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MCP Panther

MCP Panther is an MCP server that adds cloud and DevOps tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Write detections, investigate alerts, and query logs from your favorite AI agents. It has 47 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with uvx mcp-panther.

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Install MCP Panther

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

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-panther": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-panther"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PANTHER_API_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env PANTHER_API_TOKEN=your-value --transport stdio mcp-panther -- uvx mcp-panther

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-panther": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-panther"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PANTHER_API_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "panther_api_token",
      "description": "PANTHER_API_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mcp-panther": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-panther"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PANTHER_API_TOKEN": "${input:panther_api_token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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
PANTHER_INSTANCE_URLNoShown in the README's example configuration.
PANTHER_API_TOKENsecretNoShown in the README's example configuration.

Tools (36)

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

  • add_alert_comment

    Add a comment to a Panther alert

  • start_ai_alert_triage

    Start an AI-powered triage analysis for a Panther alert with intelligent insights and recommendations

  • get_ai_alert_triage_summary

    Retrieve the latest AI triage summary previously generated for a specific alert

  • get_alert

    Get detailed information about a specific alert

  • get_alert_events

    Get a small sampling of events for a given alert

  • list_alerts

    List alerts with comprehensive filtering options (date range, severity, status, etc.)

  • bulk_update_alerts

    Bulk update multiple alerts with status, assignee, and/or comment changes

  • update_alert_assignee

    Update the assignee of one or more alerts

  • update_alert_status

    Update the status of one or more alerts

  • list_alert_comments

    List all comments for a specific alert

  • query_data_lake

    Execute SQL queries against Panther's data lake with synchronous results

  • get_table_schema

    Get schema information for a specific table

  • list_databases

    List all available data lake databases in Panther

  • list_database_tables

    List all available tables for a specific database in Panther's data lake

  • get_alert_event_stats

    Analyze patterns and relationships across multiple alerts by aggregating their event data into time-based statistics

  • list_scheduled_queries

    List all scheduled queries with pagination support

  • get_scheduled_query

    Get detailed information about a specific scheduled query by ID

  • list_log_sources

    List log sources with optional filters (health status, log types, integration type)

  • get_http_log_source

    Get detailed information about a specific HTTP log source by ID

  • list_detections

    List detections from Panther with comprehensive filtering support.

  • get_detection

    Get detailed information about a specific detection including the detection body and tests.

  • disable_detection

    Disable a detection by setting enabled to false. Supports rules, scheduledrules, simplerules, and policies

  • list_global_helpers

    List global helper functions with comprehensive filtering options (name search, creator, modifier)

  • get_global_helper

    Get detailed information and complete Python code for a specific global helper

  • list_data_models

    List data models that control UDM mappings in rules

  • get_data_model

    Get detailed information about a specific data model

  • list_log_type_schemas

    List available log type schemas with optional filters

  • get_log_type_schema_details

    Get detailed information for specific log type schemas

  • get_rule_alert_metrics

    Get metrics about alerts grouped by rule

  • get_severity_alert_metrics

    Get metrics about alerts grouped by severity

  • get_bytes_processed_metrics

    Get data ingestion metrics by log type and source

  • list_users

    List all Panther user accounts with pagination support

  • get_user

    Get detailed information about a specific user

  • get_permissions

    Get the current user's permissions

  • list_roles

    List all roles with filtering options (name search, role IDs, sort direction)

  • get_role

    Get detailed information about a specific role including permissions

About MCP Panther

Panther's Model Context Protocol (MCP) server provides functionality to: Follow these steps to configure your API credentials and environment.

  • cybersecurity
  • mcp-server
  • security-operations
  • ai

FAQ

MCP Panther FAQ

Still curious? Email info@appsgit.com.

How do I install the MCP Panther MCP server?

Add the command uvx mcp-panther 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 Panther free?

The server is open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so running it is free. It needs credentials (PANTHER_API_TOKEN) for the service it connects to, which may require a paid account.

Is MCP Panther actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 9, 2026. The latest release is v2.4.0, published Oct 6, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.