Talos Linux MCP Server

io.github.Nosmoht/talos-mcp-serverv2.5.1Monitoring & Logs

MCP server for Talos Linux — resources, services, logs, health, config, lifecycle via gRPC.

The current version, v2.5.1, was published to the official MCP registry on 2026-06-16. It is distributed as talos-mcp on npm, filed under Monitoring & Logs by this index, and declares 13 environment variables. Removals and unreachable sources are measured across every server this index tracks, contract drift across the servers that answer in consecutive snapshots; the index's current counts put this record in context.

In-path gate · all MCP tools

Using Talos Linux MCP Server in Claude, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Cline, or Zed?

MCP tool contracts can change remotely with no version bump. The mcpindex gate pins each contract and HOLDs the call when it drifts-before your agent acts. Zero credentials. This is not the package install for this server itself (use Install this server for that).

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uv tool install mcpindex-gate && mcpindex-config-wire

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Trust verdict · v1 advisory · method

REVIEWstatus: PARTIALfresh until 2026-09-22 00:40 UTC

screened 2026-07-04tier: scannedgranularity: description-levelsource: registry

Semantic screen found no manipulation pattern in the description. Conformance probe not yet run.

mcpindex.integrity.descriptionpassINFO

evidence“No malicious instructions found”via static_description

Limits of this verdict

- Semantic screen only - the deterministic conformance probe has not run on this server
- Confidence is reported but not yet calibrated (v1)
- Screen reads the tool description, not the live behavior
- advisory
- registry description only no input schema
- screen model 8b
- Still current: the description we screened is unchanged, re-checked against the registry

Semantic screen: an LLM judge reads the tool description for hidden instructions (status PARTIAL). A pass means the description is not lying, not that the tool is safe: a high-capability tool with an honest description still warrants caution. The deterministic conformance probe has not been run on this server yet, so the screen here is semantic-only. Posture: advisory. Confidences are reported but not yet calibrated (calibrated=false at v1). Full verdict history is not shown on this page.

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That verdict was true at screening time (snapshot 2026-09-15).

Contracts can change after screening, with no version bump. The gate pins Talos Linux MCP Server’s tool contracts on first sight and holds any silent change before your agent acts - the check that keeps being true on Tuesday.

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Environment variables

TALOSCONFIG

Path to talosconfig file (default: ~/.talos/config)

TALOS_CONTEXT

Context name override (default: active context from config)

TALOS_ENDPOINTS

Comma-separated endpoint overrides

TALOS_MCP_READ_ONLY

Set to "true" to disable all mutating tools (default: false)

TALOS_MCP_HTTP_ADDR

If set (e.g. ":8080"), serve Streamable HTTP instead of stdio

TALOS_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN

Required bearer token when HTTP mode is active (TALOS_MCP_HTTP_ADDR is set)

TALOS_MCP_ALLOWED_NODES

Comma-separated IPs, hostnames, and CIDR ranges permitted as tool targets. Unset or empty allows all nodes.

TALOS_MCP_ALLOWED_PATHS

Comma-separated path prefixes permitted for talos_read_file and talos_list_files (e.g. /etc,/proc). Unset or empty allows all paths.

TALOS_MCP_SKIP_VERSION_CHECK

Set to "true" to bypass upgrade path validation (default: false)

TALOS_MCP_RATE_LIMIT

HTTP mode: token-bucket refill rate in requests/second (float, default: 10)

TALOS_MCP_RATE_BURST

HTTP mode: token-bucket burst capacity (int, default: 20)

TALOS_MCP_MAX_BODY_SIZE

HTTP mode: max POST request body size in bytes (int, default: 4194304 = 4 MiB)

TALOS_MCP_MAX_CONCURRENT

HTTP mode: max concurrent POST handlers; returns 503 on overload (int, default: 20)

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Install this server

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "talos-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "talos-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TALOSCONFIG": "<talosconfig>",
        "TALOS_CONTEXT": "<talos_context>",
        "TALOS_ENDPOINTS": "<talos_endpoints>",
        "TALOS_MCP_READ_ONLY": "<talos_mcp_read_only>",
        "TALOS_MCP_HTTP_ADDR": "<talos_mcp_http_addr>",
        "TALOS_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN": "<talos_mcp_auth_token>",
        "TALOS_MCP_ALLOWED_NODES": "<talos_mcp_allowed_nodes>",
        "TALOS_MCP_ALLOWED_PATHS": "<talos_mcp_allowed_paths>",
        "TALOS_MCP_SKIP_VERSION_CHECK": "<talos_mcp_skip_version_check>",
        "TALOS_MCP_RATE_LIMIT": "<talos_mcp_rate_limit>",
        "TALOS_MCP_RATE_BURST": "<talos_mcp_rate_burst>",
        "TALOS_MCP_MAX_BODY_SIZE": "<talos_mcp_max_body_size>",
        "TALOS_MCP_MAX_CONCURRENT": "<talos_mcp_max_concurrent>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "talos-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "talos-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TALOSCONFIG": "<talosconfig>",
        "TALOS_CONTEXT": "<talos_context>",
        "TALOS_ENDPOINTS": "<talos_endpoints>",
        "TALOS_MCP_READ_ONLY": "<talos_mcp_read_only>",
        "TALOS_MCP_HTTP_ADDR": "<talos_mcp_http_addr>",
        "TALOS_MCP_AUTH_TOKEN": "<talos_mcp_auth_token>",
        "TALOS_MCP_ALLOWED_NODES": "<talos_mcp_allowed_nodes>",
        "TALOS_MCP_ALLOWED_PATHS": "<talos_mcp_allowed_paths>",
        "TALOS_MCP_SKIP_VERSION_CHECK": "<talos_mcp_skip_version_check>",
        "TALOS_MCP_RATE_LIMIT": "<talos_mcp_rate_limit>",
        "TALOS_MCP_RATE_BURST": "<talos_mcp_rate_burst>",
        "TALOS_MCP_MAX_BODY_SIZE": "<talos_mcp_max_body_size>",
        "TALOS_MCP_MAX_CONCURRENT": "<talos_mcp_max_concurrent>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)

npx -y -- talos-mcp

Claude Code (claude mcp add)

claude mcp add --scope user talos-mcp-server -- npx -y -- talos-mcp

Gemini CLI (gemini mcp add)

gemini mcp add -s user talos-mcp-server npx -y -- talos-mcp

Verdict API

curl -s mcpindex.ai/api/v1/trust/server/io-github-nosmoht-talos-mcp-server

Free-tier verdict as JSON: decision + dimensions + severity. Call it from your agent before it invokes a tool it just discovered.

Details

version: v2.5.1
category: Monitoring & Logs
verdict expires: 2026-09-22
quality: 85 / 100
operator: Nosmoht

Listing

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Provenance

Each verdict is bound to a hash of the exact description it judged, so a re-crawl that changes the text produces a new record rather than silently inheriting this one. Verdict history is hash-chained and anchored to Bitcoin via OpenTimestamps (latest confirmed at block 966,915). Verify it yourself.

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