Freshservice MCP connector
The Freshservice connector brings your tickets, replies, notes and service desk agents into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and the Elaichi Agent, so people can raise, update and answer tickets in plain language while every action stays inside their own Freshservice access.
- Connects with an API key
- Free 14-day trial
- No credit card
Show open Freshservice tickets raised in the last week.
Working in Freshservice with Elaichi
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List all Freshservice agents
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Get single Freshservice agent by ID
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List all Freshservice agent roles
How to connect Freshservice to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot
Step by step, for each AI app
Freshservice MCP connector for Claude
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Open Customize, then Connectors.
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Press Add.
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Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Sign in and approve.
On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.
Freshservice MCP connector for Claude Code
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In a terminal, run
claude mcp addwith the endpoint.https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Start Claude Code and run
/mcp. -
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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.
Freshservice MCP connector for ChatGPT
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Open Plugins, then press the + button.
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Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.
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Press Create, then sign in and approve.
Works on the web. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.
Freshservice MCP connector for Cursor
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Open
~/.cursor/mcp.json. -
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Add the endpoint under
mcpServers.https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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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.
Freshservice MCP connector for Microsoft Copilot
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In Copilot Studio, open your agent, then Tools, Add a tool, New tool and Model Context Protocol.
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Paste the endpoint into Server URL, choose OAuth 2.0, then Dynamic discovery, and press Create.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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Create a new connection, sign in and approve, then press Add to agent.
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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 Freshservice to any MCP client
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Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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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 Freshservice through Elaichi
Ask in plain English. Each person’s AI can do only what they’re allowed to, and every action it takes in Freshservice is logged.
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IT service desk
Catch a ticket up after a call
Tell the agent what the caller said and it updates the ticket, adds an internal note and posts a reply to the requester, so nothing has to be typed twice.
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IT service desk
Triage the morning queue
Ask for every open ticket that is high priority, unassigned or past due, and hand them out to the right people without opening each one.
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IT operations
Break a major incident into child tickets
When the VPN goes down, spin one parent ticket into child tickets for networking, identity and communications, and keep the whole thread linked.
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HR
Raise a new starter request in one go
Describe the new hire, their start date and the kit they need, and the agent creates the Freshservice ticket with the details filled in and the right group picked.
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Facilities
Log and chase a repair request
Report a broken door badge reader or a meeting room screen, then ask for a status update later and reply to the requester when it is fixed.
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IT management
Keep the agent roster current
Deactivate a departing technician, convert a contractor to a requester when their engagement ends, and check which roles each service desk agent holds.
Try asking
- “Show open Freshservice tickets raised in the last week.”
- “Which agents have the most unresolved tickets right now?”
- “Create a ticket for the failed payroll export.”
What connecting Freshservice gets you
6 screens from Elaichi, each doing one job for your Freshservice account.
Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.
Show open Freshservice tickets raised in the last week.
Which agents have the most unresolved tickets right now?
Create a ticket for the failed payroll export.
Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot
The agent
Ask about tickets, read the answer.
Plain language questions return live Freshservice tickets, agents and roles.
Copy the endpoint
AI apps
One Freshservice endpoint for every client.
Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Microsoft Copilot connect over OAuth, no SDK, no shared key.
Tool catalog
394 Freshservice tools, no custom code.
Tickets, agents, roles and requesters, with every resource and method listed.
Toolboxes
Every team gets its own toolbox.
Scope Freshservice ticket and agent tools to the team that needs them.
Shared connections
Teammates use Freshservice without a credential.
See who connected each account and how many teams and members share it.
Audit log
Every Freshservice call is on record.
When, who, what happened, type and resource, appended and never edited.
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.
Freshservice digest
Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter
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Schedule
Every weekday at 8:00 AM
0.2s -
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Fetch tickets
Freshservice
1.4s -
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Group by owner
Transform
0.1s -
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Draft the digest
Agent step
Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary
6.2s -
Approve the digest
Needs approval
Assigned to Jake Morgan
Approve Deny -
Post the digest
Freshservice
Queued
Automations
A schedule fires, a digest ships.
Fetch Freshservice tickets, group them, draft a digest, approve, post it back.
Freshservice health
Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the tickets collection
Tickets
1,284 ↓ 12%
Agents
96 ↓ 8%
Needs attention
3 ↑ 2
Updated this week
412 ↑ 9%
Tickets created
Last 14 days
By team
Share of activity
Service desk EMEA 34%
IT operations 27%
Onboarding 21%
Change management 18%
Collections and dashboards
Freshservice ticket health, computed on schedule.
Four metrics, 14 days of tickets created, and a breakdown by team.
For IT and engineering
Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Freshservice
All three can connect Freshservice to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.
| What to check | Elaichi | Zapier MCP | Composio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the AI connects |
One address for the whole organization.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
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A server per member, created at sign-in. | An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK. |
| Control over Freshservice tools | Allow or restrict single Freshservice 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 Freshservice 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.
Freshservice tools for your AI agents
394 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Freshservice, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.
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Showing 232 of 394 Freshservice tools here. Connect Freshservice and call search_tools or tools/list over the MCP endpoint for the complete set.
Questions, answered
How do I connect Freshservice to Claude?
Connect Freshservice in Elaichi first: you paste the API key from your own Freshservice profile, and there is no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then in Claude go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste the endpoint https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Claude asks you to sign in to Elaichi, and from then on your Freshservice tickets are available in the chat.
Does Freshservice work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?
Yes. Once Freshservice 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 Freshservice once and every client you use picks it up.
What can an AI agent actually do with my Freshservice data?
With Freshservice connected, an agent can find tickets by status, priority or group, read the full conversation on a ticket, post a reply to the requester or an internal note, and update fields like priority, assignee and status. It can also create new tickets, split an incident into child tickets, move a ticket to another workspace, restore one that was deleted, and manage service desk agents and their roles. Freshservice offers a lot of actions, so short concrete asks, such as "show my open P1 tickets", get better results than long paragraphs.
Does connecting Freshservice give the AI every ticket in the service desk?
No. The AI works inside the Freshservice access of the person who connected, so the groups, workspaces and ticket scope that apply to that agent in Freshservice apply to the AI as well. Elaichi can narrow that further by restricting particular actions, but it can never widen it beyond what the person could already see or do in Freshservice.
Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Freshservice?
Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi apply to each Freshservice action separately, so you can allow reading and replying to tickets while restricting deleting tickets, removing conversations or deactivating agents. A restricted action still appears in Elaichi's tool search, flagged as restricted, but Claude, ChatGPT or any other client cannot run it, whatever the prompt says.
What happens to a Freshservice connection when someone leaves?
When you offboard someone in Elaichi, their access to Freshservice through every client ends at once. A shared Freshservice connection keeps working for everyone else on the team. If you disconnect Freshservice in Elaichi, it disappears from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and every other client in one step.
Does the Freshservice MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?
Yes. Freshservice 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 Freshservice?
Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Freshservice. 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 Freshservice call.
How is Elaichi different from Composio for Freshservice?
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 Freshservice: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.
Put Freshservice 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