go-unifi-mcp

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for UniFi Network Controller, written in Go.

Overview

go-unifi-mcp provides an MCP interface to UniFi Network Controller, enabling AI assistants and other MCP clients to interact with your UniFi infrastructure.

Why this exists

I couldn’t find an MCP server that supported both v1 and v2 firewall rules and IPv6, so I built one. This wraps the go-unifi library (which I trust from my Terraform provider experience) and leans on its generated API surface. The server is generated from the controller’s own API definitions, which makes it much easier to keep tool coverage up to date as UniFi evolves.

UniFi controller versioning

This project generates tools against the same UniFi Controller version pinned by go-unifi. When go-unifi updates its supported controller version, we regenerate our field definitions and tool metadata to match. We support the same controller range; see their controller support range.

Installation

Binary (GitHub Releases)

Download pre-built binaries from the Releases page. Binaries are available for macOS and Linux (amd64/arm64).

# macOS (Apple Silicon)
curl -L https://github.com/claytono/go-unifi-mcp/releases/latest/download/go-unifi-mcp_darwin_arm64.tar.gz | tar xz
sudo mv go-unifi-mcp /usr/local/bin/

# macOS (Intel)
curl -L https://github.com/claytono/go-unifi-mcp/releases/latest/download/go-unifi-mcp_darwin_amd64.tar.gz | tar xz
sudo mv go-unifi-mcp /usr/local/bin/

# Linux (amd64)
curl -L https://github.com/claytono/go-unifi-mcp/releases/latest/download/go-unifi-mcp_linux_amd64.tar.gz | tar xz
sudo mv go-unifi-mcp /usr/local/bin/

# Linux (arm64)
curl -L https://github.com/claytono/go-unifi-mcp/releases/latest/download/go-unifi-mcp_linux_arm64.tar.gz | tar xz
sudo mv go-unifi-mcp /usr/local/bin/

Homebrew

Available from the claytono/homebrew-tap tap:

brew install claytono/tap/go-unifi-mcp

Nix

# Run without installing
nix run github:claytono/go-unifi-mcp

# Install to your profile
nix profile install github:claytono/go-unifi-mcp

Docker

Multi-architecture images (amd64/arm64) are published to GitHub Container Registry.

# Latest (pinned to most recent release, rebuilt on base image updates)
docker pull ghcr.io/claytono/go-unifi-mcp:latest

# Edge (built from main on every merge, unstable)
docker pull ghcr.io/claytono/go-unifi-mcp:edge

Go Install

go install github.com/claytono/go-unifi-mcp/cmd/go-unifi-mcp@latest

Configuration

UniFi Credentials

The server requires access to a UniFi Network Controller. Two authentication methods are supported:

1. API Key (preferred): Create an API key in your UniFi controller under Settings > Control Plane > Integrations. Set UNIFI_HOST and UNIFI_API_KEY.

2. Username/Password: Use a local admin account. Set UNIFI_HOST, UNIFI_USERNAME, and UNIFI_PASSWORD.

Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

Using the binary:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unifi": {
      "command": "/usr/local/bin/go-unifi-mcp",
      "env": {
        "UNIFI_HOST": "https://your-controller:443",
        "UNIFI_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Using Docker:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unifi": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "UNIFI_HOST",
        "-e",
        "UNIFI_API_KEY",
        "ghcr.io/claytono/go-unifi-mcp:latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNIFI_HOST": "https://your-controller:443",
        "UNIFI_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add unifi -- go-unifi-mcp

Then set the required environment variables in

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