Red Hat Patchman MCP connector

Red Hat Patchman is a patch management service on cloud.redhat.com for monitoring and applying security and bug fix advisories across Red Hat systems. The Red Hat Patchman MCP connector allows AI agents to query applicable advisories for systems, retrieve advisory details, and identify which systems require specific patches. It also supports exporting system inventories, analyzing installed packages across infrastructure, and generating compliance reports for patch management workflows.

Authentication type

• API Key - Requires a static API key to be configured before the agent can connect to the service.

Uses

Use the Red Hat Patchman MCP connector to perform the following actions:

• Identify critical security patches applicable across all Red Hat systems
• Prioritize remediation efforts by viewing which systems need specific advisories
• Track installed packages and versions to detect vulnerable software deployments
• Export compliance reports showing system inventory and advisory applicability
• Monitor advisory details to understand security impact and required actions
• Decommission systems from patch management when they reach end-of-life
• Correlate package installations across infrastructure to assess organizational risk

Example prompts

Use the following example prompts to invoke Red Hat Patchman MCP connector tools from your AI assistant or Boomi Connect workflow:

• Show me all critical advisories that apply to my Red Hat systems in Red Hat Patchman.
• Which of my systems have the OpenSSL package installed according to Red Hat Patchman.
• Export a list of all my Red Hat systems and their current patch status from Red Hat Patchman.
• Give me details about advisory CVE-2024-1234 in Red Hat Patchman.
• What systems in Red Hat Patchman are affected by a specific advisory?
• List all installed packages across my Red Hat infrastructure using Red Hat Patchman.
• Show me the metadata for the kernel package in Red Hat Patchman.
• Find all systems where a particular package version is installed in Red Hat Patchman.
• Delete a decommissioned system from my Red Hat Patchman inventory.
• Show me all advisories affecting a specific system in Red Hat Patchman.

Red Hat Patchman MCP connector tools

The Red Hat Patchman MCP connector provides the following tools. Each tool maps to a specific action you can invoke from your AI agent or automation.

Tool	Description
listAdvisories	Retrieves all applicable security advisories across your registered systems.
detailAdvisory	Displays detailed information about a specific security advisory.
listAdvisorySystems	Lists all systems affected by a specified advisory.
exportAdvisories	Exports applicable advisories for all systems in your account.
exportAdvisorySystems	Exports all systems registered to your account.
exportPackages	Exports all installed packages across your registered systems.
exportPackageSystems	Exports systems that have a specified package installed.
exportSystems	Exports all systems registered to your account.
exportSystemAdvisories	Exports applicable advisories for all systems in your account.
exportSystemPackages	Exports package details for a specific system.
listPackages	Lists all packages installed across your registered systems.
LatestPackage	Retrieves metadata about the latest version of a package.
packageSystems	Lists systems that have a specified package installed.
packageVersions	Lists all versions of a package installed across systems.
listSystems	Lists all systems registered to your account.
deletesystem	Removes a system from your account by its identifier.
detailSystem	Displays detailed information about a specific system.
listSystemAdvisories	Lists advisories applicable to a specified system.
systemPackages	Displays packages installed on a specific system.
viewAdvisoriesSystems	Shows advisory-system relationships for selected items.
viewSystemsAdvisories	Shows system-advisory relationships for selected items.