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Unraid RMCP

Unraid RMCP is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Rust MCP server and CLI for Unraid GraphQL operations across NAS, Docker, VM, and storage workflows. It has 146 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @dinglebear/unraid.

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Install Unraid RMCP

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unraid-rmcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dinglebear/unraid"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNRAID_API_URL": "your-value",
        "UNRAID_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env UNRAID_API_URL=your-value --env UNRAID_API_KEY=your-value --transport stdio unraid-rmcp -- npx -y @dinglebear/unraid

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unraid-rmcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dinglebear/unraid"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNRAID_API_URL": "your-value",
        "UNRAID_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "unraid_api_key",
      "description": "UNRAID_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "unraid-rmcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dinglebear/unraid"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNRAID_API_URL": "your-value",
        "UNRAID_API_KEY": "${input:unraid_api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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
UNRAID_API_URLYesFull Unraid GraphQL endpoint URL.
UNRAID_API_KEYsecretYesUnraid API key.
UNRAID_RMCP_VERSIONNoOptional GitHub release tag override for the downloaded Unraid RMCP binary.
UNRAID_RMCP_REPONoOptional GitHub owner/repo override for release asset downloads.
UNRAID_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URLNoOptional release download base URL override.
RUST_LOGNoTracing filter for Unraid RMCP logs.

About Unraid RMCP

A monorepo of Unraid tooling: two MCP servers (Python and Rust) and three Unraid OS plugins, plus the Claude/Codex agent integrations that surface them.

  • ai
  • fastmcp
  • llm
  • mcp-server
  • model-context-protocol
  • python
  • self-hosted
  • claude-code
  • claude-code-plugins
  • codex

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How do I install the Unraid RMCP MCP server?

Add the command npx -y @dinglebear/unraid 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 Unraid RMCP free?

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

Is Unraid RMCP actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 25, 2026. The latest release is v2.10.3, published Oct 20, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.