app"
// dyno: "web"
// quantity: 2
// size: "standard-1x"

Get recent logs

// Use heroku_get_logs tool with:
// appName: "my-app" 
// lines: 50
// source: "app"

Set environment variable

// Use heroku_config_vars tool with:
// appName: "my-app"
// set: true
// key: "DATABASE_URL"
// value: "postgres://..."

🔒 Security

This server uses the Heroku Platform API securely:

• API key is read from environment variables only
• No credential storage or caching
• All requests use HTTPS
• Sensitive config vars are masked in responses
• Uses official Heroku API endpoints

🛠️ Development

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/artik0din/mcp-heroku.git
cd mcp-heroku

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Set environment variable
export HEROKU_API_KEY=your-key

# Build and run
npm run build
npm start

# Development mode
npm run dev

📝 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

🔗 Related

• Heroku Platform API Documentation
• Model Context Protocol
• Heroku CLI