@onlyflows/servicenow-mcp

The most comprehensive ServiceNow MCP server. 17 tools for full CRUD, CMDB graph traversal, background scripts, ATF testing, and more.

Built by OnlyFlows · Published by @onlyflowstech

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Why This MCP Server?

Most ServiceNow MCP integrations are read-only and support a handful of tables. This one gives your AI assistant full access to the ServiceNow platform:

Feature	Others	@onlyflows/servicenow-mcp
Query records	✅	✅
Create records	❌	✅
Update records	❌	✅
Delete records	❌	✅ (with safety confirm)
Bulk operations	❌	✅ (dry-run by default)
Aggregations (COUNT/AVG/MIN/MAX/SUM)	❌	✅
Table schema introspection	❌	✅
CMDB relationship traversal	❌	✅ (recursive, configurable depth)
Instance health monitoring	❌	✅ (version, nodes, jobs, stats)
Attachment management	❌	✅ (list, upload, download)
System log queries	❌	✅
Code search across artifacts	❌	✅
Table/app/plugin discovery	❌	✅
ATF test execution	❌	✅
Natural language interface	❌	✅
Background scripts	❌	✅ (with Playwright)
Total tools	1–3	17

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Quick Start

Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "servicenow": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@onlyflows/servicenow-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "SN_INSTANCE": "https://yourinstance.service-now.com",
        "SN_USER": "your_username",
        "SN_PASSWORD": "your_password"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to your Cursor MCP settings (.cursor/mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "servicenow": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@onlyflows/servicenow-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "SN_INSTANCE": "https://yourinstance.service-now.com",
        "SN_USER": "your_username",
        "SN_PASSWORD": "your_password"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Add to your Windsurf MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "servicenow": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@onlyflows/servicenow-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "SN_INSTANCE": "https://yourinstance.service-now.com",
        "SN_USER": "your_username",
        "SN_PASSWORD": "your_password"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code (Copilot)

Add to .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "servicenow": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@onlyflows/servicenow-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "SN_INSTANCE": "https://yourinstance.service-now.com",
        "SN_USER": "your_username",
        "SN_PASSWORD": "your_password"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Tools Reference

Core CRUD

Tool	Description
sn_query	Query any table with encoded queries, field selection, pagination, sorting
sn_get	Get a single record by sys_id
sn_create	Create a new record on any table
sn_update	Update an existing record (PATCH)
sn_delete	Delete a record (requires confirm: true)
sn_batch	Bulk update/delete with dry-run safety (requires confirm: true to execute)

Analytics & Schema

Tool	Description
sn_aggregate	COUNT, AVG, MIN, MAX, SUM with grouping
sn_schema	Table field definitions, types, references
sn_health	Instance version, cluster nodes, stuck jobs, key stats

CMDB & Operations

Tool	Description
sn_relationships	CMDB CI graph traversal — upstream/downstream/both, configurable depth
sn_attach	List, download, upload attachments
sn_syslog	Query system logs with severity/source/time filters
sn_codesearch	Search business rules, script includes, client scripts, etc.
sn_discover	Discover tables, scoped apps, store apps, plugins

Testing & Automation

Tool	Description
sn_atf	Run ATF tests and suites, get results
sn_nl	Natural language → ServiceNow API calls
sn_script	Execute background scripts (requires Playwright)

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Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Default	Description
SN_INSTANCE	✅	—	Instance URL (e.g. https://yourinstance.service-now.com)
SN_USER	✅	—	ServiceNow username
SN_PASSWORD	✅	—	ServiceNow password
SN_DISPLAY_VALUE	❌	true	Default display value mode (true, false, all)
SN_REL_DEPTH	❌	3	Default CMDB relationship traversal depth

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Usage Examples

Once connected, your AI assistant can:

Query incidents:

"Show me all P1 incidents assigned to the Network team"

Create a record:

"Create an incident for VPN outage affecting 50 users, P2, assign to Network Operations"

Aggregate data:

"How many incidents are there grouped by priority?"

Check health:

"Run a health check on our ServiceNow instance"

CMDB traversal:

"Show all upstream dependencies for the email-server-01 CI"

Schema introspection:

"What fields are on the change_request table?"

Code search:

"Find all business rules that reference GlideRecord('incident')"

ATF testing:

"Run ATF test suite abc123 and wait for results"

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Safety Features

This server is designed for production use with multiple safety layers:

• Delete operations require explicit confirm: true
• Batch operations run in dry-run mode by default — shows match count without making changes
• Bulk deletes require both confirm and force flags
• Background scripts require confirm for destructive keywords (deleteRecord, deleteMultiple, etc.)
• Natural language writes require execute: true (reads execute immediately)

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Development

# Clone
git clone https://github.com/onlyflowstech/servicenow-mcp.git
cd servicenow-mcp

# Install & build
npm install
npm run build

# Run locally
SN_INSTANCE=https://yourinstance.service-now.com \
SN_USER=your_user \
SN_PASSWORD=your_pass \
node dist/index.js

# Watch mode
npm run dev

Testing with MCP Inspector

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node dist/index.js

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Roadmap

• SSE transport for remote hosting
• OAuth 2.0 authentication support
• sn_script full implementation with Playwright (SNS-39)
• Streaming for large result sets
• Caching for schema and relationship lookups

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License

MIT © OnlyFlows

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