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Freshdesk MCP Server: AI Chat & Ticket Triumphs

Meet Freshdesk MCP Server – the AI sidekick letting your models chat with Freshdesk modules, turning tickets into triumphs. Because support should be a team sport!" )

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About Freshdesk MCP Server

What is Freshdesk MCP Server: AI Chat & Ticket Triumphs?

Freshdesk MCP Server is a specialized integration platform enabling AI models to interact with Freshdesk's customer support infrastructure. By connecting directly to Freshdesk API endpoints, this server automates ticket lifecycle management while empowering AI-driven solutions to handle customer inquiries and service operations with precision.

How to use Freshdesk MCP Server: AI Chat & Ticket Triumphs?

Deploy the server using the uvx runtime environment and configure API credentials through claude_desktop_config.json. Key steps include:
1. Install dependencies and authenticate with Freshdesk API key
2. Define required parameters for ticket operations in JSON configuration
3. Trigger actions via natural language commands like "Resolve ticket #5000" or "Search for escalated cases"
4. Monitor operations through API response outputs and system logs

Freshdesk MCP Server Features

Key Features of Freshdesk MCP Server: AI Chat & Ticket Triumphs?

  • End-to-end ticket automation: Create, update, delete, and search tickets programmatically
  • AI-native integration: Direct API access for machine learning models to perform support tasks
  • Customizable workflows: Configure priority levels, statuses, and requester details via API parameters
  • Pagination support: Manage large ticket volumes with page-based retrieval
  • Field flexibility: Handle custom fields and requester IDs for personalized tracking

Use cases of Freshdesk MCP Server: AI Chat & Ticket Triumphs?

Common implementations include:
• Automated ticket prioritization based on sentiment analysis
• Real-time ticket creation from chatbot interactions
• Historical ticket audits for compliance reporting
• Agent workload balancing through intelligent ticket assignment
• Escalation tracking using status change notifications

Freshdesk MCP Server FAQ

FAQ from Freshdesk MCP Server: AI Chat & Ticket Triumphs?

  • How do I handle API rate limits? Monitor usage through Freshdesk's API dashboard and implement exponential backoff strategies in your implementation
  • Can I use this with self-hosted Freshdesk? Yes, provide your custom domain in FRESHDESK_DOMAIN configuration
  • What authentication methods are supported? API Key authentication only, as per Freshdesk security standards
  • How are errors handled? Returns standardized HTTP status codes with error messages in response bodies
  • Does this support multi-tenant environments? Tenancy management must be handled externally through configuration segregation

Content

Freshdesk MCP Server

An MCP server implementation that integrates with Freshdesk, enabling AI models to interact with Freshdesk modules and perform various support operations.

Features

  • Freshdesk Integration : Seamless interaction with Freshdesk API endpoints
  • AI Model Support : Enables AI models to perform support operations through Freshdesk
  • Automated Ticket Management : Handle ticket creation, updates, and responses

Components

Tools

The server offers several tools for Freshdesk operations:

  • create_ticket: Create new support tickets

    • Inputs :
      • subject (string, required): Ticket subject
      • description (string, required): Ticket description
      • source (number, required): Ticket source code
      • priority (number, required): Ticket priority level
      • status (number, required): Ticket status code
      • email (string, optional): Email of the requester
      • requester_id (number, optional): ID of the requester
      • custom_fields (object, optional): Custom fields to set on the ticket
  • update_ticket: Update existing tickets

    • Inputs :
      • ticket_id (number, required): ID of the ticket to update
      • updates (object, required): Fields to update
  • delete_ticket: Delete a ticket

    • Inputs :
      • ticket_id (number, required): ID of the ticket to delete
  • search_tickets: Search for tickets based on criteria

    • Inputs :
      • query (string, required): Search query string
  • get_ticket_fields: Get all ticket fields

    • Inputs :
      • None
  • get_tickets: Get all tickets

    • Inputs :
      • page (number, optional): Page number to fetch
      • per_page (number, optional): Number of tickets per page
  • get_ticket: Get a single ticket

    • Inputs :
      • ticket_id (number, required): ID of the ticket to get

Getting Started

Prerequisites

  • A Freshdesk account (sign up at freshdesk.com)
  • Freshdesk API key
  • uvx installed (pip install uvx or brew install uvx)

Configuration

  1. Generate your Freshdesk API key from the Freshdesk admin panel
  2. Set up your domain and authentication details

Usage with Claude Desktop

  1. Install Claude Desktop if you haven't already
  2. Add the following configuration to your claude_desktop_config.json:
"mcpServers": {
  "freshdesk-mcp": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": [
        "freshdesk-mcp"
    ],
    "env": {
      "FRESHDESK_API_KEY": "<YOUR_FRESHDESK_API_KEY>",
      "FRESHDESK_DOMAIN": "<YOUR_FRESHDESK_DOMAIN>"
    }
  }
}

Important Notes :

  • Replace YOUR_FRESHDESK_API_KEY with your actual Freshdesk API key
  • Replace YOUR_FRESHDESK_DOMAIN with your Freshdesk domain (e.g., yourcompany.freshdesk.com)

Example Operations

Once configured, you can ask Claude to perform operations like:

  • "Create a new ticket with subject 'Payment Issue for customer A101' and description as 'Reaching out for a payment issue in the last month for customer A101', where customer email is [email protected] and set priority to high"
  • "Update the status of ticket #12345 to 'Resolved'"
  • "List all high-priority tickets assigned to the agent John Doe"
  • "List previous tickets of customer A101 in last 30 days"

Testing

For testing purposes, you can start the server manually:

uvx freshdesk-mcp --env FRESHDESK_API_KEY=<your_api_key> --env FRESHDESK_DOMAIN=<your_domain>

Troubleshooting

  • Verify your Freshdesk API key and domain are correct
  • Ensure proper network connectivity to Freshdesk servers
  • Check API rate limits and quotas
  • Verify the uvx command is available in your PATH

License

This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file in the project repository for full details.

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