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Mcpcap

Mcpcap is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. An MCP server for analyzing PCAP files. It has 52 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx mcpcap.

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Install Mcpcap

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Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcpcap": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcpcap"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio mcpcap -- uvx mcpcap

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcpcap": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcpcap"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "mcpcap": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcpcap"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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).

About Mcpcap

A modular Python MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for analyzing PCAP files. mcpcap exposes protocol-specific analysis tools that accept a local file path or remote HTTP URL at call time, so the server stays stateless and works cleanly with MCP clients.

  • mcp
  • mcp-server
  • pcap
  • pcap-analyzer

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How do I install the Mcpcap MCP server?

Add the command uvx mcpcap 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 Mcpcap free?

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

Is Mcpcap actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Sep 30, 2026. The latest release is v0.10.0, published Sep 30, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.