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mcp-wireshark
by khuynh22
everything
by modelcontextprotocol
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mcp-wireshark · Summary

An MCP server that integrates Wireshark/tshark with AI tools for network analysis.

everything · Summary

Official MCP test server exercising all protocol features for client builders.

mcp-wireshark · Use cases

  • Summarizing network traffic in PCAP files to identify top communication endpoints
  • Following TCP/UDP streams in captures to analyze application protocols
  • Capturing live network traffic with specific filters for security monitoring

everything · Use cases

  • Testing MCP client implementations against all protocol features
  • Learning MCP protocol capabilities through a reference server
  • Validating client compatibility with different transport methods

mcp-wireshark · Install

pip install mcp-wireshark
claude mcp add --transport stdio --scope user mcp-wireshark -- mcp-wireshark

For Claude Desktop, add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "wireshark": {
            "command": "mcp-wireshark"
        }
    }
}

For VS Code, create .vscode/mcp.json:

{
    "servers": {
        "wireshark": {
            "command": "mcp-wireshark"
        }
    }
}

everything · Install

NPX (recommended)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

On Windows, use cmd /c:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "cmd",
      "args": ["/c", "npx", "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "mcp/everything"]
    }
  }
}

Global install

npm install -g @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything@latest
npx @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything
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