diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 502aa0d..935ccb8 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -25,3 +25,17 @@
 # Required for ./claude.sh web
 # WEBUI_USER=claude
 # WEBUI_PASSWORD=changeme
+
+# ─── MCP servers (all optional) ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+# GitHub — PAT with repo scope
+# GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_...
+
+# GitLab — PAT with api scope; GITLAB_URL defaults to https://gitlab.com
+# GITLAB_TOKEN=glpat_...
+# GITLAB_URL=https://gitlab.com
+
+# Jira + Confluence — shared Atlassian credentials
+# ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME=your-company        # subdomain of .atlassian.net
+# ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL=you@example.com
+# ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN=...                 # https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security/api-tokens
diff --git a/claude/Dockerfile b/claude/Dockerfile
index e00159d..b48ae3a 100644
--- a/claude/Dockerfile
+++ b/claude/Dockerfile
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ COPY settings.json /etc/claude-code/managed-settings.json
 # Install Claude Code globally
 RUN npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
 
+# Install MCP servers globally — entry points land in /usr/local/lib/node_modules/
+RUN npm install -g \
+        @modelcontextprotocol/server-github \
+        @yoda.digital/gitlab-mcp-server \
+        @aashari/mcp-server-atlassian-jira \
+        @aashari/mcp-server-atlassian-confluence
+
 # Workspace and Claude config dir — owned by the built-in node user (uid 1000).
 # Pre-creating ~/.claude ensures the named volume is initialised with the
 # correct ownership when first mounted (Docker copies image content into
diff --git a/claude/settings.json b/claude/settings.json
index 9dfc165..4e2033e 100644
--- a/claude/settings.json
+++ b/claude/settings.json
@@ -1,10 +1,41 @@
 {
   "availableModels": ["sonnet", "opus", "haiku"],
   "permissions": {
-    "allow": [
-      "Bash(*)",
-      "Edit(*)",
-      "Write(*)"
-    ]
+    "allow": ["Bash(*)", "Edit(*)", "Write(*)"],
+    "deny": ["Bash(curl *)", "Read(.*env*)"],
+    "env": {
+      "CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_TELEMETRY": "0"
+    }
+  },
+  "mcpServers": {
+    "github": {
+      "command": "mcp-server-github",
+      "env": {
+        "GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "${GITHUB_TOKEN}"
+      }
+    },
+    "gitlab": {
+      "command": "gitlab-mcp-server",
+      "env": {
+        "GITLAB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "${GITLAB_TOKEN}",
+        "GITLAB_URL": "${GITLAB_URL}"
+      }
+    },
+    "jira": {
+      "command": "mcp-atlassian-jira",
+      "env": {
+        "ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME": "${ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME}",
+        "ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL": "${ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL}",
+        "ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN": "${ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN}"
+      }
+    },
+    "confluence": {
+      "command": "mcp-atlassian-confluence",
+      "env": {
+        "ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME": "${ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME}",
+        "ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL": "${ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL}",
+        "ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN": "${ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN}"
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index bc7df0d..753b2c4 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ services:
       - HTTPS_PROXY=http://proxy:3128
       - ALL_PROXY=http://proxy:3128
       - NO_PROXY=localhost,127.0.0.1
+      # MCP server credentials — all optional; servers are skipped if unset
+      - GITHUB_TOKEN=${GITHUB_TOKEN:-}
+      - GITLAB_TOKEN=${GITLAB_TOKEN:-}
+      - GITLAB_URL=${GITLAB_URL:-https://gitlab.com}
+      - ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME=${ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME:-}
+      - ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL=${ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL:-}
+      - ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN=${ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN:-}
     ports:
       # OAuth callback — required for browser-based login (claude login)
       - "0.0.0.0:54545:54545"
@@ -74,6 +81,13 @@ services:
       - HTTPS_PROXY=http://proxy:3128
       - ALL_PROXY=http://proxy:3128
       - NO_PROXY=localhost,127.0.0.1
+      # MCP server credentials — all optional; servers are skipped if unset
+      - GITHUB_TOKEN=${GITHUB_TOKEN:-}
+      - GITLAB_TOKEN=${GITLAB_TOKEN:-}
+      - GITLAB_URL=${GITLAB_URL:-https://gitlab.com}
+      - ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME=${ATLASSIAN_SITE_NAME:-}
+      - ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL=${ATLASSIAN_USER_EMAIL:-}
+      - ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN=${ATLASSIAN_API_TOKEN:-}
       - WEBUI_USER=${WEBUI_USER:-claude}
       - WEBUI_PASSWORD=${WEBUI_PASSWORD:-}
       - WEBUI_PORT=7681
diff --git a/proxy/squid.conf b/proxy/squid.conf
index 9482ad1..cac6ff8 100644
--- a/proxy/squid.conf
+++ b/proxy/squid.conf
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ acl allowed_sites dstdomain api.anthropic.com
 acl allowed_sites dstdomain statsig.anthropic.com
 acl allowed_sites dstdomain localhost
 acl allowed_sites dstdomain .local
+# MCP servers
+acl allowed_sites dstdomain api.github.com
+acl allowed_sites dstdomain .gitlab.com
+acl allowed_sites dstdomain .atlassian.net
 
 # ─── Access rules ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 # Block requests to non-standard ports