Release Radar MCP server

Correlate GitHub releases with Sentry issues and PagerDuty incidents. Hosted by usefulapi: connect it to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client.

Connect Release RadarFree 50 tool calls / monthPro $9/mo · $90/yr · pricing9 tools

What can I ask?

Turn on the Release Radar connector, then ask in plain words. The AI picks the tools.

What you can do with Release Radar in Claude and ChatGPT

For on-call engineers and DevOps teams who ship from GitHub and watch errors in Sentry and incidents in PagerDuty.

Find what broke since the last deploy

The AI finds the latest GitHub deployment or release of a repo, lists the unresolved Sentry issues since that time, and names who is on call in PagerDuty.

Get a snapshot of what is on fire now

The AI combines the top unresolved Sentry issues, the triggered and acknowledged PagerDuty incidents and the current on-call person into one short summary.

Prepare an on-call handoff briefing

The AI shows who is on call, the active incidents they inherit, what is live from the latest GitHub deploy and the top Sentry errors. It warns when a fresh deploy and active incidents come at the same time.

Check when the latest deploy went out

The AI reads the latest GitHub deployment of a repo, or the latest release if there is none, with its commit sha and time.

List recent unresolved Sentry issues

The AI lists the unresolved issues of a Sentry project in a recent time window, so you can see which errors are new or still open.

How do I connect Release Radar?

Before you connect

The login page asks for your GitHub Personal Access Token (required).

Optional: Sentry auth token, Sentry organisation, Sentry project and PagerDuty API token.

GitHub is required. Sentry and PagerDuty are optional — leave them blank to skip those tools. Your tokens are used only to call the APIs on your behalf and to derive a private account id.

Claude claude.ai · Desktop

  1. Open Customize → Connectors, then click + Add → Add custom connector.
  2. Enter the name Release Radar and this URL, then click Add:
    https://release-radar.usefulapi.io/mcp
  3. Claude opens the login page: enter your GitHub Personal Access Token (required).
  4. In a chat, click + → Connectors and turn on Release Radar.

Team and Enterprise: an Owner adds the connector for the organization first.

ChatGPT chatgpt.com

  1. Open Plugins, click +, then Add custom MCP server.
  2. Enter the name Release Radar and this URL, choose OAuth as the authentication, confirm the warning and create it:
    https://release-radar.usefulapi.io/mcp
  3. ChatGPT opens the login page: enter your GitHub Personal Access Token (required).
  4. In Plugins, install Release Radar, then choose it in a chat.

No Add custom MCP server option? It depends on your account or workspace settings: see OpenAI's guide.

Claude Code

Run this command, then run /mcp in Claude Code to log in:

claude mcp add --transport http release-radar https://release-radar.usefulapi.io/mcp

Cursor

Add to Cursor or add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "release-radar": {
      "url": "https://release-radar.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Add to VS Code or add this to .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "release-radar": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://release-radar.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Codex

Run these commands. The second one opens the login page:

codex mcp add release-radar --url https://release-radar.usefulapi.io/mcp
codex mcp login release-radar

Other clients

Windsurf, Cline, Zed and other MCP clients: add this URL as a remote MCP server (Streamable HTTP). The client then opens the login page in your browser.

https://release-radar.usefulapi.io/mcp

Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your GitHub Personal Access Token (required). If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.

Pricing

PlanPriceLimit
Free$050 tool calls / month
Pro$9/mo · $90/yr10,000 tool calls / month
Pro+$39/mo · $390/yr100,000 tool calls / month

Each paid plan covers this Release Radar server only. Ask your AI to run release_radar_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly (it returns a Stripe Checkout link). If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. The change requires your confirmation, keeps your billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. Cancel any time with release_radar_cancel_subscription: your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period, with no refund for the current period, and asking to resume the same plan with release_radar_upgrade before then undoes the cancel. Or write to [email protected].

Tools 9

Show all 9 tools (the AI picks them for you)

Read only · 5

  • What's broken since the last deploy?release_radar_whats_broken_since_last_deploy
    COMPOSITE. Finds the latest GitHub deployment/release for a repo, then queries Sentry for unresolved issues SINCE that deploy's timestamp (the deploy time drives the Sentry window), then looks up who's currently on-call in PagerDuty — and synthesizes one situational-awareness object. Degrades gracefully: if Sentry or PagerDuty creds are absent it returns what it can plus a note. GitHub is required (it's the anchor).
  • Current incident snapshotrelease_radar_incident_snapshot
    COMPOSITE. A right-now on-call picture: top unresolved Sentry issues + active (triggered/acknowledged) PagerDuty incidents + who's currently on-call, fused into one snapshot with a human summary. Each service degrades independently if its creds are missing.
  • On-call handoff briefingrelease_radar_oncall_handoff
    COMPOSITE. A start-of-shift briefing for whoever is currently on call, fusing all three services: (a) PagerDuty current on-call + any active (triggered/acknowledged) incidents they're inheriting, (b) the GitHub deployment/release that most recently shipped (what's live), and (c) Sentry's top unresolved errors. Correlates them into one object — including a heads-up when a fresh deploy coincides with active incidents (a likely culprit). Degrades gracefully: every service is optional; whatever's unconfigured or failing is named in `notes` and the briefing still returns. Never crashes.
  • Latest GitHub deploy/releaserelease_radar_github_latest_deploy
    Low-level building block: the latest GitHub deployment for a repo (falls back to the latest release), returning sha + timestamp. Used internally by release_radar_whats_broken_since_last_deploy.
  • Recent unresolved Sentry issuesrelease_radar_sentry_recent_issues
    Low-level building block: unresolved Sentry issues over a relative window.

