wakeonlan-mcp-server

An MCP server that allows agents to send Wake-on-LAN magic packets to configured hosts and verify their availability. It supports listing host profiles, checking host status via TCP probes, and waking machines with optional wait times for port availability. It runs on any machine on the same LAN as its hosts.

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What you can do with it

Send magic packets to wake a sleeping desktop or NAS
Probe a host's check port to verify if it is up
List configured host profiles and subnet attachment status

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.2.0

mcp-registry: io.github.cyanheads/wakeonlan-mcp-server@0.2.0 Source repository

Maintenance checked: Oct 31, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC

Packages and installation

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@cyanheads/wakeonlan-mcp-server 0.2.0

npmnpx

@cyanheads/wakeonlan-mcp-server package definition

{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "@cyanheads/wakeonlan-mcp-server",
  "runtimeHint": "npx",
  "registryType": "npm",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "WOL_HOSTS_FILE",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Absolute path to the JSON hosts file (a leading ~/ expands to the home directory). Mutually exclusive with WOL_HOSTS."
    },
    {
      "name": "WOL_HOSTS",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "The hosts document as inline JSON, for single-host setups. Mutually exclusive with WOL_HOSTS_FILE."
    },
    {
      "name": "MCP_LOG_LEVEL",
      "format": "string",
      "default": "info",
      "description": "Sets the minimum log level for output (e.g., 'debug', 'info', 'warn')."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wakeonlan-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/wakeonlan-mcp-server@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WOL_HOSTS_FILE": "<YOUR_WOL_HOSTS_FILE>",
        "WOL_HOSTS": "<YOUR_WOL_HOSTS>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wakeonlan-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/wakeonlan-mcp-server@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WOL_HOSTS_FILE": "<YOUR_WOL_HOSTS_FILE>",
        "WOL_HOSTS": "<YOUR_WOL_HOSTS>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "wakeonlan-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/wakeonlan-mcp-server@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WOL_HOSTS_FILE": "<YOUR_WOL_HOSTS_FILE>",
        "WOL_HOSTS": "<YOUR_WOL_HOSTS>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wakeonlan-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/wakeonlan-mcp-server@0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WOL_HOSTS_FILE": "<YOUR_WOL_HOSTS_FILE>",
        "WOL_HOSTS": "<YOUR_WOL_HOSTS>",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_MCP_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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