How to Install Zendesk MCP in Claude Code

Official Zendesk integration — manage tickets, customers, and support workflows through AI

What Zendesk MCP does

The official Zendesk MCP server gives AI agents full access to Zendesk support workflows. It can create tickets, search customer history, update SLAs, and help automate support responses. Features: - Create, search, and update support tickets - Access user and organization profiles - Manage ticket tags, priorities, and groups - Query SLA status and response metrics - Add internal notes and public replies - Inspect macros, triggers, and automations - Generate summaries of support conversations Zendesk MCP is built for customer support teams that want AI to handle ticket tasks and surface customer context instantly.

zendesk

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tickets

customers

helpdesk

Installation steps

1Copy the config below
2Open or create .claude/mcp.json in your project root
3Paste inside "mcpServers": {}
4Reload Claude Code

Configuration

File location: .claude/mcp.json (project root) or ~/.claude/mcp.json (global)

.claude/mcp.jsonjson

{
  "zendeskMcp": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": [
      "-y",
      "@zendesk/mcp"
    ],
    "env": {
      "ZENDESK_SUBDOMAIN": "yourcompany",
      "ZENDESK_API_TOKEN": "...",
      "ZENDESK_EMAIL": "you@company.com"
    }
  }
}

Full server details Open Config Editor

Install in other clients

🤖Claude Desktop ⌨️Cursor 🏄Windsurf ✨OpenAI ♊Gemini

For maintainers

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