ROS2 MCP

An open-source Model Context Protocol server that enables AI agents to interact with ROS 2 robots. It allows agents to list, subscribe to, publish on, and call ROS 2 topics, services, and actions directly through rclpy without requiring rosbridge or changes to the robot's software.

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Community listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by wise-vision

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Popularity 98 GitHub stars

What you can do with it

List ROS 2 topics, services, and actions
Subscribe to and read messages from ROS 2 topics
Publish messages to ROS 2 topics
Call ROS 2 services and actions

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.0.0MPL-2.0

mcp-registry: io.github.wise-vision/mcp_server_ros_2@1.0.0 Source repository

Last repository push: Oct 21, 2026, 1:26 PM UTC
Latest release: 2610
Maintenance checked: Nov 2, 2026, 6:23 PM UTC

Packages and installation

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docker.io/mcp/ros2:latest

ocidocker

docker.io/mcp/ros2:latest package definition

{
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "docker.io/mcp/ros2:latest",
  "runtimeHint": "docker",
  "registryType": "oci",
  "runtimeArguments": [
    {
      "name": "-v",
      "type": "named",
      "value": "~/mcp_custom_messages:/app/custom_msgs",
      "description": "Mount custom messages directory"
    }
  ],
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "MCP_CUSTOM_PROMPTS",
      "value": "false",
      "description": "Enable custom prompts"
    },
    {
      "name": "MCP_PROMPTS_LOCAL",
      "value": "false",
      "description": "Use local prompts"
    },
    {
      "name": "MCP_PROMPTS_PATH",
      "value": "/app/ros2_mcp_prompts",
      "description": "Path to custom prompts directory"
    },
    {
      "name": "MCP_PROMPTS_MODULE",
      "value": "extension_prompts",
      "description": "Name of the prompts module"
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ros2-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "MCP_CUSTOM_PROMPTS=<YOUR_MCP_CUSTOM_PROMPTS>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_PROMPTS_LOCAL=<YOUR_MCP_PROMPTS_LOCAL>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_PROMPTS_PATH=<YOUR_MCP_PROMPTS_PATH>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_PROMPTS_MODULE=<YOUR_MCP_PROMPTS_MODULE>",
        "docker.io/mcp/ros2:latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_CUSTOM_PROMPTS": "<YOUR_MCP_CUSTOM_PROMPTS>",
        "MCP_PROMPTS_LOCAL": "<YOUR_MCP_PROMPTS_LOCAL>",
        "MCP_PROMPTS_PATH": "<YOUR_MCP_PROMPTS_PATH>",
        "MCP_PROMPTS_MODULE": "<YOUR_MCP_PROMPTS_MODULE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ros2-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "MCP_CUSTOM_PROMPTS=<YOUR_MCP_CUSTOM_PROMPTS>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_PROMPTS_LOCAL=<YOUR_MCP_PROMPTS_LOCAL>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_PROMPTS_PATH=<YOUR_MCP_PROMPTS_PATH>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_PROMPTS_MODULE=<YOUR_MCP_PROMPTS_MODULE>",
        "docker.io/mcp/ros2:latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_CUSTOM_PROMPTS": "<YOUR_MCP_CUSTOM_PROMPTS>",
        "MCP_PROMPTS_LOCAL": "<YOUR_MCP_PROMPTS_LOCAL>",
        "MCP_PROMPTS_PATH": "<YOUR_MCP_PROMPTS_PATH>",
        "MCP_PROMPTS_MODULE": "<YOUR_MCP_PROMPTS_MODULE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "ros2-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "MCP_CUSTOM_PROMPTS=<YOUR_MCP_CUSTOM_PROMPTS>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_PROMPTS_LOCAL=<YOUR_MCP_PROMPTS_LOCAL>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_PROMPTS_PATH=<YOUR_MCP_PROMPTS_PATH>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_PROMPTS_MODULE=<YOUR_MCP_PROMPTS_MODULE>",
        "docker.io/mcp/ros2:latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_CUSTOM_PROMPTS": "<YOUR_MCP_CUSTOM_PROMPTS>",
        "MCP_PROMPTS_LOCAL": "<YOUR_MCP_PROMPTS_LOCAL>",
        "MCP_PROMPTS_PATH": "<YOUR_MCP_PROMPTS_PATH>",
        "MCP_PROMPTS_MODULE": "<YOUR_MCP_PROMPTS_MODULE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ros2-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "MCP_CUSTOM_PROMPTS=<YOUR_MCP_CUSTOM_PROMPTS>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_PROMPTS_LOCAL=<YOUR_MCP_PROMPTS_LOCAL>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_PROMPTS_PATH=<YOUR_MCP_PROMPTS_PATH>",
        "-e",
        "MCP_PROMPTS_MODULE=<YOUR_MCP_PROMPTS_MODULE>",
        "docker.io/mcp/ros2:latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_CUSTOM_PROMPTS": "<YOUR_MCP_CUSTOM_PROMPTS>",
        "MCP_PROMPTS_LOCAL": "<YOUR_MCP_PROMPTS_LOCAL>",
        "MCP_PROMPTS_PATH": "<YOUR_MCP_PROMPTS_PATH>",
        "MCP_PROMPTS_MODULE": "<YOUR_MCP_PROMPTS_MODULE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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