Support per-user identity via request headers

Add multi-user auth: _config reads X-Freshservice-Domain/X-Freshservice-Key
from the per-request headers (via the SDK request_ctx, set inside the tool's
task) and prefers them over the container env. One shared server can now act as
each caller's own Freshservice identity — actions attributed to them, their
permissions, their rate limit — while the env vars remain a single-user
fallback. Verified end-to-end that concurrent clients don't cross-wire and that
a client with no creds errors instead of falling back silently.

Docs/.env.example updated with the multi-user client config and the guidance to
omit env FS creds on a shared deployment.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

mcp-server/.env.example

@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-FRESHSERVICE_DOMAIN=pesco
+# Shared bearer token every client must send to reach the server (the "gate").
-FRESHSERVICE_API_KEY=your_freshservice_api_key
+# Generate: openssl rand -hex 32
-# Shared bearer token the Claude Desktop client must send. Generate: openssl rand -hex 32
 MCP_AUTH_TOKEN=replace_with_a_long_random_token
+
+# --- Single-user only -------------------------------------------------------
+# Uncomment to bake ONE identity into the server. Every client then acts as
+# this Freshservice user. For a shared/multi-user server, LEAVE THESE OUT and
+# have each client send its own X-Freshservice-Domain / X-Freshservice-Key
+# headers instead (see README → "Multiple users").
+# FRESHSERVICE_DOMAIN=pesco
+# FRESHSERVICE_API_KEY=your_freshservice_api_key

mcp-server/README.md

@@ -56,6 +56,50 @@ Add to `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json` under
 
 Restart Claude Desktop. The Freshservice tools then appear in chat and Cowork.
 
+## Multiple users
+
+The server can act as **each caller's own Freshservice identity** instead of a
+single shared one. Each client sends its own credentials as headers on every
+request; the server uses them per-call (they take precedence over the env
+vars). Actions are then attributed to each person, with their own permissions
+and rate limits.
+
+To run the server multi-user:
+
+1. **Omit `FRESHSERVICE_DOMAIN` / `FRESHSERVICE_API_KEY` from `.env`** (keep only
+   `MCP_AUTH_TOKEN`). With no env fallback, a client that forgets its headers
+   gets a clean "Missing credentials" error rather than silently acting as
+   whoever owns the env key.
+2. Each user adds the extra headers to **their own** `claude_desktop_config.json`,
+   with **their own** Freshservice API key (Profile settings → API key):
+
+   ```json
+   "freshservice": {
+     "command": "/opt/homebrew/bin/npx",
+     "args": [
+       "-y", "mcp-remote",
+       "http://192.168.101.12:3839/mcp",
+       "--allow-http",
+       "--header", "Authorization:${MCP_AUTH_HEADER}",
+       "--header", "X-Freshservice-Domain:${FS_DOMAIN}",
+       "--header", "X-Freshservice-Key:${FS_KEY}"
+     ],
+     "env": {
+       "MCP_AUTH_HEADER": "Bearer <shared MCP_AUTH_TOKEN>",
+       "FS_DOMAIN": "pesco.freshservice.com",
+       "FS_KEY": "<that user's own Freshservice API key>"
+     }
+   }
+   ```
+
+   `MCP_AUTH_TOKEN` is the same shared value for everyone (it only gates *reaching*
+   the server); `FS_KEY` is each person's own identity. The key stays on the
+   user's machine and travels per-request — the server never stores it.
+
+> Note: the LAN transport is plain HTTP, so these headers travel unencrypted.
+> Fine on a trusted network; put a TLS-terminating reverse proxy in front if
+> this ever leaves it.
+
 ## Tools
 
 Tickets (`list_tickets`, `get_ticket`, `create_ticket`, `update_ticket`,

mcp-server/server.py

@@ -5,11 +5,22 @@ Runs as a container on the LAN box and is reached from Claude Desktop / Cowork
 via mcp-remote, exactly like the sibling sharepoint-lists server. Credentials
 live here (in the container), outside the Cowork VM sandbox.
 
