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Administration
This section provides information on administration, installation, configuration, and integrations and teamspace management.
DevOps Loop MCP server
The DevOps Loop MCP (Model Context Protocol) server provides a standardized interface that allows external MCP clients to communicate with a loop. Through this server, MCP-compatible clients such as Visual Studio Code (via MCP extensions) and Claude Desktop can query, retrieve, and modify loop resources from within their development or AI-assisted environments.
Connecting Claude Desktop to the DevOps Loop MCP server
You can connect Claude Desktop to the DevOps Loop MCP Server and use it as a connector to retrieve and update loop resources.

Release Notes
This document includes information about the features introduced, a product overview, and installation instructions, as well as contact information of HCL Customer Support for this version of HCL DevOps Loop.
System Requirements
This document includes information about hardware and software requirements for HCL DevOps Loop.
Getting Started
HCL DevOps Loop is a platform designed to support the full DevOps lifecycle. The Getting Started section introduces key concepts and walks through the initial steps to help new users begin working with the platform.
Administration
This section provides information on administration, installation, configuration, and integrations and teamspace management.
- Configuring external databases for the capabilities in DevOps Loop
  You can configure external databases for the capabilities in DevOps Loop and provide the database URL in the helm chart to connect the capabilities to external database.
- Installation of DevOps Loop
  To get started working with HCL DevOps Loop, you must first install DevOps Loop.
- License management and user administration
  After you install HCL DevOps Loop, you must consider how the platform manages licenses, users, and authentication.
- Backup and restoration of DevOps Loop
  You must back up HCL DevOps Loop data before you uninstall the current version of DevOps Loop. You must back up the data to avoid data loss or inaccessibility.
- Private CA and self-signed certificate support
  A private Certificate Authority (CA) is an organization-specific service that issues and manages digital certificates for use within an enterprise’s private network. These certificates secure communication between internal applications and services.
- Upgrading DevOps Loop
  After you complete certain backup and pre-upgrade steps, you can upgrade DevOps Loop to a newer version using Helm.
- Integrations in DevOps Loop
  DevOps Loop provides a set of integrations to extend the platform’s capabilities and connect your loops to external systems and intelligent tools. These integrations enable you to automate tasks, enhance productivity, and interact with loop resources from outside the DevOps Loop interface.
- DevOps Loop MCP server
  The DevOps Loop MCP (Model Context Protocol) server provides a standardized interface that allows external MCP clients to communicate with a loop. Through this server, MCP-compatible clients such as Visual Studio Code (via MCP extensions) and Claude Desktop can query, retrieve, and modify loop resources from within their development or AI-assisted environments.
  - VS Code connection for the DevOps Loop MCP server
    You can connect Visual Studio Code (VS Code) with GitHub Copilot to the DevOps Loop MCP server to run MCP-based queries that retrieve and update loop resources directly from VS Code. After you connect the VS Code, the MCP server connection is saved and remains available across VS Code sessions.
  - Connecting Claude Desktop to the DevOps Loop MCP server
    You can connect Claude Desktop to the DevOps Loop MCP Server and use it as a connector to retrieve and update loop resources.
- Teamspace management
  A teamspace in HCL DevOps Loop is a secure, dedicated environment designed for multiple teams to work independently within a single shared DevOps Loop installation.
- Uninstalling DevOps Loop
  You can safely uninstall DevOps Loop from your environment, ensuring that all resources and data are properly removed.
Working with Loops
A loop is a workflow that connects DevOps activities of your team from planning and development through build, deployment, testing, and release phases.
Capabilities of DevOps Loop
HCL DevOps Loop provides an integrated suite of capabilities such as Plan, Code, Control, Build, Test, Release, Deploy and Measure to manage every stage of the software development lifecycle within a connected, continuous loop.
Loop Genie - Tech Preview
Loop Genie is an AI-powered, multi-agent chatbot integrated into DevOps Loop. It performs tasks and retrieves information across multiple capabilities through a single conversational interface.
Troubleshooting
Offline Documentation (PDF)
You can access the following link to view or download the release notes, system requirements, and user documentation for DevOps Loop in a Portable Document Format (PDF) file.
Security Considerations
This document describes the actions that you can take to ensure that your installation is secure, customize your security settings, and set up user access controls in HCL DevOps Loop.
Notices
This document provides information about copyright, trademarks, terms and conditions for the product documentation.

Connecting Claude Desktop to the DevOps Loop MCP server

You can connect Claude Desktop to the DevOps Loop MCP Server and use it as a connector to retrieve and update loop resources.

Before you begin

You must have completed the following tasks:

Ensured that Claude Desktop is installed and you have an active Claude Pro subscription (minimum).
Obtained the MCP Server URL. For example: https://hostname/loop/mcp

Procedure

Open the Claude Desktop application.
Navigate to Settings > Connectors.
Click Add custom connector.
The Add custom connector window is displayed.
Enter the name of the connector. For example: Loop MCP server
Enter the MCP server URL in the Remote MCP server URL field.
Click Add.
The MCP server is now added and listed on the Connectors page.
Click the Connect button next to the newly added Loop MCP server entry.

Claude Desktop redirects you to the DevOps Loop login page.
Sign in with your DevOps Loop credentials.

A consent screen is displayed requesting access to MCP tools, loop APIs (used internally for tool execution), and basic profile and role information.
Click Yes to approve and complete the connection.

After successful authentication, Claude Desktop displays the list of available MCP tools provided by the DevOps Loop MCP Server. See MCP tools available in DevOps Loop.

Note: The MCP server times out after 30 minutes of inactivity. If no tool calls occur during this period, your session will expire and you will be prompted to re-authenticate.

Results

You have successfully connected Claude Desktop to the DevOps Loop MCP Server.