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MCP server exposing pcapy-ng packet capture functionality
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MCP server exposing pcapy-ng packet capture functionality
Security Report
Valid MCP server (5 strong, 5 medium validity signals). 5 known CVEs in dependencies (1 critical, 3 high severity) Package registry verified. Imported from the Official MCP Registry.
9 files analyzed · 6 issues found
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How to Install
Add this to your MCP configuration file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"io-github-daedalus-mcp-pcapy-ng": {
"args": [
"mcp-pcapy-ng"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}Documentation
View on GitHubFrom the project's GitHub README.
mcp-pcapy-ng
MCP server exposing pcapy-ng packet capture functionality.
mcp-name: io.github.daedalus/mcp-pcapy-ng
Install
pip install mcp-pcapy-ng
Usage
The MCP server provides tools for network packet capture using pcapy-ng:
from mcp_pcapy_ng import mcp
mcp.run()
Or via command line:
mcp-pcapy-ng
Available Tools
findalldevs- List all available network interfaceslookupdev- Get the default network deviceopen_live- Open a live network interface for packet captureopen_offline- Open a pcap file for readingcreate- Create a packet capture handlecompile- Create a BPF filter programpcap_read- Read packets from a pcap handlepcap_datalink- Get the data link typepcap_setfilter- Attach a BPF filterpcap_getnonblock- Get non-blocking statuspcap_setnonblock- Set non-blocking modeget_dlt_names- Get DLT constant mappingsget_pcap_directions- Get direction constant mappingsget_constants- Get all constants
Development
git clone https://github.com/daedalus/mcp-pcapy-ng.git
cd mcp-pcapy-ng
pip install -e ".[test]"
# run tests
pytest
# format
ruff format src/ tests/
# lint
ruff check src/ tests/
# type check
mypy src/
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