netsensei

netsensei

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NetSensei is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server focused on providing network administration tools. It offers features like ping testing, traceroute, Nmap scanning, packet sniffing, and SSH connection to facilitate seamless network management and task automation.

NetSensei - MCP Server for Network Administration

NetSensei is an MCP server to assist network administrators. It provides various network utilities and tools such as ping, traceroute, Nmap scans, packet sniffing, and SSH using the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to communicate and process network-related commands.

Usage

You can use this with Claude Desktop or with OpenWebUI using mcpo

Features

  • Ping Test: Quickly test network connectivity with detailed output.
  • Traceroute: Identify the network path to any destination.
  • Nmap Scan: Perform network scans with customizable arguments to discover devices and services.
  • Packet Sniffer: Use tshark to capture and analyze network packets, filtered by custom criteria (e.g., DNS, HTTP, ICMP).
  • SSH connection: Connect to a device thru ssh and execute commands based on the device platform (e.g. Ubuntu Server, Cisco, Aruba, etc.).
  • AI Assistant: Leverage the power of AI to automate routine network tasks and gain deeper insights.

Requirements

  • Python 3.x
  • MCP Python SDK - https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/python-sdk
  • uvicorn - ASGI server to run the FastAPI server.
  • tshark (Wireshark's command-line tool) must be installed and accessible from your system PATH.
  • nmap - For network scanning.
  • netmiko - For ssh connection and command execution.
  • A supported network interface (e.g., Wi-Fi, Ethernet) for packet sniffing.

Installation

  1. Clone this repository:

    git clone https://github.com/yourusername/netsensei.git
cd netsensei

  2. Add this to your Claude Desktop config file.

    {
    "mcpServers": {
        "NetSensei": {
            "command": "uv",
            "args": [
                "run",
                "--with",
                "mcp[cli]",
                "mcp",
                "run",
                "C:\\path\\to\\cloned\\repo\\main.py"
            ]
        }
    }
}

  3. Integrating with OpenWebUI

    uvx mcpo --port 9003 -- mcp run main.py

Example

Prompting Claude AI to discover live host in a network.

▶️ Watch the demo video

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Contribution

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to fork the repository, create an issue, or submit a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.