portainer-mcp

portainer-mcp is an MCP server. It reaches portainer. It needs PORTAINER_API_KEY, PORTAINER_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN and PORTAINER_MCP_TLS_KEY to authenticate. Its repository has 239 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-10-24.

Official Portainer MCP server

MCP servers are packaged differently from each other -- some run via npx, some as a Docker image, some as a plain script you clone and run. portainer-mcp’s own README did not state one plainly enough for this page to quote it rather than guess, so it will not guess. The repository below states it.

What does portainer-mcp do?

Official Portainer MCP server

How do I install portainer-mcp?

Its README did not state an install command plainly enough for us to quote one, so we do not guess. The repository has the instructions: https://github.com/portainer/portainer-mcp

What does portainer-mcp connect to, and what does it need?

It reaches portainer. The credentials we found in its source are PORTAINER_API_KEY, PORTAINER_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN and PORTAINER_MCP_TLS_KEY.

Is portainer-mcp official and is it maintained?

We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 239 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-23.

What licence does portainer-mcp use?

The repository declares the MIT licence.

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