How do I install Unraid MCP?

Copy the stdio config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does Unraid MCP need an API key?

The publisher lists these environment variables: UNRAID_API_URL, UNRAID_API_KEY.

What transport does Unraid MCP use?

Unraid MCP runs locally over stdio.

When was Unraid MCP last checked?

Last checked 2026-11-09. MCP server for Unraid API — provides tools to interact with an Unraid server's GraphQL API.

Unraid MCP server

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The publisher's own command. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.

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Local command

uvx unraid-mcp==2.10.3

Credentials from the publisher

UNRAID_API_URL — Base URL of your Unraid server, e.g. http://192.168.1.100.
UNRAID_API_KEY — Unraid API key for authentication.

Claude Code has no install link for a local command. Copy the command below and run it in a terminal.

shClaude Code

1UNRAID_API_URL=<value> UNRAID_API_KEY=<secret> claude mcp add ai.dinglebear-unraid-mcp -- uvx unraid-mcp==2.10.3

Run in a terminal.

jsonClaude Desktop

1{2  "mcpServers": {3    "ai.dinglebear-unraid-mcp": {4      "command": "uvx",5      "args": [6        "unraid-mcp==2.10.3"7      ],8      "env": {9        "UNRAID_API_URL": "<value>",10        "UNRAID_API_KEY": "<secret>"11      }12    }13  }14}

claude_desktop_config.json

Local · pypiPublisher installStep-by-step: add this in Claude

Remote URL or a command on your machine? How the two installs differ

Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

A new server you create. It is not this listing's official endpoint. Use the publisher install when you want their URL and their credentials.

Launch

Server facts

Local

Transport: stdio
Version: 2.10.3
License

Tools

No tool list yet. Remote servers get one after the first health check.

FAQ

Questions

Unraid

A monorepo of Unraid tooling: two MCP servers (Python and Rust) and three Unraid OS plugins, plus the Claude/Codex agent integrations that surface them.

Repo name. This repo was renamed unraid-mcp → unraid on 2026-07-27, and the former standalone runraid and incus-unraid repos were merged in here. Some deployed plugin install/update URLs still depend on the old-name redirect; migrating those runtime URLs requires a deliberate release. The PyPI package, the container image, the Claude plugin, and the Unraid .plg are all still named unraid-mcp — only the repo changed.

Components

Path	What it is	Toolchain	Build / test
`unraid-py/`	unraid-mcp — Python MCP server (GraphQL), the flagship. Published to PyPI as `unraid-mcp`.	Python / uv / hatchling	`cd unraid-py && uv run pytest && uv build --wheel`
`unraid-rs/`	runraid — Rust MCP server + CLI (single static binary). Crate `unraid-rmcp` on crates.io, plus the compatibility npm launcher `@dinglebear/unraid`.	Rust / cargo	`cd unraid-rs && cargo fmt --check && cargo clippy --all-targets --features test-support -- -D warnings && cargo test`
`plugins/mcp/`	Unraid OS plugin that ships the Rust `runraid` MCP server onto an Unraid box.	shell `.plg` + Rust + Vue	`bash plugins/mcp/scripts/build-txz.sh <ver> <runraid-binary>`
`plugins/incus/`	Unraid OS plugin running Incus system containers ("dev containers") firewalled off the LAN. Includes a NestJS/GraphQL `unraid-api` backend.	shell `.plg` + NestJS/Vue	`cd plugins/incus && ./scripts/verify-classic-package.sh && ./tests/classic-contract.sh`
`plugins/codex/`	Unraid OS plugin embedding a Codex chathead app-server.	shell `.plg` + React	`cd plugins/codex && ./tests/contract.sh`
`agents/unraid-py/`	Claude Code / Codex plugin (`name: unraid-mcp`) for the Python server.	—	—

Install the agent plugins (one marketplace command, two manifests)

/plugin marketplace add dinglebear-ai/unraid
/plugin install unraid-mcp@unraid-mcp   # Python server
/plugin install runraid@unraid-mcp      # Rust server

The @unraid-mcp suffix is the marketplace name declared in .claude-plugin/marketplace.json, not the repo name — it stays unraid-mcp even though the repo is now dinglebear-ai/unraid.

