MCP server for Jaeger — search traces, inspect spans, map service dependencies
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add jaeger --env JAEGER_URL='<JAEGER_URL>' --env JAEGER_TOKEN='<JAEGER_TOKEN>' --env JAEGER_PASSWORD='<JAEGER_PASSWORD>' -- uvx jaeger-mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.jaeger]
command = "uvx"
args = ["jaeger-mcp"]
env = { JAEGER_URL = "<JAEGER_URL>", JAEGER_TOKEN = "<JAEGER_TOKEN>", JAEGER_PASSWORD = "<JAEGER_PASSWORD>" }
# codex mcp add jaeger --env JAEGER_URL='<JAEGER_URL>' --env JAEGER_TOKEN='<JAEGER_TOKEN>' --env JAEGER_PASSWORD='<JAEGER_PASSWORD>' -- uvx jaeger-mcp~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"jaeger": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"jaeger-mcp"
],
"env": {
"JAEGER_URL": "<JAEGER_URL>",
"JAEGER_TOKEN": "<JAEGER_TOKEN>",
"JAEGER_PASSWORD": "<JAEGER_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"jaeger": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"jaeger-mcp"
],
"env": {
"JAEGER_URL": "<JAEGER_URL>",
"JAEGER_TOKEN": "<JAEGER_TOKEN>",
"JAEGER_PASSWORD": "<JAEGER_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"jaeger": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"jaeger-mcp"
],
"env": {
"JAEGER_URL": "<JAEGER_URL>",
"JAEGER_TOKEN": "<JAEGER_TOKEN>",
"JAEGER_PASSWORD": "<JAEGER_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"jaeger": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"jaeger-mcp"
],
"env": {
"JAEGER_URL": "<JAEGER_URL>",
"JAEGER_TOKEN": "<JAEGER_TOKEN>",
"JAEGER_PASSWORD": "<JAEGER_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"jaeger": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"jaeger-mcp"
],
"env": {
"JAEGER_URL": "<JAEGER_URL>",
"JAEGER_TOKEN": "<JAEGER_TOKEN>",
"JAEGER_PASSWORD": "<JAEGER_PASSWORD>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
JAEGER_URLJAEGER_TOKENJAEGER_PASSWORD
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.