UniFi Protect MCP Server

What the code does

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What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

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Found in continuous integration, deployment or infrastructure files, or in a neighbouring package of the same monorepo. None of this is installed when you add the server: it describes how the project is built and released. We list it because a leaked key in a build pipeline is still a real problem, but it is not something this server does on your machine.

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    {% for opt_value, opt_label in options %}

    return subprocess.run(

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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 unifi-protect-mcp -e 'UNIFI_HOST=<UNIFI_HOST>' -e 'UNIFI_USERNAME=<UNIFI_USERNAME>' -e 'UNIFI_PASSWORD=<UNIFI_PASSWORD>' -- uvx unifi-protect-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unifi-protect-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "unifi-protect-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNIFI_HOST": "<UNIFI_HOST>",
        "UNIFI_PASSWORD": "<UNIFI_PASSWORD>",
        "UNIFI_USERNAME": "<UNIFI_USERNAME>"
      }
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.unifi-protect-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["unifi-protect-mcp"]
env = { UNIFI_HOST = "<UNIFI_HOST>", UNIFI_USERNAME = "<UNIFI_USERNAME>", UNIFI_PASSWORD = "<UNIFI_PASSWORD>" }

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "unifi-protect-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "unifi-protect-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNIFI_HOST": "<UNIFI_HOST>",
        "UNIFI_PASSWORD": "<UNIFI_PASSWORD>",
        "UNIFI_USERNAME": "<UNIFI_USERNAME>"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "unifi-protect-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "unifi-protect-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNIFI_HOST": "<UNIFI_HOST>",
        "UNIFI_PASSWORD": "<UNIFI_PASSWORD>",
        "UNIFI_USERNAME": "<UNIFI_USERNAME>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Put your own values in place of <UNIFI_HOST> (Controller IP/hostname), <UNIFI_USERNAME> (Admin username), <UNIFI_PASSWORD> (Admin password). The author’s registry entry marks them as required.

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: UNIFI_API_KEY (API key (optional, experimental)), UNIFI_PORT (Controller HTTPS port), UNIFI_VERIFY_SSL (SSL certificate verification).