Helicone MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for querying Helicone observability platform data.

Installation

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "helicone": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@helicone/mcp@latest"],
      "env": {
        "HELICONE_API_KEY": "sk-helicone-xxxxxxx-xxxxxxx-xxxxxxx-xxxxxxx"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools

query_requests

Query requests with filters, pagination, sorting, and optional body content.

Parameters:

• filter (optional): Filter criteria (model, provider, status, latency, cost, properties, time, user, etc.)
• offset, limit (optional): Pagination (default: 0, 100)
• sort (optional): Sort criteria
• includeBodies (optional): Include request/response bodies (default: false)

Use cases: Debugging errors, searching logs, analyzing performance, examining request/response bodies.

query_sessions

Query sessions with search, time range filtering, and advanced filters.

Parameters:

• startTimeUnixMs, endTimeUnixMs (required): Time range (Unix timestamp in milliseconds)
• timezoneDifference (required): Timezone offset in hours (e.g., -5 for EST)
• search (optional): Search by name or metadata
• nameEquals (optional): Exact name match
• filter (optional): Advanced filter criteria
• offset, limit (optional): Pagination (default: 0, 100)

Use cases: Search sessions, debug conversations, analyze session flows, filter requests by session.

Both tools support full filter capabilities including model/provider, status/error, time, cost/latency, custom properties, and complex AND/OR combinations.

API Key

Get your API key from Settings → API Keys (or for EU) and set it as HELICONE_API_KEY in your MCP configuration.