System Diagnostics

System Diagnostics MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides comprehensive system diagnostics and monitoring capabilities for Ubuntu systems.

Features

🧠 Core Diagnostics

• check_port – Test if a TCP port is open
• ping_host – ICMP ping to a remote host
• dns_lookup – Resolve DNS records for a domain
• http_check – HTTP status check for a URL
• traceroute_host – Trace network path to host
• get_uptime – Return system uptime
• get_sys_info – Basic system info (CPU, memory, disk)
• get_hostname – Retrieve machine hostname

⚙️ Service & Process Monitoring

• list_processes – List running processes (like ps)
• list_services – List systemd or init services
• service_status – Status of a specific service
• read_journal – Fetch latest logs for a unit or tag
• cron_list – Show cron jobs for current user

📦 Disk & Memory

• check_disk_usage – Disk usage summary (like df)
• check_memory – RAM/Swap usage (like free)
• check_inode_usage – Filesystem inode stats
• list_mounts – Mounted volumes

🔌 Network & Ports

• list_open_ports – Show open TCP/UDP ports
• check_firewall_status – UFW/iptables summary
• list_network_interfaces – IP, MAC, link state
• check_bandwidth_usage – Network traffic stats
• resolve_host – Reverse DNS for IP address
• curl_url – GET request with curl, full headers

🔒 Security & Access

• list_users – Local users
• last_logins – Last login attempts
• check_sudoers – Who can sudo
• who_is_logged_in – Current sessions

Installation

Using uv (recommended)

# Install uv if you haven't already
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

# Install the package
uv pip install system-diag-mcp

Using pip

pip install system-diag-mcp

Usage

As a standalone server

system-diag-mcp

With Claude Desktop

Add this to your Claude Desktop configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "system-diag": {
      "command": "system-diag-mcp"
    }
  }
}

With other MCP clients

The server runs on stdio and implements the full MCP protocol.

Development

# Clone the repository
git clone <repository-url>
cd system-diag-mcp

# Install development dependencies
uv pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest

# Format code
black .
ruff check .

Requirements

• Python 3.8+
• Ubuntu/Debian-based system
• Required system tools: ping, dig, traceroute, systemctl, ps, df, free, curl

License

MIT License