Executing the below will (1) pull the Starbridge Docker image from Docker.io, (2) prompt you for required configuration settings, and (3) update the configuration of the Claude Desktop application to connect with the Starbridge MCP server.
case "$OSTYPE" in
darwin*) SRC="$HOME/Library/Application Support/Claude" ;;
linux*) SRC="$HOME/.config/Claude" ;;
win32*|cygwin*|msys*) SRC="%APPDATA%/Claude" ;;
*) echo "Unsupported OS"; exit 1 ;;
esac
docker run -it --pull always --mount type=bind,src="$SRC",dst="/Claude" helmuthva/starbridge install
Note:
- Restart the Claude Desktop application for the updated configuration to take effect.
- helmuthva/hva is a multi-arch image, supporting both x86 and Arm64 chips.
- Not tested on Windows
Show commands and their help
docker run helmuthva/starbridge --help
Determine health
docker run helmuthva/starbridge health
This will indicate which environment variables to set.
docker run \
-e STARBRIDGE_ATLASSIAN_URL=https://your-domain.atlassian.net \
-e STARBRIDGE_ATLASSIAN_EMAIL_ADDRESS=your-email@domain.com \
-e STARBRIDGE_ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN=your-api-token \
helmuthva/starbridge health
Alternatively manage the settings via an .env file on the host
# cp .env.example .env && nano .env
docker run --env-file=.env helmuthva/starbridge health
Run inspector to interact with the server via the MCP protocol - point your browser to https://127.0.0.1:5173.
docker run --env-file=.env -it -p 127.0.0.1:5173:5173 -p 127.0.0.1:3000:3000 helmuthva/starbridge mcp inspect
List Confluence spaces:
docker run --env-file=.env helmuthva/starbridge confluence space list
Start the MCP Server on given host and port
docker run --env-file=.env helmuthva/starbridge mcp serve --host=localhost --port=8080
Build the Docker image:
docker build -t starbridge .
Install the locally built Docker image
case "$OSTYPE" in
darwin*) CLAUDE_CONFIG_PATH="$HOME/Library/Application Support/Claude" ;;
linux*) CLAUDE_CONFIG_PATH="$HOME/.config/Claude" ;;
win32*|cygwin*|msys*) CLAUDE_CONFIG_PATH="%APPDATA%/Claude" ;;
*) echo "Unsupported OS"; exit 1 ;;
esac
docker run -it --mount type=bind,src="$CLAUDE_CONFIG_PATH",dst="/Claude/.config" starbridge install --image starbridge
Enter starbridge container via bash for inspection:
docker run --env-file=.env -it --entrypoint bash starbridge
Enter running starbridge container:
docker exec -it $(docker ps | awk '$2 ~ /starbridge/ {print $1}') bash
Check logs:
docker logs -f $(docker ps | awk '$2 ~ /starbridge/ {print $1}')
Run MCP Inspector connected to Starbridge MCP Server
docker run --env-file=.env -it -p 127.0.0.1:5173:5173 -p 127.0.0.1:3000:3000 starbridge mcp inspect
Or use docker compose
File .env is passed through
docker compose up # starts inspector
docker compose run starbridge --help
docker compose run starbridge health
docker compose run starbridge info
docker compose run starbridge mcp tools