ChirpStack runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 139 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 30 Aug 2026.
Manage and live-debug LoRaWAN devices on a ChirpStack v4 network server over its gRPC API
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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 chirpstack-mcp-server -e 'CHIRPSTACK_SERVER=<CHIRPSTACK_SERVER>' -e 'CHIRPSTACK_API_KEY=<CHIRPSTACK_API_KEY>' -- uvx chirpstack-mcp-server{
"mcpServers": {
"chirpstack-mcp-server": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"chirpstack-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"CHIRPSTACK_API_KEY": "<CHIRPSTACK_API_KEY>",
"CHIRPSTACK_SERVER": "<CHIRPSTACK_SERVER>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.chirpstack-mcp-server]
command = "uvx"
args = ["chirpstack-mcp-server"]
env = { CHIRPSTACK_SERVER = "<CHIRPSTACK_SERVER>", CHIRPSTACK_API_KEY = "<CHIRPSTACK_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"chirpstack-mcp-server": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"chirpstack-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"CHIRPSTACK_API_KEY": "<CHIRPSTACK_API_KEY>",
"CHIRPSTACK_SERVER": "<CHIRPSTACK_SERVER>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"chirpstack-mcp-server": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"chirpstack-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"CHIRPSTACK_API_KEY": "<CHIRPSTACK_API_KEY>",
"CHIRPSTACK_SERVER": "<CHIRPSTACK_SERVER>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<CHIRPSTACK_SERVER> (host:port of the ChirpStack API (the web-UI port, usually 8080)), <CHIRPSTACK_API_KEY> (ChirpStack API key (tenant or global admin)).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
CHIRPSTACK_TOOLSETS (Comma-separated toolsets to enable, or 'all' (default: devices,debug,applications,profiles,gateways)), CHIRPSTACK_TLS (Use TLS instead of plain h2c (default: false)).
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ChirpStack — questions
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