# Intruder MCP (MCP server)

> 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.

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

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/intruder-io/intruder-mcp |
| GitHub stars | 26 |
| License | BSD-3-Clause |
| Language | Python |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | docker: ghcr.io/intruder-io/intruder-mcp |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | yes |
| Official | yes |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Other |
| Latest release | v0.1.3 (Oct 13, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 12, 2026 |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```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

```sh
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)

```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)

```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 2026-10-07.

## Environment variables

- `INTRUDER_API_KEY` (secret): Shown in the README's example configuration.

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