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Expand MCP beyond coding harness (e.g. dashboard management via natural language) #817

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Summary

sentry-mcp is scoped today as a coding/debugging harness. This issue proposes expanding the MCP's surface to cover non-debugging Sentry capabilities, starting with dashboard management via natural language.

Problem

The README explicitly calls out:

"Our tool selection and priorities are focused on developer workflows and debugging use cases, rather than providing a general-purpose MCP server for all Sentry functionality."

That's a reasonable starting point, but it leaves a lot of value on the table. Users want to interact with Sentry's broader operational surface — dashboards, alerts, monitors — through AI agents, not just debug errors.

Proposed Direction

  1. Audit which Sentry API surfaces are high-value for LLM interaction but currently out of scope.
  2. Add dashboard management as the first non-debugging expansion (create, list, update, delete dashboards and widgets).
  3. Establish a pattern for non-debugging skills so future additions (alerts, monitors) are straightforward.
  4. Update the README to reflect the expanded scope.

Notes

  • Sentry's REST API has full CRUD for dashboards (/api/0/organizations/{org}/dashboards/).
  • The existing --disable-skills / MCP_DISABLE_SKILLS flag makes new skills opt-out-able.
  • Token scopes for dashboard writes need to be verified.

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