Freshdesk▌

by effytech
Automate support with Freshdesk! Use AI customer service to manage tickets, improve workflows, and elevate your customer
Integrate AI models with Freshdesk to automate support operations. Create, update, and manage support tickets seamlessly through the Freshdesk API. Enhance your customer support experience with automated ticket management and AI-driven interactions.
best for
- / Customer support teams automating ticket workflows
- / AI-powered helpdesk automation
- / Support operation managers tracking ticket metrics
capabilities
- / Create support tickets with custom fields
- / Update existing ticket status and details
- / Search tickets by various criteria
- / Delete tickets from the system
- / Retrieve ticket field configurations
- / List all support tickets with pagination
what it does
Connects AI models to Freshdesk's support platform for automated ticket management and customer service operations.
about
Freshdesk is a community-built MCP server published by effytech that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. Automate support with Freshdesk! Use AI customer service to manage tickets, improve workflows, and elevate your customer It is categorized under developer tools.
how to install
You can install Freshdesk in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server runs locally on your machine via the stdio transport.
license
MIT
Freshdesk is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.
readme
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 subjectdescription(string, required): Ticket descriptionsource(number, required): Ticket source codepriority(number, required): Ticket priority levelstatus(number, required): Ticket status codeemail(string, optional): Email of the requesterrequester_id(number, optional): ID of the requestercustom_fields(object, optional): Custom fields to set on the ticketadditional_fields(object, optional): Additional top-level fields
- Inputs:
-
update_ticket: Update existing tickets- Inputs:
ticket_id(number, required): ID of the ticket to updateticket_fields(object, required): Fields to update
- Inputs:
-
delete_ticket: Delete a ticket- Inputs:
ticket_id(number, required): ID of the ticket to delete
- Inputs:
-
search_tickets: Search for tickets based on criteria- Inputs:
query(string, required): Search query string
- Inputs:
-
get_ticket_fields: Get all ticket fields- Inputs:
- None
- Inputs:
-
get_tickets: Get all tickets- Inputs:
page(number, optional): Page number to fetchper_page(number, optional): Number of tickets per page
- Inputs:
-
get_ticket: Get a single ticket- Inputs:
ticket_id(number, required): ID of the ticket to get
- Inputs:
-
get_ticket_conversation: Get conversation for a ticket- Inputs:
ticket_id(number, required): ID of the ticket
- Inputs:
-
create_ticket_reply: Reply to a ticket- Inputs:
ticket_id(number, required): ID of the ticketbody(string, required): Content of the reply
- Inputs:
-
create_ticket_note: Add a note to a ticket- Inputs:
ticket_id(number, required): ID of the ticketbody(string, required): Content of the note
- Inputs:
-
update_ticket_conversation: Update a conversation- Inputs:
conversation_id(number, required): ID of the conversationbody(string, required): Updated content
- Inputs:
-
view_ticket_summary: Get the summary of a ticket- Inputs:
ticket_id(number, required): ID of the ticket
- Inputs:
-
update_ticket_summary: Update the summary of a ticket- Inputs:
ticket_id(number, required): ID of the ticketbody(string, required): New summary content
- Inputs:
-
delete_ticket_summary: Delete the summary of a ticket- Inputs:
ticket_id(number, required): ID of the ticket
- Inputs:
-
get_agents: Get all agents- Inputs:
page(number, optional): Page numberper_page(number, optional): Number of agents per page
- Inputs:
-
view_agent: Get a single agent- Inputs:
agent_id(number, required): ID of the agent
- Inputs:
-
create_agent: Create a new agent- Inputs:
agent_fields(object, required): Agent details
- Inputs:
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update_agent: Update an agent- Inputs:
agent_id(number, required): ID of the agentagent_fields(object, required): Fields to update
- Inputs:
-
search_agents: Search for agents- Inputs:
query(string, required): Search query
- Inputs:
