Frigate Auth runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 751 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 30 Oct 2026.
MCP server with authentication for Frigate NVR (authenticated port, viewer role)
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Today is the operative word: we check Frigate Auth every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add frigate-auth-mcp -e 'FRIGATE_USER=<FRIGATE_USER>' -e 'FRIGATE_PASSWD=<FRIGATE_PASSWD>' -- uvx frigate-auth-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"frigate-auth-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"frigate-auth-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FRIGATE_PASSWD": "<FRIGATE_PASSWD>",
"FRIGATE_USER": "<FRIGATE_USER>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.frigate-auth-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["frigate-auth-mcp"]
env = { FRIGATE_USER = "<FRIGATE_USER>", FRIGATE_PASSWD = "<FRIGATE_PASSWD>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"frigate-auth-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"frigate-auth-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FRIGATE_PASSWD": "<FRIGATE_PASSWD>",
"FRIGATE_USER": "<FRIGATE_USER>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"frigate-auth-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"frigate-auth-mcp"
],
"env": {
"FRIGATE_PASSWD": "<FRIGATE_PASSWD>",
"FRIGATE_USER": "<FRIGATE_USER>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<FRIGATE_USER> (Frigate username with the viewer role), <FRIGATE_PASSWD> (Password of the Frigate user).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
FRIGATE_URL (Base URL of the authenticated Frigate port), FRIGATE_IMAGE_CAMERAS (Cameras allowed to return images, comma-separated; default all), FRIGATE_TIMEOUT (Seconds per request).
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