Tailscale MCP

An MCP server for Tailscale that drives a node through the tailscale CLI and the tailnet through the control-plane REST API. It provides 186 tools with real parameters and honest annotations, returning Tailscale's JSON unmodified and offering fixed error codes with hints on failure.

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What you can do with it

Diagnose local Tailscale node status
Manage tailnet via control-plane API
Inspect tailnet resources
Automate Tailscale network operations

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 2.0.5

mcp-registry: io.github.tailscale-mcp/tailscale-mcp@2.0.5 Source repository Project website

Maintenance checked: Nov 1, 2026, 6:20 PM UTC

Packages and installation

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ghcr.io/tailscale-mcp/tailscale-mcp:2.0.5

oci

ghcr.io/tailscale-mcp/tailscale-mcp:2.0.5 package definition

{
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "ghcr.io/tailscale-mcp/tailscale-mcp:2.0.5",
  "registryType": "oci",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "TAILSCALE_API_KEY",
      "description": "A control-plane API access token. One of this, the OAuth client pair, or the OAuth JWT file is needed for the tailnet tools; without any of them only the local tools are offered."
    },
    {
      "name": "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID",
      "description": "An OAuth client id, used with TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET when there is no API access token."
    },
    {
      "name": "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET",
      "description": "The OAuth client secret that goes with TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID."
    },
    {
      "name": "TAILSCALE_TAILNET",
      "description": "The tailnet the control-plane tools act on. Without it they act on the one the credential belongs to."
    },
    {
      "name": "TAILSCALE_MCP_PRESET",
      "choices": [
        "minimal",
        "core",
        "full"
      ],
      "default": "core",
      "description": "Which tools are offered: minimal, core or full."
    },
    {
      "name": "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE",
      "choices": [
        "true",
        "false"
      ],
      "default": "false",
      "description": "Offer the tools that change something. Read-only without it."
    },
    {
      "name": "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE",
      "choices": [
        "true",
        "false"
      ],
      "default": "false",
      "description": "Offer the tools that remove or sever something. Implies the write tier."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tailscale-mcp-2-0-5": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_API_KEY=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_API_KEY>",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID>",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_TAILNET=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_TAILNET>",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_PRESET=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_MCP_PRESET>",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE>",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE>",
        "ghcr.io/tailscale-mcp/tailscale-mcp:2.0.5"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAILSCALE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_API_KEY>",
        "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID>",
        "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "TAILSCALE_TAILNET": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_TAILNET>",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_PRESET": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_MCP_PRESET>",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE>",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tailscale-mcp-2-0-5": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_API_KEY=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_API_KEY>",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID>",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_TAILNET=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_TAILNET>",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_PRESET=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_MCP_PRESET>",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE>",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE>",
        "ghcr.io/tailscale-mcp/tailscale-mcp:2.0.5"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAILSCALE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_API_KEY>",
        "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID>",
        "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "TAILSCALE_TAILNET": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_TAILNET>",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_PRESET": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_MCP_PRESET>",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE>",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "tailscale-mcp-2-0-5": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_API_KEY=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_API_KEY>",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID>",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_TAILNET=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_TAILNET>",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_PRESET=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_MCP_PRESET>",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE>",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE>",
        "ghcr.io/tailscale-mcp/tailscale-mcp:2.0.5"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAILSCALE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_API_KEY>",
        "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID>",
        "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "TAILSCALE_TAILNET": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_TAILNET>",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_PRESET": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_MCP_PRESET>",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE>",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tailscale-mcp-2-0-5": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_API_KEY=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_API_KEY>",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID>",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_TAILNET=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_TAILNET>",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_PRESET=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_MCP_PRESET>",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE>",
        "-e",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE>",
        "ghcr.io/tailscale-mcp/tailscale-mcp:2.0.5"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAILSCALE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_API_KEY>",
        "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID>",
        "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "TAILSCALE_TAILNET": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_TAILNET>",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_PRESET": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_MCP_PRESET>",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE>",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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