# ProxmoxMCP-Plus (MCP server)

> ProxmoxMCP-Plus is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Proxmox VE MCP server for VMs, LXCs, snapshots, backups, storage, and cluster operations. It has 572 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx proxmox-mcp-plus.

Operate Proxmox VE from MCP clients, AI agents, and OpenAPI tooling through one security-conscious control plane for VMs, LXCs, snapshots, backups, ISOs, container commands, and persistent long-running jobs.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/RekklesNA/ProxmoxMCP-Plus |
| GitHub stars | 572 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | Python |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | pypi: proxmox-mcp-plus |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | yes |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Developer tools |
| Latest release | v0.5.24 (Oct 1, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 1, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | io.github.RekklesNA/proxmox-mcp-plus |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "proxmoxmcp-plus": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "proxmox-mcp-plus"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PROXMOX_HOST": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_USER": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_TOKEN_NAME": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_TOKEN_VALUE": "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 PROXMOX_HOST=your-value --env PROXMOX_USER=your-value --env PROXMOX_TOKEN_NAME=your-value --env PROXMOX_TOKEN_VALUE=your-value --transport stdio proxmoxmcp-plus -- uvx proxmox-mcp-plus
```

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

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "proxmoxmcp-plus": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "proxmox-mcp-plus"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PROXMOX_HOST": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_USER": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_TOKEN_NAME": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_TOKEN_VALUE": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

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

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

```json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "proxmox_token_name",
      "description": "PROXMOX_TOKEN_NAME",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "proxmox_token_value",
      "description": "PROXMOX_TOKEN_VALUE",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "proxmoxmcp-plus": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "proxmox-mcp-plus"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PROXMOX_HOST": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_USER": "your-value",
        "PROXMOX_TOKEN_NAME": "${input:proxmox_token_name}",
        "PROXMOX_TOKEN_VALUE": "${input:proxmox_token_value}"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

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

## Environment variables

- `PROXMOX_MCP_CONFIG`: Optional path to a JSON config file. If set, file config is used before environment variable fallback.
- `PROXMOX_HOST` (required): Hostname or IP address of the Proxmox VE API endpoint.
- `PROXMOX_USER` (required): Proxmox username with realm, for example root@pam.
- `PROXMOX_TOKEN_NAME` (secret) (required): Name of the Proxmox API token.
- `PROXMOX_TOKEN_VALUE` (secret) (required): Secret value of the Proxmox API token.
- `PROXMOX_PORT`: Proxmox API port. Defaults to 8006.
- `PROXMOX_VERIFY_SSL`: Set to true to verify TLS certificates, or false for self-signed lab environments.
- `PROXMOX_DEV_MODE`: Set to true when using verify_ssl=false in a self-signed lab environment.
- `PROXMOX_SERVICE`: Proxmox service type. Defaults to PVE.
- `MCP_TOOL_ALLOWLIST`: Optional comma-separated exact tool names to expose. Do not set together with MCPTOOLDENYLIST.
- `MCP_TOOL_DENYLIST`: Optional comma-separated exact tool names to hide. Do not set together with MCPTOOLALLOWLIST.
- `LOG_LEVEL`: Server log verbosity. Defaults to INFO.

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