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Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
PIHOLE_URLYesBase URL of your Pi-hole instance (e.g., http://192.168.0.160:8080)
PIHOLE_PASSWORDNoWeb interface password. Omit or leave empty for passwordless instances.

Capabilities

Features and capabilities supported by this server

CapabilityDetails
tools
{
  "listChanged": false
}
prompts
{
  "listChanged": false
}
resources
{
  "subscribe": false,
  "listChanged": false
}
experimental
{}

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
get_server_versionA

Return the installed version of the mcp-pihole server.

get_statusA

Get Pi-hole status summary.

Returns blocking status, total queries today, blocked count, percentage blocked, domains on blocklist, clients seen, unique domains, cached and forwarded query counts.

get_top_domainsA

Get top queried domains.

count: number of domains to return (max 100). blocked: if True, returns top blocked domains instead of top permitted.

get_top_clientsA

Get top DNS clients by query count.

count: number of clients to return (max 100). blocked: if True, returns clients with most blocked queries.

get_queriesA

Get recent DNS queries.

length: number of queries to return (max 100). cursor: database ID for cursor-based pagination. Pass the cursor value from a previous response to get the next page.

get_versionA

Get Pi-hole FTL version information.

get_listsA

Get all configured blocklists.

Returns each list's URL, enabled/disabled status, comment, and groups.

add_listA

Add a blocklist by URL.

address: URL of the blocklist (e.g., https://example.com/hosts.txt). comment: optional description. enabled: whether the list is active (default True).

After adding, run update_gravity to apply changes.

remove_listA

Remove a blocklist by URL.

address: exact URL of the blocklist to remove. After removing, run update_gravity to apply changes.

update_listA

Update a blocklist's enabled status or comment.

address: exact URL of the blocklist to update. enabled: set True to enable, False to disable. comment: update the list's description.

Only provided fields are changed. After changes, run update_gravity.

update_gravityA

Rebuild the gravity database.

Required after adding, removing, or modifying blocklists for changes to take effect. Runs asynchronously on the Pi-hole server.

get_domainsB

Get configured domain entries.

type: "allow" (whitelist) or "deny" (blacklist). kind: "exact" (exact match) or "regex" (regular expression).

add_domainB

Add a domain to the allow or deny list.

domain: the domain or regex pattern to add. type: "allow" (whitelist) or "deny" (blacklist). kind: "exact" (exact domain match) or "regex" (regular expression). comment: optional description.

remove_domainB

Remove a domain from the allow or deny list.

domain: the exact domain or regex pattern to remove. type: "allow" or "deny". kind: "exact" or "regex".

search_domainsA

Check if a domain is blocked and by which list.

Searches gravity, antigravity, exact deny/allow, and regex deny/allow lists. Useful for troubleshooting why a domain is blocked or allowed.

get_blocking_statusA

Get current DNS blocking status.

Returns whether blocking is enabled/disabled and any active timer.

set_blockingA

Enable or disable DNS blocking.

enabled: True to enable, False to disable. timer: optional seconds before blocking auto-reverts. Example: set_blocking(False, 300) disables for 5 minutes.

get_dhcp_leasesA

Get current DHCP leases.

Returns active leases with IP, MAC address, hostname, and expiry time.

restart_dnsA

Restart the Pi-hole DNS resolver.

Use after configuration changes that require a DNS restart.

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription

No resources

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