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Argo CD MCP connector

The Argo CD connector brings your applications, sync history, manifests and account tokens into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and the Elaichi Agent, so each engineer can ask about a deployment and act on it inside their own Argo CD access.

  • Connects with an API key
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  • No credit card
ChatGPT Elaichi connected

Which Argo CD applications changed in the last day?

Working in Argo CD with Elaichi

  • List all Argo CD accounts
  • Argo CD accounts list 2
  • Get single Argo CD account by ID
Ask anything…
Governance / Audit log Last 24 hours
Argo CD Get single Argo CD account by ID Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
Argo CD Argo CD accounts list 2 Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
Argo CD List all Argo CD accounts Emily Carter · ChatGPT · 9:41 AM Done
Argo CD List all Argo CD account can is Megan Brooks · Claude · 9:38 AM Done
Argo CD Update a Argo CD account password by ID Ryan Hayes · Cursor · 9:35 AM Done

How to connect Argo CD to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

Step by step, for each AI app

Argo CD MCP connector for Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

Argo CD MCP connector for Claude Code

  1. 1

    In a terminal, run claude mcp add with the endpoint.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Start Claude Code and run /mcp.

  3. 3

    Pick elaichi, then sign in and approve in the browser.

Terminal

$ claude mcp add --transport http elaichi --scope user https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp

Use --scope project instead to share it with the repository through .mcp.json.

Argo CD MCP connector for ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Argo CD MCP connector for Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Argo CD MCP connector for Microsoft Copilot

  1. 1

    In Copilot Studio, open your agent, then Tools, Add a tool, New tool and Model Context Protocol.

  2. 2

    Paste the endpoint into Server URL, choose OAuth 2.0, then Dynamic discovery, and press Create.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Create a new connection, sign in and approve, then press Add to agent.

  4. 4

    Under Channels, open Teams and Microsoft Copilot and make the agent available in Microsoft Copilot.

Server URL
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Type
Dynamic discovery

Microsoft Copilot was called Microsoft 365 Copilot. Keep the tool on end-user credentials, so each person signs in as themselves.

Connect Argo CD to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

What teams do with Argo CD through Elaichi

Ask in plain English. Each person’s AI can do only what they’re allowed to, and every action it takes in Argo CD is logged.

  • Platform

    Find out why a deployment is stuck

    Ask which applications are out of sync or degraded, then pull the recent events and logs for the one that matters without opening Argo CD.

  • DevOps

    Check the diff before you approve a sync

    See the server side diff between what is running and what the repository says should be running, and describe the change in plain words for the release channel.

  • SRE

    Trace an incident to the resource

    Walk the resource tree of an application to find the pod, service or config that changed, and read its events alongside the deployment timeline.

  • Engineering

    Register a new application from a template

    Create an Argo CD application for a new service with the right repository, path and destination cluster, and update it later when the branch or namespace changes.

  • Release management

    Stop a sync that is going wrong

    Cancel a running operation on an application the moment it starts failing, then confirm the managed resources are back to a known state.

  • Security

    Review accounts and rotate tokens

    List every Argo CD account, check what each one is allowed to do, create a fresh token for a service account and delete the old one.

Try asking

  • “Which Argo CD applications changed in the last day?”
  • “List recent events for the payments Argo CD application.”
  • “Show Argo CD accounts that hold active tokens.”

See all 115 Argo CD tools →

What connecting Argo CD gets you

6 screens from Elaichi, each doing one job for your Argo CD account.

Elaichi Agent

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Which Argo CD applications changed in the last day?

List recent events for the payments Argo CD application.

Show Argo CD accounts that hold active tokens.

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

The agent

Ask about Argo CD applications in plain language.

Answers come from live Argo CD applications, accounts and events, not stale exports.

ElaichiAI apps
Claude ChatGPT Cursor Microsoft Copilot

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emily Carter

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
M

Megan Brooks

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
R

Ryan Hayes

• Connected Yesterday

AI apps

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Microsoft Copilot share one endpoint.

Connect Argo CD from any MCP client over OAuth, no SDK, no shared API key.

ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
List all Argo CD accounts List Returns the list of accounts. Returns: items.
Argo CD accounts list 2 List Returns an account. Returns: capabilities, enabled, name, tokens. Required: name.
Get single Argo CD account by ID Get Returns an account. Returns: capabilities, enabled, name, tokens. Required: id.
List all Argo CD account can is List Checks if the current account has permission to perform an action. Returns: value. Required: resource, action, subresource.
Update a Argo CD account password by ID Update Updates an account's password to a new value.

Tool catalog

115 Argo CD tools land ready to call.

Applications, accounts, tokens and events are covered with no custom code to write.

ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Platform toolbox

Argo CD · applications and sync state

Argo CD starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Release engineering toolbox

Argo CD · deploys and rollbacks

— 9 Mar 2, 2026

SRE toolbox

Argo CD · application events and health

— 24 Feb 27, 2026

Security toolbox

Argo CD · accounts and tokens

Argo CD starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Backend toolbox

Argo CD · service applications

— 31 Jan 30, 2026

Data engineering toolbox

Argo CD · pipeline applications

— 12 Jan 22, 2026

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own Argo CD toolbox.

Platform, release and security teams each see the Argo CD tools their work needs.

ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
AR

Argo CD (Production)

Connected by Emily Carter

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
AR

Argo CD (Staging)

Connected by Jake Morgan

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
AR

Argo CD (Platform core)

Connected by Megan Brooks

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
AR

Argo CD (Payments cluster)

Connected by Tyler Reed

Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
AR

Argo CD (EMEA region)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

Personal • Active Not shared
AR

Argo CD (Security review)

Connected by Ashley Parker

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Shared connections

Teammates use Argo CD without seeing credentials.

Each connection shows who linked the Argo CD account and which teams share it.

ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

E

Emily Carter

[email protected]

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

Jake Morgan

[email protected]

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

M

Megan Brooks

[email protected]

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

T

Tyler Reed

[email protected]

Argo CD Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

R

Ryan Hayes

[email protected]

Argo CD Applications Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

A

Ashley Parker

[email protected]

Argo CD Applications List Toolbox

Audit log

Every Argo CD call is on the record.

When, who, what happened, type and resource for each application and token action.

From answering questions to doing the work

A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations, collections and live dashboards come with the Black plan.

Argo CD digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch applications

    Argo CD

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s
  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Jake Morgan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    Argo CD

    Queued

Automations

A schedule fires, an Argo CD digest ships.

Six steps fetch applications, group them, draft a digest, wait for approval, post back.

Argo CD health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the applications collection

Live

Applications

1,284 ↓ 12%

Accounts

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Applications created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Production 34%

Staging 27%

Platform core 21%

Payments cluster 18%

Collections and dashboards

Argo CD health arrives before anyone asks.

Four metrics, 14 days of applications created and a team breakdown, computed on schedule.

For IT and engineering

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Argo CD

All three can connect Argo CD to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for Argo CD, by what to check
What to check Elaichi Zapier MCP Composio
Where the AI connects One address for the whole organization. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp A server per member, created at sign-in. An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over Argo CD tools Allow or restrict single Argo CD tools, per role or user. App and action restrictions on the account. Role permissions, down to the action.
Record of calls One audit entry per Argo CD call. A History tab of tool calls. A log of every tool call.
Single sign-on SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. SAML on Enterprise. SAML and OIDC on Enterprise.
Price Free for one person; $15 per user per month on Gold. 2 tasks per successful call. Billed per tool call.

Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.

Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.

Argo CD tools for your AI agents

115 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Argo CD, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

Questions, answered

How do I connect Argo CD to Claude?

Two steps. In Elaichi, choose Argo CD and paste in an API key from your Argo CD instance, there is no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then in Claude, open Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste the endpoint https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Sign in with your Elaichi account and Argo CD is ready in that chat.

Does Argo CD work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once Argo CD is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, any other MCP client and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Argo CD once and every client sees it.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Argo CD data?

It can list your Argo CD applications and tell you which are out of sync, read the events and logs for one that is failing, show the diff between the running state and the repository, and walk the resource tree down to the pod that changed. It can also create or update an application, cancel a running sync operation, and list accounts or create and delete tokens. Because Argo CD exposes more than a hundred actions, short specific asks such as "show events for the payments app" work better than long paragraphs.

Does connecting Argo CD give the AI access to every cluster and project?

No. The agent works inside the Argo CD permissions of the API key and the person who signed in, so if that person cannot see a project or cluster in Argo CD, neither can the agent. Elaichi can narrow that access further with restrictions, and it never widens it beyond what Argo CD already allows.

Can my team share one Argo CD connection?

Yes. One person connects Argo CD in Elaichi and shares the connection with a team, and nobody else ever handles the API key. Each teammate still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so every action in Argo CD is recorded against the person who asked for it, not against the person who connected it.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Argo CD?

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi work per action, so you can allow reading Argo CD applications, events, logs and diffs while restricting creating, updating or deleting applications and tokens. A restricted action still appears in Elaichi's tool search, flagged as restricted, but Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot cannot run it, whatever the prompt says.

What happens to an Argo CD connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding that person in Elaichi ends their access to Argo CD through every client at once, and the audit log keeps their history. A shared Argo CD connection keeps working for everyone else on the team. If you want to remove Argo CD entirely, disconnecting it once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and the Elaichi Agent together.

Does the Argo CD MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. Argo CD is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Argo CD?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Argo CD. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Argo CD call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for Argo CD?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Argo CD: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

Put Argo CD in front of your team

14 days of Black, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.

When the trial ends, nothing is deleted. You move to the free Personal plan, and connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are.

Add one link to your AI app

The same link for everyone on your team.

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Cursor
  • Microsoft Copilot