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Network MCP Lab

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for interacting with network devices. This lab demonstrates how to build an MCP server that connects to Cisco IOS-XE devices using Scrapli.

Video Series

This lab accompanies the video series available at: https://youtu.be/DlSJgTCUCDk

Related MCP server: Device MCP Server

Features

  • Execute show commands on network devices

  • List available devices in the lab inventory

  • Async SSH connections using Scrapli

Setup

  1. Clone the repository

  2. Install dependencies using uv:

    uv sync

  3. Create a .env file with your device credentials:

    LAB_USERNAME=your_username
LAB_PASSWORD=your_password

  4. Update the device inventory in server.py with your device IPs

Usage

Run the MCP server:

uv run server.py

Project Structure

  • server.py - Main MCP server with network tools

  • network-mcp/ - Package directory

  • pyproject.toml - Project configuration

Requirements

  • Python 3.13+

  • Network devices accessible via SSH

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