CyberPanel MCP Server

Model Context Protocol server for CyberPanel - Control your server with AI

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📑 Table of Contents

• ✨ Features
• ⚠️ Important: IDE Tool Limits
• 🚀 Quick Start
  • One-Click Install for VS Code
  • Manual Installation
• 📦 Installation
  • Prerequisites
  • For VS Code with GitHub Copilot
  • For Cursor IDE
  • For Claude Desktop
• 🔧 Environment Variables
• 🛠️ Available Tools
  • Website Management
  • Database Management
  • Email Management
  • DNS Management
  • SSL Management
  • File Management
  • FTP Management
  • Firewall Management
  • Backup Management
  • Docker Management
  • Server Management
• 🔒 Security
• 🏗️ Development
• 📝 API Keys Plugin
  • Plugin Installation
  • CyberPanel Upgrade Behavior
  • Plugin Commands
• 🤝 Contributing
• 📄 License
• 🙏 Acknowledgments

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✨ Features

• 🔧 200+ Tools - Comprehensive server management through AI
• 🔐 Secure Authentication - API key-based authentication
• 🌐 Website Management - Create, modify, delete websites
• 📧 Email Administration - Full email server control
• 🗄️ Database Operations - MySQL/MariaDB management
• 📁 File Manager - Browse, edit, upload files
• 🔒 SSL Certificates - Automated certificate management
• 🔥 Firewall Rules - Security configuration
• 📊 Server Monitoring - Status and performance metrics
• 🐳 Docker Support - Container management
• 💾 Backup & Restore - Automated backups

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⚠️ Important: IDE Tool Limits

This MCP server provides 200+ tools. Some IDEs and AI clients have tool limits that can affect behavior when too many tools are enabled.

VS Code / GitHub Copilot

VS Code with GitHub Copilot has a recommended limit of 128 tools. When more tools are enabled:

• Tool quality and selection may degrade
• Some tools may show as "disabled by user" even when enabled
• AI responses may be slower or less accurate
• The IDE may randomly disable tools to stay under the limit

Recommendations for VS Code users:

1. Disable other MCP servers when using CyberPanel MCP, or
2. Use tool groups selectively - Only enable the tool categories you need for your current task
3. Restart VS Code if tools appear incorrectly disabled after configuration changes

Claude Desktop

Claude Desktop generally handles larger tool counts better, but for optimal performance:

• Consider disabling unused MCP servers when working with CyberPanel
• If experiencing slow responses, reduce the number of active tools

Other MCP Clients

Check your client's documentation for tool limits. Common limits:

• Cursor: Similar to VS Code (~128 tools recommended)
• Windsurf: Check their documentation for current limits
• Custom clients: Implement pagination or categorization if needed

Future Improvements

We're considering these options to better handle tool limits:

• Tool categories/groups - Enable/disable entire categories at once
• Separate server profiles - cyberpanel-websites, cyberpanel-email, etc.
• Dynamic tool loading - Only load tools as needed

If you have suggestions, please open an issue!

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🚀 Quick Start

One-Click Install (Recommended)

The easiest way to get started is through the CyberPanel API Keys plugin, which provides one-click install buttons for all major IDEs:

1. Install the API Keys plugin in CyberPanel
2. Generate an API key
3. Click the install button for your IDE:
   • VS Code - Opens VS Code and configures MCP automatically
   • Cursor - Opens Cursor IDE and configures MCP automatically
   • Claude Code - Copies the CLI command to add MCP to Claude

Manual Installation

# Using npx (no installation required)
npx cyberpanel-mcp

# Or install globally
npm install -g cyberpanel-mcp

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📦 Installation

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18 or higher
• CyberPanel server with API Keys plugin installed
• Valid API key

For VS Code with GitHub Copilot

💡 Tip: The CyberPanel API Keys plugin provides a one-click install button that configures this automatically!

Add to your VS Code .vscode/mcp.json or user settings.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "cyberpanel": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "cyberpanel-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "CYBERPANEL_HOST": "https://your-server.com:8090",
        "CYBERPANEL_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

⚠️ Note: See the IDE Tool Limits section if you're using multiple MCP servers.

For Cursor IDE

💡 Tip: The CyberPanel API Keys plugin provides a one-click install button that configures this automatically!

Cursor uses the same MCP configuration format. Add to your Cursor MCP settings:

Option 1: One-Click Install (via CyberPanel plugin)

The API Keys plugin generates a Cursor deeplink that automatically configures MCP when clicked.

Option 2: Manual Configuration

Add to your Cursor mcp.json configuration:

{
  "cyberpanel": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y", "cyberpanel-mcp"],
    "env": {
      "CYBERPANEL_HOST": "https://your-server.com:8090",
      "CYBERPANEL_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
    }
  }
}

⚠️ Note: Cursor has similar tool limits to VS Code. See the IDE Tool Limits section.

For Claude Desktop

💡 Tip: The CyberPanel API Keys plugin provides a CLI command you can copy and run to configure Claude!

