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MCP Server Synology

MCP Server Synology is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. 💾 Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Synology NAS - Enables AI assistants (Claude, Cursor, Continue) to manage files, downloads… It has 236 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx mcp-server-synology.

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Install MCP Server Synology

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

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-synology": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-synology"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SYNOLOGY_PASSWORD": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env SYNOLOGY_PASSWORD=your-value --transport stdio mcp-server-synology -- uvx mcp-server-synology

Cursor

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

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

VS Code

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

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
SYNOLOGY_URLNoShown in the README's example configuration.
SYNOLOGY_USERNAMENoShown in the README's example configuration.
SYNOLOGY_PASSWORDsecretNoShown in the README's example configuration.
AUTO_LOGINNoShown in the README's example configuration.
ENABLE_XIAOZHINoShown in the README's example configuration.

About MCP Server Synology

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Synology NAS devices. Enables AI assistants to manage files and downloads through secure authentication and session management.

  • mcp
  • mcp-server
  • synology

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How do I install the MCP Server Synology MCP server?

Add the command uvx mcp-server-synology 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 Server Synology free?

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

Is MCP Server Synology actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 13, 2026. The latest release is 1.8.0, published Sep 29, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.