Help Scout MCP Server
Quality Score
90
/100
Search Help Scout conversations, customers, organizations, threads, and inboxes with AI assistants
§01 Install
Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)
{
"mcpServers": {
"help-scout-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"help-scout-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"HELPSCOUT_APP_ID": "<your-helpscout_app_id>",
"HELPSCOUT_APP_SECRET": "<your-helpscout_app_secret>",
"REDACT_MESSAGE_CONTENT": "<redact_message_content>"
}
}
}
}Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)
{
"mcpServers": {
"help-scout-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"help-scout-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"HELPSCOUT_APP_ID": "<your-helpscout_app_id>",
"HELPSCOUT_APP_SECRET": "<your-helpscout_app_secret>",
"REDACT_MESSAGE_CONTENT": "<redact_message_content>"
}
}
}
}Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)
npx -y help-scout-mcp-server§02 Environment variables
HELPSCOUT_APP_IDrequiredsecret
Help Scout OAuth2 App ID (also accepts HELPSCOUT_CLIENT_ID)
HELPSCOUT_APP_SECRETrequiredsecret
Help Scout OAuth2 App Secret (also accepts HELPSCOUT_CLIENT_SECRET)
REDACT_MESSAGE_CONTENTHide message bodies in responses for compliance (true/false)
§03 MCP Quality Score · methodology
freshness
25
completeness
15
installability
25
documentation
15
stability
10
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