#ProductAnnouncements
Four new general-purpose MCP tools have been added to the Rally MCP server as of September 2, 2026, giving the agent access to Rally's entire WSAPI and expanding capabilities across the vast majority of Rally's Web Services API. These additions support Product Owners, Program Managers, Scrum Masters, RTEs, Developers, and QA alike-improving task execution speed while significantly reducing token usage.
Concurrently, the original 26 legacy tools are being deprecated on the main endpoint on a fixed 30-day timeline. Here is what you need to know.
What's new: 4 New Tools Added - covering ~870 Rally operations
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rally_openapi_search_tools - finds the exact Rally WSAPI operation needed for a request.
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rally_openapi_invoke_tool - executes that operation against your live Rally data, with the same permissions and data rules as the Rally UI.
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rally_search_workflows - checks a library of tested, ready-made workflows for common multi-step tasks (e.g. dependency analysis, coverage audits, reprioritization) before improvising from scratch.
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rally_get_workflow - pulls the exact, already-validated sequence of steps for a matched workflow.
What's changing
The 26 original tools will be retired from https://mcp.rallydev.com/mcp in 30 days, on October 2, 2026. The developer and QA use cases they covered are now handled by the four new tools above, so most users won't need to change anything.
If you (or a tool/skill you built) call any of the original 26 tools by name directly, they'll remain available at a versioned endpoint: https://mcp.rallydev.com/mcp/v1.
What you need to do
Nothing, in most cases. If you've built a custom integration or skill that references the original tools by name, point it to https://mcp.rallydev.com/mcp/v1 before October 2, 2026.
MCP Endpoint versioning
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Tools served
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Use it if...
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https://mcp.rallydev.com/mcp (latest)
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All 30 tools (26 original + 4 new) during the 30-day transition. From October 2, 2026 onward, only the 4 new tools.
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You want the current default with no pinning - just be aware its behavior changes on the retirement date.
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https://mcp.rallydev.com/mcp/v1
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The 26 original tools only. Deprecated, but will keep working past the retirement date.
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You (or a skill/integration) call the original tools by name and aren't migrated yet.
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https://mcp.rallydev.com/mcp/v2
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Only the 4 new tools.
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You want a smaller, fixed tool list from day one - fewer tokens spent on tool definitions per request, with none of the original 26 in scope.
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For more information please see:
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Asya Gershkovich
Rally Product Team
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