Huntress MCP Server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides AI assistants with structured access to Huntress cybersecurity platform data and operations.
Note: This project is maintained by Wyre Technology.
Quick Start
Claude Desktop — download, open, done:
- Download
huntress-mcp.mcpbfrom the latest release - Open the file (double-click or drag into Claude Desktop)
- Enter your Huntress credentials when prompted (API Key, API Secret)
No terminal, no JSON editing, no Node.js install required.
Claude Code (CLI):
claude mcp add huntress-mcp \
-e HUNTRESS_API_KEY=your-api-key \
-e HUNTRESS_API_SECRET=your-api-secret \
-- npx -y github:WYRE-AI/huntress-mcp
See Installation for Docker and from-source methods.
Features
- 🔌 MCP Protocol Compliance: Full support for MCP resources and tools
- 🛡️ Comprehensive Security Coverage: Tools spanning agents, organizations, incidents, escalations, billing, signals, and users
- 🔍 Decision-Tree Navigation: Start with
huntress_navigateto explore domains, then dynamically load domain-specific tools - 📝 CRUD Operations: Create, read, update, delete operations for organizations, memberships, incidents, and more
- 🔒 Secure Authentication: HTTP Basic Auth with Huntress API credentials
- 🌐 Dual Transport: Supports both stdio (local) and HTTP Streamable (remote/Docker) transports
- 📦 MCPB Packaging: One-click installation via MCP Bundle for desktop clients
- 🐳 Docker Ready: Containerized deployment with HTTP transport and health checks
- ⚡ Rate Limiting: Built-in rate limiter respects Huntress API limits (60 req/min)
- 📊 Structured Logging: Comprehensive logging with configurable levels
Table of Contents
Installation
Option 1: MCPB Bundle (Claude Desktop)
The simplest method — no terminal, no JSON editing, no Node.js install required.
- Download
huntress-mcp.mcpbfrom the latest release - Open the file (double-click or drag into Claude Desktop)
- Enter your Huntress credentials when prompted (API Key, API Secret)
For Claude Code (CLI), one command:
claude mcp add huntress-mcp \
-e HUNTRESS_API_KEY=your-api-key \
-e HUNTRESS_API_SECRET=your-api-secret \
-- npx -y github:WYRE-AI/huntress-mcp
Option 2: Docker
The image listens on 0.0.0.0 inside the container and defaults to AUTH_MODE=gateway. Publish the port on loopback and pass the service-to-service secret. In gateway mode, Huntress credentials arrive on each request as headers; they are not read from the environment.
docker run -d \
-e CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET="$CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET" \
-p 127.0.0.1:8080:8080 \
ghcr.io/wyre-ai/huntress-mcp:latest
Compose refuses to start when CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET is unset:
CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET="$CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET" docker compose up
Option 3: From Source
git clone https://github.com/WYRE-AI/huntress-mcp.git
cd huntress-mcp
npm ci
npm run build
Configuration
Copy .env.example and set the variables below.
| Variable | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
HUNTRESS_API_KEY | For stdio and AUTH_MODE=env | Huntress API public key |
HUNTRESS_API_SECRET | For stdio and AUTH_MODE=env | Huntress API secret |
MCP_TRANSPORT | No | stdio (default) or http |
AUTH_MODE | No | gateway (Docker image and Compose default) or env. Gateway mode requires X-Huntress-Api-Key and X-Huntress-Api-Secret on each /mcp request and never falls back to HUNTRESS_*. env uses those variables only after S2S auth succeeds. |
CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET | Yes for HTTP | Service-to-service secret. The HTTP server logs an error and exits non-zero when this is empty or a known placeholder (changeme, secret, replace-me, your-s2s-secret, and the other example values). Compose will not start without it. Never commit a real value. Generate one with openssl rand -hex 32. |
MCP_ALLOW_INSECURE_DEV | No | Set to exactly 1 only for local development to start HTTP without CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET. The process logs a warning, does not enforce X-Gateway-S2S, and listens on 127.0.0.1 only. A non-loopback MCP_HTTP_HOST (including 0.0.0.0) is ignored and the override is logged. A known placeholder secret is still refused. |
MCP_HTTP_HOST | No | Bind address when CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET is set. Defaults to 127.0.0.1 when unset. The container image sets 0.0.0.0. |
MCP_HTTP_PORT | No | HTTP port. Defaults to 8080. |
LOG_LEVEL | No | Log level (debug, info, warn, error). Defaults to info. |
/health and /healthz stay unauthenticated and do not read credentials. The stdio transport does not use CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET.
