For Intercom MCP Server

MCP-compliant server for retrieving customer support tickets from Intercom

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What is the For Intercom MCP server?

For Intercom MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on For Intercom directly instead of describing what you should do. MCP-compliant server for retrieving customer support tickets from Intercom.

What you get

An MCP-compliant server that enables AI assistants to access and analyze customer support data from Intercom.

  • Search conversations and tickets with advanced filtering
  • Filter by customer, status, date range, and keywords
  • Search by email content even when no contact exists
  • Efficient server-side filtering via Intercom's search API
  • Seamless integration with MCP-compliant AI assistants

What the assistant can call

Once For Intercom is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • Prerequisites — The Prerequisites tool exposed by this server

Setting it up

The server ships on npm as mcp-server-for-intercom, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.

Configuration and credentials

You will need one environment variable: INTERCOM_ACCESS_TOKEN. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

  • Node.js 18.0.0 or higher - An Intercom account with API access - Your Intercom API token (available in your Intercom account settings)

Choosing this one

This sits in the team communication group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. For Intercom's toolset — Prerequisites — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by raoulbia-ai; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against For Intercom's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

Before you rely on it

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the for intercom mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
PrerequisitesThe Prerequisites tool exposed by this server.

How to install the For Intercom MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "server-for-intercom": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-server-for-intercom"],
      "env": {
        "INTERCOM_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

  • Node.js 18.0.0 or higher - An Intercom account with API access - Your Intercom API token (available in your Intercom account settings)
VariableDescriptionRequired
INTERCOM_ACCESS_TOKENCredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use For Intercom to Prerequisites.

Frequently asked questions

It connects For Intercom to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 1 tool (Prerequisites) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with For Intercom directly.