-
list_contacts: Get all contacts- Inputs:
page(number, optional): Page numberper_page(number, optional): Contacts per page
- Inputs:
-
get_contact: Get a single contact- Inputs:
contact_id(number, required): ID of the contact
- Inputs:
-
search_contacts: Search for contacts- Inputs:
query(string, required): Search query
- Inputs:
-
update_contact: Update a contact- Inputs:
contact_id(number, required): ID of the contactcontact_fields(object, required): Fields to update
- Inputs:
-
list_companies: Get all companies- Inputs:
page(number, optional): Page numberper_page(number, optional): Companies per page
- Inputs:
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view_company: Get a single company- Inputs:
company_id(number, required): ID of the company
- Inputs:
-
search_companies: Search for companies- Inputs:
query(string, required): Search query
- Inputs:
-
find_company_by_name: Find a company by name- Inputs:
name(string, required): Company name
- Inputs:
-
list_company_fields: Get all company fields- Inputs:
- None
- Inputs:
Getting Started
Installing via Smithery
To install freshdesk_mcp for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
npx -y @smithery/cli install @effytech/freshdesk_mcp --client claude
Prerequisites
- A Freshdesk account (sign up at freshdesk.com)
- Freshdesk API key
uvxinstalled (pip install uvorbrew install uv)
Configuration
- Generate your Freshdesk API key from the Freshdesk admin panel
- Set up your domain and authentication details
Usage with Claude Desktop
- Install Claude Desktop if you haven't already
- 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_KEYwith your actual Freshdesk API key - Replace
YOUR_FRESHDESK_DOMAINwith 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 a101@acme.com 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
uvxcommand 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.
FAQ
- What is the Freshdesk MCP server?
- Freshdesk is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server profile on explainx.ai. MCP lets AI hosts (e.g. Claude Desktop, Cursor) call tools and resources through a standard interface; this page summarizes categories, install hints, and community ratings.
- How do MCP servers relate to agent skills?
- Skills are reusable instruction packages (often SKILL.md); MCP servers expose live capabilities. Teams frequently combine both—skills for workflows, MCP for APIs and data. See explainx.ai/skills and explainx.ai/mcp-servers for parallel directories.
- How are reviews shown for Freshdesk?
- This profile displays 10 aggregated ratings (sample rows for discoverability plus signed-in user reviews). Average score is about 4.5 out of 5—verify behavior in your own environment before production use.
Ratings
4.5★★★★★10 reviews- ★★★★★Shikha Mishra· Oct 10, 2024
Freshdesk is among the better-indexed MCP projects we tried; the explainx.ai summary tracks the official description.
- ★★★★★Piyush G· Sep 9, 2024
We evaluated Freshdesk against two servers with overlapping tools; this profile had the clearer scope statement.
- ★★★★★Chaitanya Patil· Aug 8, 2024
Useful MCP listing: Freshdesk is the kind of server we cite when onboarding engineers to host + tool permissions.
- ★★★★★Sakshi Patil· Jul 7, 2024
Freshdesk reduced integration guesswork — categories and install configs on the listing matched the upstream repo.
- ★★★★★Ganesh Mohane· Jun 6, 2024
I recommend Freshdesk for teams standardizing on MCP; the explainx.ai page compares cleanly with sibling servers.
- ★★★★★Oshnikdeep· May 5, 2024
Strong directory entry: Freshdesk surfaces stars and publisher context so we could sanity-check maintenance before adopting.
- ★★★★★Dhruvi Jain· Apr 4, 2024
Freshdesk has been reliable for tool-calling workflows; the MCP profile page is a good permalink for internal docs.
- ★★★★★Rahul Santra· Mar 3, 2024
According to our notes, Freshdesk benefits from clear Model Context Protocol framing — fewer ambiguous “AI plugin” claims.
- ★★★★★Pratham Ware· Feb 2, 2024
We wired Freshdesk into a staging workspace; the listing’s GitHub and npm pointers saved time versus hunting across READMEs.
- ★★★★★Yash Thakker· Jan 1, 2024
Freshdesk is a well-scoped MCP server in the explainx.ai directory — install snippets and categories matched our Claude Code setup.