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Intruder MCP

Intruder MCP is an MCP server that lets AI agents control Intruder. It has 26 GitHub stars, is released under the BSD-3-Clause license and runs locally with docker run -i --rm -e INTRUDER_API_KEY ghcr.io/intruder-io/intruder-mcp. It works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code and needs an API key.

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Install Intruder MCP

Generated from the server's published package. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "intruder-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "INTRUDER_API_KEY",
        "ghcr.io/intruder-io/intruder-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "INTRUDER_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env INTRUDER_API_KEY=your-value --transport stdio intruder-mcp -- docker run -i --rm -e INTRUDER_API_KEY ghcr.io/intruder-io/intruder-mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "intruder-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "INTRUDER_API_KEY",
        "ghcr.io/intruder-io/intruder-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "INTRUDER_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "intruder_api_key",
      "description": "INTRUDER_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "intruder-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "INTRUDER_API_KEY",
        "ghcr.io/intruder-io/intruder-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "INTRUDER_API_KEY": "${input:intruder_api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
INTRUDER_API_KEYsecretNoShown in the README's example configuration.

About Intruder MCP

Let MCP clients like Claude and Cursor control Intruder. For more information and sample use cases, please see our blog post.

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How do I install the Intruder MCP MCP server?

Add the command docker run -i --rm -e INTRUDER_API_KEY ghcr.io/intruder-io/intruder-mcp to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Intruder MCP free?

The server is open source under the BSD-3-Clause license, so running it is free. It needs credentials (INTRUDER_API_KEY) for the service it connects to, which may require a paid account.

Is Intruder MCP actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 12, 2026. The latest release is v0.1.3, published Oct 13, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.