MCP Server Suite

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation built with FastMCP for simplified tool development.

Overview

This suite includes:

• splunk_mcp.py: Splunk integration for querying logs and data (built with FastMCP)

FastMCP provides a cleaner, decorator-based API for building MCP servers compared to the lower-level MCP SDK.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8+

• pip

Installation

pip install -r requirements.txt

Configuration

For the Splunk MCP server, copy and configure environment variables:

cp .env.example .env

Edit .env with your Splunk instance details:

SPLUNK_HOST=your-splunk-host.com
SPLUNK_PORT=8089
SPLUNK_USERNAME=your-username
SPLUNK_PASSWORD=your-password
SPLUNK_VERIFY_SSL=false  # Set to true in production

Alternatively, use an API token:

SPLUNK_API_TOKEN=your-api-token

Running

Splunk MCP Server:

python splunk_mcp.py

Features

Splunk MCP Server (splunk_mcp.py)

Built with FastMCP for clean, pythonic tool definitions.

Available tools:

• search_splunk: Execute SPL queries with time range support

  • Parameters: query (required), earliest_time, latest_time, max_results

• list_saved_searches: List all saved searches in Splunk

• run_saved_search: Run a saved search by name

  • Parameters: search_name (required), max_results

• list_dashboards: List all dashboards

• list_indexes: List all indexes

• splunk_health: Check Splunk instance health and version

FastMCP Benefits

The migration to FastMCP provides:

• Cleaner Syntax: Use @mcp.tool() decorators instead of manual Tool definitions

• Type Hints: Better IDE support and automatic parameter documentation

• Less Boilerplate: No need for separate handler functions or tool routing logic

• Simpler Returns: Return strings directly instead of TextContent objects

• Automatic Validation: Parameter types and descriptions are inferred from function signatures

SPLUNK_HOST=localhost              # Splunk hostname or IP
SPLUNK_PORT=8089                   # Splunk management port
SPLUNK_USERNAME=admin              # Username
SPLUNK_PASSWORD=changeme           # Password
SPLUNK_VERIFY_SSL=false            # SSL verification (use true in production)
SPLUNK_API_TOKEN=your-token        # Alternative to username/password

Development

The servers use:

• mcp - Anthropic's Model Context Protocol SDK

• splunk-sdk - Official Splunk Python SDK

• aiohttp - Async HTTP client

• python-dotenv - Environment variable management