Heroku MCP
Official Heroku Platform MCP server using the Heroku CLI as backbone. Tool surface covers application management, processes and dynos, add-ons, maintenance and logs, pipeline management, team and space management, and PostgreSQL database management.
“Official Heroku Platform MCP server using the Heroku CLI as backbone. Tool surface covers application management, processes and dynos, add-ons, maintenance and logs, pipeline management, team and space management, and PostgreSQL database management. 77 GitHub stars and 10 commits on main in the last 30 days. Tier 2 placement reflects modest stars; the official-vendor signal carries the score.”
INSTALL THIS SERVER
{
"mcpServers": {
"heroku": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@heroku/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"HEROKU_API_KEY": "<your-heroku-api-key>"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"heroku": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@heroku/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"HEROKU_API_KEY": "<your-heroku-api-key>"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"heroku": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@heroku/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"HEROKU_API_KEY": "<your-heroku-api-key>"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"heroku": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@heroku/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"HEROKU_API_KEY": "<your-heroku-api-key>"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"heroku": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@heroku/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"HEROKU_API_KEY": "<your-heroku-api-key>"
}
}
}
}
7 TOOLS AVAILABLE
OUR ASSESSMENT
- Official Heroku maintenance.
- Apache-2.0 licence.
- 10 commits on main in the last 30 days.
- Two install paths: heroku mcp:start (CLI subcommand) and npx -y @heroku/mcp-server (standalone).
- Tool coverage spans the full Heroku Platform CLI surface.
- PostgreSQL tooling for database lifecycle and credential retrieval.
- 77 GitHub stars; adoption is early.
- Heroku CLI prerequisite; the MCP wraps it.
- Scaling and dyno restart tools carry production impact; scope Heroku auth tokens accordingly.
The MCP uses the Heroku CLI authentication: Heroku API key or session token from the CLI. Scope the API key to the minimum permissions for the agent flow. Add-on creation can incur cost; for diagnostic agents, restrict the tool surface to read-only flows. PostgreSQL credential retrieval (get_postgres_credentials) returns connection strings; treat the result stream as sensitive.
Teams running apps on Heroku who want agents to scale dynos, tail logs, manage add-ons, and promote pipelines from inside the editor; PostgreSQL-on-Heroku workflows where the agent retrieves credentials and inspects database lifecycle.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
ADOPTION METRICS
// Reading this77 stars on the heroku/heroku-mcp-server repo. 10 commits on main in the last 30 days. Official Heroku maintenance carries the editorial weight.
// Reading thisPairs with the Vercel and Render entries as PaaS options in the cloud category.
SOURCES & VERIFICATION
We don't take any single directory's word for it. Before scoring, we cross-reference 4 public MCP sources, install the server ourselves against the clients we cover, and record when we last re-verified.
The same server, 4 different lenses. We reconcile these signals into our editorial score, which is why our number sometimes diverges from a directory-aggregate star count.
| Source | Their rating | Their star count | Their downloads | Last synced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AutomationSwitch This page | 4editorial | 77 | — | MAY 3, 2026 |
| PulseMCP | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 3, 2026 |
| MCP.so | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 3, 2026 |
| Glama | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 3, 2026 |
| Official MCP Registry | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 3, 2026 |
// Counts are directory-reported; we don't adjust them. Discrepancies usually come from different snapshot times or star-caching.
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