io.github.daedalus/mcp-shodan

mcp-shodan

MCP server exposing all Shodan API functionality

1 20 tools GitHub PyPI

No known CVEs

No license

Maintained

Last commit 38d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse, http

20 tools · ~1.1k tok

Grade B · 0.5% of 200K ctx

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shodan": {
      "env": {
        "SHODAN_API_KEY": "your_api_key"
      },
      "command": "mcp-shodan"
    }
  }
}

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What io.github.daedalus/mcp-shodan does

MCP server exposing Shodan API functionality via the Model Context Protocol.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is io.github.daedalus/mcp-shodan safe to use?: io.github.daedalus/mcp-shodan has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.
How do I install io.github.daedalus/mcp-shodan?: io.github.daedalus/mcp-shodan supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can io.github.daedalus/mcp-shodan do?: io.github.daedalus/mcp-shodan provides 20 tools: shodan_host, shodan_search, shodan_search_cursor, shodan_count, shodan_search_tokens and 15 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with io.github.daedalus/mcp-shodan?: io.github.daedalus/mcp-shodan is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.
Is io.github.daedalus/mcp-shodan actively maintained?: io.github.daedalus/mcp-shodan is recently maintained — last commit was 38 days ago. It has 1 GitHub stars.

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Available Tools

Host Information

shodan_host - Get all available information on an IP address

shodan_search - Search the Shodan database

shodan_search_cursor - Search and return an iterator

shodan_count - Get total number of search results

shodan_search_tokens - Get information about a search query

Alerts

shodan_alerts - List all active alerts

shodan_create_alert - Create a new alert

shodan_delete_alert - Delete an alert

Scanning

shodan_scan - Scan a network

shodan_scan_internet - Scan the internet on a port

shodan_scan_status - Get scan status

Saved Queries

shodan_queries - List shared search queries

shodan_queries_search - Search saved queries

shodan_queries_tags - Get popular query tags

Exploits

shodan_exploits_search - Search the Shodan Exploits archive

shodan_exploits_count - Get total exploit count

Utilities

shodan_info - Get API key information

shodan_ports - Get list of ports Shodan crawls

shodan_protocols - Get supported protocols

shodan_services - Get list of services

# Get information about a host shodan_host("1.1.1.1") # Search for specific services shodan_search("apache", limit=10) # Count results for a query shodan_count("nginx") # Check your API plan shodan_info()

Frequently Asked Questions

Is io.github.daedalus/mcp-shodan safe to use?

io.github.daedalus/mcp-shodan has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments.

How do I install io.github.daedalus/mcp-shodan?

io.github.daedalus/mcp-shodan supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can io.github.daedalus/mcp-shodan do?

io.github.daedalus/mcp-shodan provides 20 tools: shodan_host, shodan_search, shodan_search_cursor, shodan_count, shodan_search_tokens and 15 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with io.github.daedalus/mcp-shodan?

io.github.daedalus/mcp-shodan is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse and http transport.

Is io.github.daedalus/mcp-shodan actively maintained?

io.github.daedalus/mcp-shodan is recently maintained — last commit was 38 days ago. It has 1 GitHub stars.

mcp-shodan

MCP server exposing Shodan API functionality via the Model Context Protocol.

Install

pip install mcp-shodan

Usage

export SHODAN_API_KEY=your_api_key
mcp-shodan

Or add to your MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shodan": {
      "command": "mcp-shodan",
      "env": {
        "SHODAN_API_KEY": "your_api_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

Host Information

shodan_host - Get all available information on an IP address

Search

shodan_search - Search the Shodan database
shodan_search_cursor - Search and return an iterator
shodan_count - Get total number of search results
shodan_search_tokens - Get information about a search query

Alerts

shodan_alerts - List all active alerts
shodan_create_alert - Create a new alert
shodan_delete_alert - Delete an alert

Scanning

shodan_scan - Scan a network
shodan_scan_internet - Scan the internet on a port
shodan_scan_status - Get scan status

Saved Queries

shodan_queries - List shared search queries
shodan_queries_search - Search saved queries
shodan_queries_tags - Get popular query tags

Exploits

shodan_exploits_search - Search the Shodan Exploits archive
shodan_exploits_count - Get total exploit count

Utilities

shodan_info - Get API key information
shodan_ports - Get list of ports Shodan crawls
shodan_protocols - Get supported protocols
shodan_services - Get list of services

Example

# Get information about a host
shodan_host("1.1.1.1")

# Search for specific services
shodan_search("apache", limit=10)

# Count results for a query
shodan_count("nginx")

# Check your API plan
shodan_info()

mcp-name: io.github.daedalus/mcp-shodan