Light Ship MCP Server

Faster production-agent iteration, without a developer bottleneck. LightShip gives domain experts governed, self-serve access to production agent traces. It sits in front of your existing OpenTelemetry data in ClickHouse, so humans and AI coding agents can investigate real conversations and tool calls without database credentials or another observability silo. It is available as a remote MCP endpoint.

Teams that work with authorization, clickhouse and opentelemetry and want a hosted endpoint instead of running a local process. The project is written in Go.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-14 · ★ 3 · #144 OF 168 MAINTAINED DATABASE · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

Apache-2.0 · Go servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Light Ship

before you install - you'll need

The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install.

Claude Code

claude mcp add lightshiphq-lightship --transport http https://lightship-production.up.railway.app/mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "lightshiphq-lightship": {
      "url": "https://lightship-production.up.railway.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

https://lightship-production.up.railway.app/mcp

transport: streamable-http

endpoint alive - authentication required · probed 2026-09-17

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as remote - your agent's requests go to lightship-production.up.railway.app

endpoint auth requires authentication - rejected our unauthenticated MCP initialize

repo age created 2026-09-14 - young repo, little track record yet

license Apache-2.0 - declared in the repository

registry namespace io.github.lightshipHQ is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · Who maintains Light Ship

LightShip is maintained by lightshiphq. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Sep 2026.

04 · Facts

repository: github.com/lightshiphq/lightship
website: https://lightship.sh/
category: database - ranked #144 of 168 actively-maintained database servers as of 2026-09-18.
registry: io.github.lightshipHQ/lightship (active, first published 2026-09-14)

05 · Light Ship FAQ

What is Light Ship?

Is Light Ship still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-14. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Light Ship?

Run `claude mcp add lightshiphq-lightship --transport http https://lightship-production.up.railway.app/mcp`. The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Light Ship require authentication?

Yes - when we probed the endpoint on 2026-09-17, it rejected an unauthenticated MCP initialize; you'll need credentials to connect.

06 · Alternatives to Light Ship

Alternatives to Light Ship

Maintained database servers if Light Ship isn't the fit.

Pairs well with

Servers that cover what Light Ship doesn't - only shown when the pairing reason fits the companion.

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