+Identity / credentials, in precedence order:
+    1. Per-request headers (multi-user): each client sends its OWN
+       X-Freshservice-Domain and X-Freshservice-Key on every call, so the
+       shared server acts as that caller's identity and actions are attributed
+       to them. Use this when more than one person shares the server.
+    2. Env vars (single-user): FRESHSERVICE_DOMAIN / FRESHSERVICE_API_KEY.
+       A fallback used only when the headers are absent. OMIT these on a
+       multi-user deployment so a client that forgets its headers errors out
+       rather than silently acting as whoever owns the env key.
+
 Env:
-    FRESHSERVICE_DOMAIN   "acme" or "acme.freshservice.com"
+    FRESHSERVICE_DOMAIN   "acme" or "acme.freshservice.com" (single-user only)
-    FRESHSERVICE_API_KEY  profile API key
+    FRESHSERVICE_API_KEY  profile API key                   (single-user only)
-    MCP_AUTH_TOKEN        shared bearer token the client must send (optional but
+    MCP_AUTH_TOKEN        shared bearer token every client must send to reach
-                          strongly recommended; if unset, auth is open)
+                          the server (gate); separate from per-user identity.
+                          Strongly recommended; if unset, the server is open.
     MCP_TRANSPORT         "http" (default here) or "stdio"
     HOST / PORT           bind address (default 0.0.0.0:3838)
 
@@ -28,6 +39,7 @@ import urllib.request
 from typing import Any
 
 from mcp.server.fastmcp import FastMCP
+from mcp.server.lowlevel.server import request_ctx
 from mcp.server.transport_security import TransportSecuritySettings
 
 # The streamable-HTTP transport enables DNS-rebinding protection by default,
@@ -45,12 +57,38 @@ TICKET_STATUS = {2: "Open", 3: "Pending", 4: "Resolved", 5: "Closed"}
 TICKET_PRIORITY = {1: "Low", 2: "Medium", 3: "High", 4: "Urgent"}
 
 
+def _header_creds() -> tuple[str, str]:
+    """Per-request Freshservice creds from headers the client sends on every
+    call — X-Freshservice-Domain / X-Freshservice-Key — so one shared server
+    acts as each caller's own identity. Returns ("", "") when unavailable
+    (stdio transport, or headers absent). Read via the SDK's request_ctx, which
+    is set inside the tool's own task, so it reflects THIS call's request."""
+    try:
+        rc = request_ctx.get()
+    except LookupError:
+        return "", ""
+    req = getattr(rc, "request", None)
+    if req is None:
+        return "", ""
+    h = req.headers
+    return (h.get("x-freshservice-domain", "").strip(),
+            h.get("x-freshservice-key", "").strip())
+
+
 def _config() -> tuple[str, str]:
-    domain = os.environ.get("FRESHSERVICE_DOMAIN", "").strip()
+    # Per-request header creds take precedence over the container env, so a
-    api_key = os.environ.get("FRESHSERVICE_API_KEY", "").strip()
+    # shared server acts as each caller's identity. Env is the single-user
+    # fallback — OMIT FRESHSERVICE_* from a multi-user deployment so a client
+    # that forgets its headers errors out instead of silently acting as whoever
+    # owns the env key.
+    h_domain, h_key = _header_creds()
+    domain = (h_domain or os.environ.get("FRESHSERVICE_DOMAIN", "")).strip()
+    api_key = (h_key or os.environ.get("FRESHSERVICE_API_KEY", "")).strip()
     if not domain or not api_key:
         raise RuntimeError(
-            "Missing credentials. Set FRESHSERVICE_DOMAIN and FRESHSERVICE_API_KEY."
+            "Missing credentials. Send X-Freshservice-Domain and "
+            "X-Freshservice-Key headers (per-user), or set FRESHSERVICE_DOMAIN "
+            "and FRESHSERVICE_API_KEY in the environment (single-user)."
         )
     if "." not in domain:
         domain = f"{domain}.freshservice.com"