# MCP Security (MCP server)

> MCP Security is an MCP server that adds cloud and DevOps tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. This repository contains Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers that enable MCP clients (like Claude Desktop or the cline.bot… It has 531 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with uvx secops_mcp.

This repository contains Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers that enable MCP clients (like Claude Desktop or the cline.bot VS Code extension) to access Google's security products and services:

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/google/mcp-security |
| GitHub stars | 531 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Language | Python |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | pypi: secops_mcp |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | yes |
| Official | yes |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Cloud & DevOps |
| Latest release | secops-v0.7.1 (Aug 27, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 6, 2026 |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-security": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "secops_mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VT_APIKEY": "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 VT_APIKEY=your-value --transport stdio mcp-security -- uvx secops_mcp
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-security": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "secops_mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VT_APIKEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

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

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "vt_apikey",
      "description": "VT_APIKEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mcp-security": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "secops_mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VT_APIKEY": "${input:vt_apikey}"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

## Environment variables

- `CHRONICLE_PROJECT_ID`: Shown in the README's example configuration.
- `CHRONICLE_CUSTOMER_ID`: Shown in the README's example configuration.
- `CHRONICLE_REGION`: Shown in the README's example configuration.
- `VT_APIKEY` (secret): Shown in the README's example configuration.
- `SOAR_URL`: Shown in the README's example configuration.
- `SOAR_APP_KEY`: Shown in the README's example configuration.

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