HTTP authentication
With MCP_TRANSPORT=http and CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET set, every /mcp request must include X-Gateway-S2S:
t=<unix seconds>,v1=<hex hmac-sha256>
v1 is HMAC-SHA256 over the exact message t=<unix seconds>, keyed with CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET, hex-encoded. The timestamp must be within 300 seconds of the server clock. A missing or invalid header returns 401. The secret is never written to logs.
import { createHmac } from 'node:crypto';
const t = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
const v1 = createHmac('sha256', process.env.CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET).update(`t=${t}`).digest('hex');
const xGatewayS2s = `t=${t},v1=${v1}`;
In AUTH_MODE=gateway, /mcp also requires X-Huntress-Api-Key and X-Huntress-Api-Secret. Those headers are the only credential source for that request. A request missing either header returns 401 and does not fall back to HUNTRESS_API_KEY / HUNTRESS_API_SECRET.
await fetch('http://127.0.0.1:8080/mcp', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'content-type': 'application/json',
accept: 'application/json, text/event-stream',
'x-gateway-s2s': xGatewayS2s,
'x-huntress-api-key': apiKey,
'x-huntress-api-secret': apiSecret,
},
body: JSON.stringify({ jsonrpc: '2.0', id: 1, method: 'tools/list' }),
});
Domains
The server uses decision-tree navigation. Start with huntress_navigate to pick a domain:
| Domain | Tools |
|---|---|
| accounts | Get account info, get current actor |
| agents | List agents, get agent by ID |
| organizations | List, get, create, update, delete organizations |
| incidents | Incident reports (list/get/resolve), remediations (list/get/approve/reject), escalations (list/get/resolve) |
| billing | Billing reports, summary reports |
| signals | List/get security signals |
| users | Membership CRUD (list/get/create/update/delete) |
Docker Deployment
See docker-compose.yml for full configuration. The checked-in Compose service is gateway mode. It does not set HUNTRESS_API_KEY or HUNTRESS_API_SECRET and does not use env_file, so a project .env cannot inject static vendor credentials into the container. Compose still interpolates CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET from that file and will not start when it is unset. The port is published on 127.0.0.1.
cp .env.example .env
# Set CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET. Leave it empty in the example; never commit a real value.
CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET="$CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET" docker compose up -d
Single-tenant HTTP (AUTH_MODE=env) still requires the S2S secret, then uses HUNTRESS_API_KEY and HUNTRESS_API_SECRET. It is separate from the gateway Compose service:
docker run -d \
-e CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET="$CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET" \
-e AUTH_MODE=env \
-e HUNTRESS_API_KEY=your-key \
-e HUNTRESS_API_SECRET=your-secret \
-p 127.0.0.1:8080:8080 \
ghcr.io/wyre-ai/huntress-mcp:latest
Local HTTP without a secret is development-only. It binds 127.0.0.1 only and logs a warning:
MCP_TRANSPORT=http MCP_ALLOW_INSECURE_DEV=1 npm run start:http
Development
npm ci
npm run build # Build the project
npm run dev # Watch mode
npm run test # Run tests
npm run lint # Type-check
npm run clean # Remove dist/
# HTTP refuses to start until CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET is set
CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET="$CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET" npm run start:http
# Local HTTP only, without a service-to-service secret (always binds 127.0.0.1)
MCP_ALLOW_INSECURE_DEV=1 npm run start:http
Testing
npm test # Run test suite
npm run test:watch # Watch mode
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.
License
Apache 2.0 — Copyright WYRE Technology