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MCP Maigret

MCP Maigret is an MCP server that lets AI agents run maigret, an OSINT tool that searches a username across thousands of sites. It has 268 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y mcp-maigret.

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Install MCP Maigret

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

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-maigret": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-maigret"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MAIGRET_REPORTS_DIR": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env MAIGRET_REPORTS_DIR=your-value --transport stdio mcp-maigret -- npx -y mcp-maigret

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-maigret": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-maigret"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MAIGRET_REPORTS_DIR": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-maigret": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-maigret"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MAIGRET_REPORTS_DIR": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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
MAIGRET_REPORTS_DIRNoShown in the README's example configuration.

Tools (6)

Parsed from the Tools section of the README; check the repository for the current list.

  • search_username

    Search for a username across social networks and sites.

  • username

    string, required

  • format

    enum

  • use_all_sites

    boolean

  • tags

    string[]

  • parse_url

    Parse a URL to extract information and search for associated usernames.

About MCP Maigret

Quickstart · Tools · Formats · Security · Troubleshooting · Docs mcp-maigret is an MCP server that lets AI agents run maigret, the OSINT tool that checks a username across thousands of sites. Ask your agent to find where a handle is registered, or to analyze a profile URL, and get a saved report back. Maigret runs in Docker, so there is nothing to install besides Docker and Node.

  • maigret
  • mcp
  • osint
  • social-media
  • username-search
  • ai-agents
  • claude
  • claude-code
  • docker
  • mcp-server

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How do I install the MCP Maigret MCP server?

Add the command npx -y mcp-maigret 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 MCP Maigret free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is MCP Maigret actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 9, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.