Trigger.dev MCP Server for Claude

Overview

The Trigger.dev MCP Server is the official Model Context Protocol server for Trigger.dev, the open-source platform for durable background jobs and AI agent workflows. It connects Claude directly to your Trigger.dev projects — letting you initialize new projects, trigger task runs, deploy to environments, monitor execution, and search documentation from your IDE.

Authentication uses the Trigger.dev CLI session. The documentation search tool (search_docs) works without any credentials, so you can start asking questions about the platform before logging in.

Key capabilities

• Documentation search — search Trigger.dev docs without authentication.
• Project initialization — scaffold new Trigger.dev projects from Claude.
• Project management — list and manage projects and organizations.
• Task triggering — invoke tasks by name with payloads, inspect task definitions.
• Deployment — deploy to staging or production environments.
• Run monitoring — filter and inspect run details, query execution history.
• Metrics — query dashboard metrics via TRQL.

How it compares

Trigger.dev is a managed, cloud-hosted platform with full durable execution semantics, retries, concurrency controls, and scheduling — making the MCP server well-suited for production background job management.

Installation

Claude Code (recommended)

npx trigger.dev@latest install-mcp --client claude-code

This wizard automatically configures the MCP server for Claude Code. Log in via the CLI if prompted:

npx trigger.dev@latest login

Manual configuration (Claude Code / Claude Desktop)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "trigger": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["trigger.dev@latest", "mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Requirements

• A Trigger.dev account.
• Node.js 18+ (for npx).
• An MCP client (Claude Code or Claude Desktop).

Security

• Authentication uses the Trigger.dev CLI session — credentials are stored locally in the CLI's session store, not in the MCP config.
• Deployment and trigger tools require CLI login, preventing unauthenticated workflow execution.

Source Verification Notes

Verified on 2026-06-18:

• Trigger.dev's MCP introduction at trigger.dev/docs/mcp-introduction confirms the npx trigger.dev@latest install-mcp install path, CLI-based authentication, and the tool surface including docs search, project init, task triggering, deployment, and run monitoring.
• Trigger.dev's changelog at trigger.dev/changelog/official-mcp-server documents the official MCP server launch as part of Launch Week 2.
• GitHub repo triggerdotdev/trigger.dev (Apache-2.0, 15k+ stars) is the official open-source codebase.