Bridges Claude to IBM mainframe environments through the Zowe SDK, letting you work with z/OS jobs, datasets, Unix System Services files, and run operational diagnostics without leaving your conversation. You get programmatic access to submit and monitor JCL jobs, read and write mainframe datasets, navigate USS directories, and pull system metrics. Reach for this when you need to automate mainframe operations, debug production issues, or build workflows that span modern APIs and legacy z/OS systems. Requires Zowe CLI configuration with your mainframe credentials and connection profiles.
ZOSMF_HOST*z/OSMF hostname or IP address
ZOSMF_PORTz/OSMF HTTPS port (default 443)
ZOSMF_BASE_PATHOptional API gateway or mediation layer prefix for z/OSMF
ZOSMF_USERz/OS user id (required with ZOSMF_PASSWORD unless ZOSMF_TOKEN is set)
ZOSMF_PASSWORDsecretPassword for basic auth (required with ZOSMF_USER unless ZOSMF_TOKEN is set)
ZOSMF_TOKENsecretAuth token (alternative to user/password)
ZOSMF_TOKEN_TYPEToken type when using ZOSMF_TOKEN (e.g. LTPA2)
ZOSMF_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZEDVerify TLS certificates (true in production)
LOG_LEVELLog level: fatal, error, warn, info, debug, trace, silent
MCP_TRANSPORTTransport: stdio (IDE) or sse (container/network)
MCP_SSE_PORTListen port when MCP_TRANSPORT=sse
MAX_JOB_OUTPUT_LINESMax lines returned from a single spool DD
MAX_DATASET_READ_LINESMax lines returned from dataset or USS reads
MAX_JES_SPOOL_FILESMax spool files fetched during diagnostics
MAX_AUDIT_LINESMax RACF audit log lines per query
CMCI_CONTEXTCICSplex name or region APPLID (required for CICS tools)
CMCI_HOSTCMCI hostname (defaults to ZOSMF_HOST)
CMCI_PORTCMCI HTTPS port (default 1490)
CMCI_BASE_PATHCMCI REST base path
DB2_LOCATIONDb2 subsystem location name (required for Db2 tools)
DB2_HOSTDb2 REST hostname (defaults to ZOSMF_HOST)
DB2_PORTDb2 REST port (default 50400)
DB2_BASE_PATHDb2 REST base path
SMF_SUMMARY_DATASETOptional SMF summary dataset for offline metrics