Monitor and manage an Unraid server from any MCP client: array, Docker, VMs, ZFS, logs, and UPS.
Connect Runs on your machine
claude mcp add better-unraid-mcp -e UNRAID_API_URL=<UNRAID_API_URL> -e UNRAID_API_KEY=<UNRAID_API_KEY> -e UNRAID_SSH_HOST=<UNRAID_SSH_HOST> -e UNRAID_SSH_PASSWORD=<UNRAID_SSH_PASSWORD> -e MCP_READ_ONLY=<MCP_READ_ONLY> -- npx -y [email protected]{
"mcpServers": {
"better-unraid-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"UNRAID_API_URL": "<UNRAID_API_URL>",
"UNRAID_API_KEY": "<UNRAID_API_KEY>",
"UNRAID_SSH_HOST": "<UNRAID_SSH_HOST>",
"UNRAID_SSH_PASSWORD": "<UNRAID_SSH_PASSWORD>",
"MCP_READ_ONLY": "<MCP_READ_ONLY>"
}
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"better-unraid-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"UNRAID_API_URL": "<UNRAID_API_URL>",
"UNRAID_API_KEY": "<UNRAID_API_KEY>",
"UNRAID_SSH_HOST": "<UNRAID_SSH_HOST>",
"UNRAID_SSH_PASSWORD": "<UNRAID_SSH_PASSWORD>",
"MCP_READ_ONLY": "<MCP_READ_ONLY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"better-unraid-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"UNRAID_API_URL": "<UNRAID_API_URL>",
"UNRAID_API_KEY": "<UNRAID_API_KEY>",
"UNRAID_SSH_HOST": "<UNRAID_SSH_HOST>",
"UNRAID_SSH_PASSWORD": "<UNRAID_SSH_PASSWORD>",
"MCP_READ_ONLY": "<MCP_READ_ONLY>"
}
}
}
}Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.
Tools
This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.
Environment variables
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
UNRAID_API_URLRequired | Full Unraid GraphQL endpoint, including /graphql |
UNRAID_API_KEYRequired, secret | Unraid API key (Settings → Management Access → API Keys) |
UNRAID_SSH_HOSTOptional | Optional: SSH host for host-level tools |
UNRAID_SSH_PASSWORDOptional, secret | Optional: SSH password (or set UNRAID_SSH_KEY_PATH) |
MCP_READ_ONLYOptional | Set true to register only read-only tools |
Details
| Package | [email protected] (NPM, stdio) |
| First published | 12 Nov 2026 |
| Last updated | 12 Nov 2026 |
| Registry name | io.github.mswdev/better-unraid-mcp |
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