Your usefulapi plan · 4

  • Usage status (free-tier meter)release_radar_usage_status
    Report the caller's current usage: the plan, calls used this month, the limit of the plan (the free monthly cap or the Pro fair use limit), remaining, and whether the limit is reached. Read-only; does not count against the meter.
  • Request a missing featurerelease_radar_request_feature
    Tell usefulapi that the user needs something the Release Radar tools cannot do yet (a missing tool, field or filter). Call it only when the user asks for something none of the tools can do, and tell the user that you send the request. Do not call it for errors or for normal requests. Do not include personal data, credentials or customer records. Stored with the product name and the client type (for example Claude or Cursor), without the user's account. At most 5 requests per day. Does not count against the meter.
  • Upgrade to Pro or Pro+release_radar_upgrade
    Get a paid plan for Release Radar (the free tier caps monthly usage). Pro: 10,000 tool calls a month, for normal use — plan "monthly" ($9/month) or "yearly" ($90/year, 2 months free). Pro+: 100,000 tool calls a month, for automations and heavy use — plan "plus" ($39/month) or "plus_yearly" ($390/year). Without a plan it returns both Pro and Pro+, each with a payment link, for the user to choose; with a plan, one link. An existing Pro subscription changes to Pro+ in place (needs confirm: true; the price difference for the rest of the period is charged at once). Cancel any time: the plan then runs to the end of the paid period, so it also suits a one-time job. A link opens Stripe Checkout in the browser; after payment the account upgrades automatically. Does not count against the meter.
  • Cancel the Pro subscriptionrelease_radar_cancel_subscription
    Cancel the caller's Release Radar Pro subscription at the end of the paid period (no refund for the current period; Pro continues until then, then the free tier applies). Requires confirm: true. Run release_radar_upgrade later to undo the cancel before the period ends. Does not count against the meter.

FAQ

What can I do with Release Radar in Claude or ChatGPT?

Find what broke since the last deploy. Get a snapshot of what is on fire now. Prepare an on-call handoff briefing. Check when the latest deploy went out. List recent unresolved Sentry issues. See what you can do for the details.

Is this an official Release Radar product?

No. usefulapi is an independent service. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Release Radar. The server calls the Release Radar API with your own Release Radar access, so it sees only the data that your account can see.

Can I connect Release Radar to Claude or ChatGPT?

Yes. In Claude, add this server's URL as a custom connector. In ChatGPT, add it as a custom MCP server in Plugins. Then log in once. Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code and Codex work too. See the setup steps.

What do I need to connect?

The login page asks for your GitHub Personal Access Token (required). See Before you connect for where to find it.

Do I put my Release Radar key or an Authorization header in the client config?

No. Add only the URL. Do not add an Authorization header or an API key to the client config. The server signs you in with OAuth: the login page asks for your GitHub Personal Access Token (required). If the config has such a header, remove it: some clients then send that header instead of the login token, and every call fails with 401.

How do you keep my Release Radar credentials?

The login stores them encrypted in the authorization grant of your connection. The server uses them to call the Release Radar API for you and to derive a private account id for usage metering. usefulapi does not show them on any page or in any reply. To stop all access, remove the connector and change or delete these credentials in Release Radar.

Can the AI change my Release Radar data?

All 5 Release Radar tools are marked read-only.

What does it cost?

The Free plan gives 50 tool calls / month. Pro costs $9/mo or $90/yr, with 10,000 tool calls / month. Pro+ costs $39/mo or $390/yr, with 100,000 tool calls / month. Each subscription covers this Release Radar server only. Cancel any time: your paid plan then runs to the end of the paid period. Run release_radar_usage_status to see how many calls you used.

How do I subscribe or cancel?

Ask the AI to run release_radar_upgrade and choose Pro or Pro+, billed monthly or yearly: it returns a Stripe Checkout link. If you already have Pro, ask to change it to Pro+. After you confirm, your existing subscription changes in place, keeps its billing interval and charges the price difference for the rest of the period immediately. To cancel, run release_radar_cancel_subscription. Your paid plan continues to the end of the paid period.

What if a Release Radar tool that I need is missing?

Tell the AI what you wanted to do. It can send the request with release_radar_request_feature. We store the text with the server name, the type of AI client and the tool you tried, not with your account, and read every request when we plan new tools. You can send up to 5 requests per day.

Which AI clients can I use?

Any client that supports remote MCP servers (Streamable HTTP) with OAuth login: Claude (web and desktop), Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and others.

This is a Model Context Protocol endpoint — meant to be connected from an AI client, not opened in a browser. An invalid_token response at the URL is the auth gate working as designed; clients authenticate automatically.

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