eLabFTW MCP
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCP_JWT_SECRET | No | Secret used to HMAC-sign the personal tokens in hosted (multi-user) mode. Required when running with --hosted, e.g. generated via python -c 'import base64,os;print(base64.urlsafe_b64encode(os.urandom(32)).decode())'. | |
| ELABFTW_API_KEY | Yes | Your eLabFTW API key (eLabFTW → Account → API keys). Required for local stdio usage; can be set via config.yml or the environment variable. | |
| ELABFTW_BASE_URL | Yes | Base URL of the eLabFTW instance, e.g. https://elntest.ub.tum.de (required for local stdio usage; can be set via config.yml or the environment variable). | |
| ELABFTW_MCP_AI_KEY | No | API key for the OpenAI-compatible AI endpoint used by review_experiment, suggest_tags and suggest_metadata. | |
| ELABFTW_MCP_CONFIG | No | Path to the configuration file (config.example.yml → config.yml); everything can be overridden by environment variables. | |
| ELABFTW_MCP_AI_MODEL | No | Model used for the AI tools (OpenAI-compatible chat-completions endpoint). Without a key the AI tools answer with the upstream placeholder wording instead of failing. | |
| ELABFTW_MCP_AUDIT_LOG | No | Path to the audit log (JSONL) written by the hosted multi-user mode. | |
| MCP_TOKEN_EXPIRY_DAYS | No | Expiry of the issued personal tokens in hosted mode, in days. | |
| ELABFTW_MCP_RATE_LIMIT | No | Rate limit applied by the server (registration rate limiting in hosted mode). | |
| ELABFTW_MCP_AI_BASE_URL | No | Base URL of the OpenAI-compatible chat-completions endpoint used by the AI tools. |
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
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Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
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Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
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No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
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Maintenance
ActivityMaintained
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