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io.github.mattoddie/unifi-mcp

Manage a Ubiquiti UniFi network: devices, clients, WiFi, firewall and VPN. Read-only by default.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:oci

Install UniFi in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-transport",
      "description": "MCP_TRANSPORT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "unifi-url",
      "description": "UNIFI_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "unifi-api-key",
      "description": "UNIFI_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "unifi-username",
      "description": "UNIFI_USERNAME",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "unifi-password",
      "description": "UNIFI_PASSWORD",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "unifi-tls-fingerprint",
      "description": "UNIFI_TLS_FINGERPRINT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "unifi-verify-ssl",
      "description": "UNIFI_VERIFY_SSL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "unifi-site",
      "description": "UNIFI_SITE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "unifi-allow-writes",
      "description": "UNIFI_ALLOW_WRITES",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "unifi-allow-deletes",
      "description": "UNIFI_ALLOW_DELETES",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "unifi-toolsets",
      "description": "UNIFI_TOOLSETS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "unifi-audit-log",
      "description": "UNIFI_AUDIT_LOG",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "unifi-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/mattoddie/unifi-mcp:0.6.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "${input:mcp-transport}",
        "UNIFI_URL": "${input:unifi-url}",
        "UNIFI_API_KEY": "${input:unifi-api-key}",
        "UNIFI_USERNAME": "${input:unifi-username}",
        "UNIFI_PASSWORD": "${input:unifi-password}",
        "UNIFI_TLS_FINGERPRINT": "${input:unifi-tls-fingerprint}",
        "UNIFI_VERIFY_SSL": "${input:unifi-verify-ssl}",
        "UNIFI_SITE": "${input:unifi-site}",
        "UNIFI_ALLOW_WRITES": "${input:unifi-allow-writes}",
        "UNIFI_ALLOW_DELETES": "${input:unifi-allow-deletes}",
        "UNIFI_TOOLSETS": "${input:unifi-toolsets}",
        "UNIFI_AUDIT_LOG": "${input:unifi-audit-log}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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