At env zero, our mission has always been to make infrastructure manageable at scale, combining the speed engineers need with the control platform teams require.

Infrastructure changes often follow the same pull request workflow used for application code. This means anyone working with Infrastructure as Code, whether developers or platform engineers, can stay in a process they already know. At the same time, platform teams get policies and governance applied automatically, with visibility into every change. The result is consistency without adding manual steps.

That model reshaped how infrastructure gets approved and deployed. But workflows keep evolving. More and more, engineers spend their time in IDEs, often assisted by AI agents. They want to quickly check the status of a deployment, see why something failed, or approve a plan without jumping between tools.

The env zero MCP Server is the next step. It extends GitOps into IDE-first and AI-driven workflows, so teams can ask questions, troubleshoot errors, and codify resources directly from the editor, all with the same guardrails env zero already provides.

Why This Matters

GitOps gave teams a strong foundation: Git as the source of truth, automated deployments, and clear auditability.

But when you’re creating or updating infrastructure definitions with Terraform or OpenTofu, the GitOps cycle can feel slow. You make a change, commit, push, open a pull request, wait for automation, and only then review the results. That’s perfect for governance, but not for quick feedback.

The env zero MCP Server shortens that loop. From inside your IDE, you can:

• Create and test – Add new infrastructure code with help from your IDE or agent and validate it immediately in env zero
  
• Diagnose and fix – Catch errors faster by pulling run logs and suggested fixes directly into your editor.
  
• Redeploy quickly – Apply a fix and rerun a deployment without leaving your IDE.
  
• Codify existing resources – Reduce cloud debt by turning unmanaged resources into Infrastructure as Code snippets under version control.

It’s the same governance and policy checks env zero already enforces, but with a much faster path from code → test → fix.

What You Can Do With MCP

The first release of the MCP server focuses on the workflows engineers reach for most often when working in their IDE. It’s about accelerating the inner loop of writing infrastructure code, testing it, and fixing errors without leaving the editor.

• Inspect environments – See pending approvals, failed runs, or active changes from inside your IDE.

In the video below, the user asks MCP if there are any environments pending approval, reviews the plan directly in the editor, and approves it. This triggers the deployment in env zero.

• Debug faster – Fetch error logs and get context-aware fix suggestions that take into account your variables, modules, and environment.

In the video below, the user asks MCP to check for failed environments. MCP runs error analysis, proposes a fix in the IDE, and then the user commits and pushes the change so env zero redeploys successfully.

• Codify resources – Turn existing cloud resources into Terraform or OpenTofu snippets to bring them under infrastructure-as-code.

In the video below, the user asks MCP to help bring unmanaged resources into the stack. Cloud Compass is used to find the resources, and MCP generates the code needed to add them.

• Streamline iterations – Approve, cancel, or rerun deployments without switching tools.

For example, if a deployment needs to be retried after a quick fix, the user can ask MCP to trigger it directly from the IDE instead of switching back into env zero.

Security First

Adding a faster interaction layer doesn’t mean lowering the bar for governance. The MCP server inherits the same security guarantees env zero already applies to GitOps workflows, so teams get speed without compromising safety:

• Permissions you already trust. All actions map to your existing env zero roles and policies, and actions like approve or cancel are tracked in audit logs.
• No risk to sensitive data. Secrets and variables are never exposed through the MCP server.‍
• Transparent by design. Fully open source, so you can review the structure of the data shared with the MCP and how it flows.
  

Looking Ahead

The MCP server already includes AI-assisted troubleshooting through our error analysis, and we’ll keep expanding those capabilities alongside better support for AI-generated Infrastructure as Code and more intelligent policy enforcement.

Guardrails for cost, security, and compliance will become more proactive, surfacing insights earlier in the workflow so teams can prevent issues before they reach production.

Try It Out

The env zero MCP Server is available now as an open source project. Install it from your IDE’s catalog or run it locally with Docker, then follow our installation instructions to connect it with your env zero API token and start interacting with your environments directly from your editor.