# 1. Clone and install
git clone https://github.com/automateyournetwork/pyATS_MCP
cd pyATS_MCP
pip install -r requirements.txt

# 2. Configure your environment
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env — see Configuration below

# 3. Run — starts a Streamable HTTP server on 0.0.0.0:8080 by default
python3 pyats_mcp_server.py

cp .env.example .env

PYATS_TESTBED_PATH=/absolute/path/to/your/testbed.yaml
PYATS_MCP_ARTIFACTS_DIR=          # default: ~/.pyats-mcp/artifacts
PYATS_MCP_KEEP_ARTIFACTS=1        # 1 = keep, 0 = delete after each run
PYATS_MCP_TESTBED_CACHE_TTL=30    # seconds before testbed reloads from disk
PYATS_MCP_CONN_CACHE_TTL=0        # seconds to keep connections alive (0 = off)
PYATS_MCP_OP_LOG_MAX=500          # max entries in the in-memory operation log

# Transport (Streamable HTTP only — STDIO is not supported)
PYATS_MCP_TRANSPORT_MODE=stateful # stateful (default) | stateless
PYATS_MCP_HTTP_HOST=0.0.0.0
PYATS_MCP_HTTP_PORT=8080

# Optional — only needed for pyats_xpresso_request
XPRESSO_URL=
XPRESSO_API_TOKEN=
XPRESSO_GROUP=

# Supported os values: iosxe | iosxr | nxos | ios | eos | junos | panos | linux | windows
# Set os=generic and platform="" to let Unicon autodetect on first connect.

CORE1_IP=10.1.1.1
CORE1_PORT=22
CORE1_OS=iosxe
CORE1_PLATFORM=cat9k
CORE1_USERNAME=admin
CORE1_PASSWORD=s3cr3t
CORE1_ENABLE_PASSWORD=s3cr3t

FW1_IP=10.1.1.2
FW1_PORT=22
FW1_OS=panos
FW1_PLATFORM=
FW1_USERNAME=admin
FW1_PASSWORD=s3cr3t
# (no enable password for Palo Alto)

LINUX1_IP=10.1.1.3
LINUX1_PORT=22
LINUX1_OS=linux
LINUX1_PLATFORM=ubuntu
LINUX1_USERNAME=admin
LINUX1_PASSWORD=s3cr3t
# (no enable password for Linux)

SITE_A_USERNAME=netops
SITE_A_PASSWORD=s3cr3t
SITE_A_ENABLE_PASSWORD=s3cr3t

devices:
  CORE1:
    alias: "Core Switch 1"
    type: "switch"
    os: "%ENV{CORE1_OS}"
    platform: "%ENV{CORE1_PLATFORM}"
    credentials:
      default:
        username: "%ENV{CORE1_USERNAME}"
        password: "%ENV{CORE1_PASSWORD}"
      enable:
        password: "%ENV{CORE1_ENABLE_PASSWORD}"
    connections:
      cli:
        protocol: ssh
        ip: "%ENV{CORE1_IP}"
        port: "%ENV{CORE1_PORT}"
        arguments:
          connection_timeout: 360

docker build -t pyats-mcp-server .

docker run -p 8080:8080 --rm \
  --env-file /absolute/path/to/.env \
  -v /absolute/path/to/testbed.yaml:/app/testbed.yaml \
  pyats-mcp-server

claude mcp add --transport http pyats http://localhost:8080/mcp

# Behind auth (e.g. a reverse proxy in front of the server)
claude mcp add --transport http pyats http://localhost:8080/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer your-token"

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pyats": { "type": "http", "url": "http://localhost:8080/mcp" }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "pyats": { "type": "http", "url": "http://localhost:8080/mcp" }
  }
}

codex mcp add pyats --url http://localhost:8080/mcp

[mcp_servers.pyats]
url = "http://localhost:8080/mcp"

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pyats": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "http://localhost:8080/mcp", "--transport", "http-only"]
    }
  }
}

from mcp import ClientSession
from mcp.client.streamable_http import streamablehttp_client

async def main():
    async with streamablehttp_client("http://localhost:8080/mcp") as (read, write, _session_id):
        async with ClientSession(read, write) as session:
            await session.initialize()
            tools = await session.list_tools()
            result = await session.call_tool(
                "pyats_run_show_command",
                arguments={"device_name": "CORE1", "command": "show version"},
            )

.
├── pyats_mcp_server.py      # MCP server
├── test_pyats_mcp_server.py # Unit tests (119 tests)
├── benchmark/               # Pre/post, stateful/stateless transport benchmark
├── Dockerfile               # Container definition
├── requirements.txt         # Pinned runtime dependencies
├── requirements-dev.txt     # Dev/test dependencies
├── pyproject.toml           # Tool config (black, isort, pytest, mypy)
├── .env.example             # Configuration template — copy to .env
├── .gitignore
├── LICENSE
└── CONTRIBUTING.md

# Install dev dependencies with uv
uv venv .venv && uv pip install -r requirements-dev.txt

# Run tests
.venv/bin/python -m pytest

# Lint and format
.venv/bin/black .
.venv/bin/isort .
.venv/bin/flake8 . --max-line-length=100