Option 1: Claude CLI (Recommended)

claude mcp add cyberpanel \
  -e CYBERPANEL_HOST=https://your-server.com:8090 \
  -e CYBERPANEL_API_KEY=your-api-key \
  -- npx -y cyberpanel-mcp

Option 2: Manual Configuration

Add to your Claude configuration file:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cyberpanel": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "cyberpanel-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "CYBERPANEL_HOST": "https://your-server.com:8090",
        "CYBERPANEL_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

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🔧 Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Description
CYBERPANEL_HOST	✅	Your CyberPanel server URL with port (e.g., https://server.com:8090)
CYBERPANEL_API_KEY	✅	API key generated from CyberPanel

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🛠️ Available Tools

This server provides 200+ tools organized into categories:

Website Management (25 tools)

Tool	Description
list_websites	List all websites on the server
create_website	Create a new website
delete_website	Delete a website
suspend_website	Suspend a website
unsuspend_website	Unsuspend a website
change_php_version	Change PHP version
get_php_config	Get PHP configuration
save_php_config	Save PHP configuration

Database Management (15 tools)

Tool	Description
list_databases	List all databases for a website
create_database	Create a new database
delete_database	Delete a database
list_database_users	List database users
create_database_user	Create database user
delete_database_user	Delete database user

Email Management (20 tools)

Tool	Description
list_email_accounts	List email accounts for a domain
create_email_account	Create a new email account
delete_email_account	Delete an email account
change_email_password	Change email password
list_email_forwardings	List email forwardings
create_email_forwarding	Create email forwarding

DNS Management (10 tools)

Tool	Description
list_dns_zones	List all DNS zones
list_dns_records	List DNS records for a zone
create_dns_record	Create a DNS record
delete_dns_record	Delete a DNS record
create_dns_zone	Create a new DNS zone

SSL Management (8 tools)

Tool	Description
issue_ssl	Issue SSL certificate
issue_wildcard_ssl	Issue wildcard SSL
get_ssl_status	Get SSL status for domain
install_custom_ssl	Install custom SSL certificate

File Management (15 tools)

Tool	Description
list_files	List files in directory
read_file	Read file contents
write_file	Write to a file
delete_file	Delete a file
create_directory	Create a directory
upload_file	Upload a file
download_file	Download a file

FTP Management (6 tools)

Tool	Description
list_ftp_accounts	List FTP accounts
create_ftp_account	Create FTP account
delete_ftp_account	Delete FTP account
change_ftp_password	Change FTP password

Firewall Management (8 tools)

Tool	Description
get_firewall_status	Get firewall status
list_firewall_rules	List firewall rules
add_firewall_rule	Add firewall rule
delete_firewall_rule	Delete firewall rule

Backup Management (10 tools)

Tool	Description
create_backup	Create backup
restore_backup	Restore from backup
list_backups	List available backups
delete_backup	Delete a backup
schedule_backup	Schedule automated backups

Docker Management (12 tools)

Tool	Description
list_containers	List containers
create_container	Create container
start_container	Start container
stop_container	Stop container
delete_container	Delete container
list_images	List Docker images

Server Management (15 tools)

Tool	Description
get_server_status	Get server status
restart_service	Restart a service
list_packages	List hosting packages
create_package	Create hosting package
list_users	List server users
create_user	Create a new user

And Many More...

• Package Management - Hosting packages and limits
• User Management - Admin and reseller users
• Log Viewing - Access and error logs
• WordPress Management - Plugins, themes, staging
• Cron Jobs - Scheduled task management
• Server Statistics - Resource monitoring
• Cloud Backups - AWS S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, MINIO

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🔒 Security

• All API communications are encrypted (HTTPS)
• API keys are stored securely in the CyberPanel database (SHA-256 hashed)
• Keys can be enabled/disabled without deletion
• Full audit trail of key usage

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🏗️ Development

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/elwizard33/cyberpanel-mcp.git
cd cyberpanel-mcp

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build
npm run build

# Run locally
CYBERPANEL_HOST=https://your-server:8090 CYBERPANEL_API_KEY=your-key npm start

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📝 API Keys Plugin

The API Keys plugin for CyberPanel provides:

• 🔑 Secure API key generation with SHA-256 hashing
• ✅ Enable/disable keys without deletion
• 📋 One-click configuration for Claude & VS Code
• 🔄 Auto-recovery after CyberPanel upgrades (optional)
• 📊 Key management interface

Plugin Installation

Basic Installation:

# Download and run the install script
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elwizard33/cyberpanel-mcp/main/install-plugin.sh | sudo bash

With Auto-Recovery (recommended):

# Automatically reinstalls after CyberPanel upgrades
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elwizard33/cyberpanel-mcp/main/install-plugin.sh | sudo bash -s -- --auto-recovery

⚠️ CyberPanel Upgrade Behavior

Important: CyberPanel upgrades completely replace the /usr/local/CyberCP directory, which removes this plugin. You have two options:

1. Manual reinstall - After each CyberPanel upgrade, run the install script again
2. Auto-recovery - Install with --auto-recovery flag to automatically reinstall after upgrades

The auto-recovery option creates a systemd service that detects when the plugin is missing and reinstalls it automatically. Your API keys in the database are preserved across upgrades.

Plugin Commands

# Install with auto-recovery
sudo bash install-plugin.sh --auto-recovery

# Uninstall completely (removes auto-recovery too)
sudo bash install-plugin.sh --uninstall

# Show help
sudo bash install-plugin.sh --help

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🤝 Contributing

We love contributions! Please read our Contributing Guide before submitting a Pull Request.

Quick Start:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit using Conventional Commits (git commit -m 'feat: add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

See our Issue Guide for reporting bugs and requesting features.

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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🙏 Acknowledgments

• CyberPanel - The hosting panel this integrates with
• Model Context Protocol - The protocol specification
• Anthropic - For Claude and the MCP SDK

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