boxes-mcp
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| boxes.listA | List all libvirt domains (VMs) managed by GNOME Boxes/libvirt |
| boxes.infoB | Get detailed domain info |
| boxes.startC | Start a domain (VM) |
| boxes.shutdownA | Shutdown/Power off a domain (graceful by default) |
| boxes.rebootB | Reboot a running domain |
| boxes.suspendC | Suspend a running domain |
| boxes.resumeC | Resume a suspended domain |
| boxes.undefineA | Undefine a domain (remove from libvirt). Storage is NOT deleted. |
| boxes.snapshots.listA | List snapshots for a domain |
| boxes.snapshots.createB | Create a snapshot for a domain |
| boxes.snapshots.revertB | Revert a domain to a snapshot |
| boxes.snapshots.deleteB | Delete a snapshot |
| boxes.displayA | Get SPICE/VNC display address for VM (useful to open viewer) |
| boxes.capabilitiesC | Report observed display and interaction capability state for a running VM |
| boxes.screenshotC | Capture a running VM display screenshot as MCP image content |
| boxes.keyboardA | Send a bounded allowlisted key sequence to a running VM |
| boxes.mouseC | Send a typed mouse action through SPICE or QMP |
| boxes.clipboardC | Read or write UTF-8 text through the SPICE guest agent clipboard |
| boxes.drag_dropC | Experimental SPICE file transfer and mouse drag-and-drop operation |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
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