Both plugins are published from a single repo. Claude reads .claude-plugin/marketplace.json; Codex reads .agents/plugins/marketplace.json. meta-ci.yml asserts the two list the same plugin set, so they cannot drift.

marketplace add accepts the owner/repo shorthand (or a full git URL / local path). After install, Claude Code prompts for the connection settings (the plugin's userConfig).

Plugin credentials need no manual step

The agent plugins ship no Claude Code hooks, and none are needed: both .mcp.json files map your plugin settings into the server environment directly via ${user_config.*}. agents/unraid-rs wires endpoint, TLS, authentication, and tool-selector settings; agents/unraid-py wires UNRAID_API_URL and UNRAID_API_KEY. Set them in plugin settings and the server picks them up on next launch.

Optional, for non-plugin installs (systemd, Docker) that want ~/.unraid/.env written to disk:

runraid setup plugin-hook          # or: npx -y @dinglebear/unraid setup plugin-hook

unraid-py quickstart (Python MCP server)

The Python server is the flagship. Full documentation — installation, Claude Code / Codex / Gemini setup, configuration, authentication, guardrails, and the tool surface — lives in unraid-py/README.md and unraid-py/docs/. It publishes to PyPI as unraid-mcp (import package unraid_mcp) and launches with uvx unraid-mcp.

unraid-rs quickstart (Rust MCP server + CLI)

cargo install --path unraid-rs --locked     # from the repository root
# Configure UNRAID_API_URL and UNRAID_API_KEY privately before querying.
runraid setup check                        # inspect setup without repairing files
runraid array                              # read array state
runraid serve mcp                          # MCP HTTP (default :40010; configure auth)

Env var	Purpose
`UNRAID_API_URL`	Unraid GraphQL endpoint (required)
`UNRAID_API_KEY`	`x-api-key` for the Unraid API (required)
`UNRAID_API_SKIP_TLS_VERIFY`	Accept a self-signed Unraid cert (default `false`)
`UNRAID_RMCP_HOST` / `UNRAID_RMCP_PORT`	MCP bind address (default `0.0.0.0:40010`)
`UNRAID_RMCP_TOKEN`	Static bearer token for `/mcp`
`UNRAID_RMCP_AUTH_MODE`	`bearer` (default) or `oauth`

Full list and the OAuth variables: unraid-rs/AGENTS.md.

Not read-only. The Rust server exposes both queries and mutations. Read actions need the unraid:read scope; mutating actions (VM and Docker lifecycle, array start/stop, notification writes) need unraid:admin.

Development and documentation

Start with AGENTS.md, the canonical contributor guide. CLAUDE.md and GEMINI.md are symlinks to it, including within components. The documentation index links to development and verification, architecture, and release procedures.

Rust MCP supports UNRAID_RMCP_PROJECTION=legacy (default), atomic, or both. All projections share enabled-action policy, scopes, and execution; atomic mode is not a second backend. See the Rust README for selectors and migration.

Releases

There are two release lanes. release-please manages only unraid-py and unraid-rs — the Python server keeps unprefixed vX.Y.Z tags (the existing audience's scheme) and Rust uses unraid-rs-vX.Y.Z. The Incus and Codex plugins do not use release-please: they are versioned by .github/scripts/plugin_calver.py with fixed-width YYYYMMDD.NNN versions and incus-v* / codex-v* tags (Unraid compares plugin versions as raw strings, so the fixed width is mandatory).

The native MCP plugin is built from the matching unraid-rs-vX.Y.Z tag, and Community Applications reads its rolling manifest from the unraid-plugin-latest release. Plugin .txz payloads ship as GitHub release assets, never tracked in git.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

Add this server

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

Server facts

Tools

Questions

How do I install Unraid MCP?

Does Unraid MCP need an API key?

What transport does Unraid MCP use?

When was Unraid MCP last checked?

Documentation

Unraid

Components

Install the agent plugins (one marketplace command, two manifests)

Plugin credentials need no manual step

unraid-py quickstart (Python MCP server)

unraid-rs quickstart (Rust MCP server + CLI)

Development and documentation

Releases

License