Tailscale

io.github.tailscale-mcp/tailscale-mcpv2.0.3Cloud Storage

Drive a Tailscale node and its tailnet through the CLI and the control-plane API

The current version, v2.0.3, was published to the official MCP registry on 2026-10-10. It is distributed as @tailscale-mcp/tailscale-mcp on npm and as the Docker image ghcr.io/tailscale-mcp/tailscale-mcp:2.0.3, filed under Cloud Storage by this index, and declares 7 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 Tailscale 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).

Install the mcpindex gate (one command)

Rewrites your MCP host config so each server launches behind the gate. Inspect first: curl -fsSL https://mcpindex.ai/install.sh | less

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

Auditable install path →Watch it hold a drift →

Trust verdict · v1 advisory · method

REVIEWstatus: PARTIALfresh until 2026-10-31 00:44 UTC

screened 2026-09-05tier: scannedgranularity: description-levelsource: registry

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

mcpindex.integrity.descriptionpassINFO

evidence“Normal capability description”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
- The registry listing (version, packages, links) changed after this screen ran - the description we assessed did not

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.

Own this server? Test a description on the public screen → It is a separate check from the verdict above, so the two can differ.

That verdict was true at screening time (snapshot 2026-10-24).

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

See your first HOLD in 2 minutes →

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Environment variables

TAILSCALE_API_KEY

secret

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.

TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID

An OAuth client id, used with TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET when there is no API access token.

TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET

secret

The OAuth client secret that goes with TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID.

TAILSCALE_TAILNET

The tailnet the control-plane tools act on. Without it they act on the one the credential belongs to.

TAILSCALE_MCP_PRESET

Which tools are offered: minimal, core or full.

TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE

Offer the tools that change something. Read-only without it.

TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE

Offer the tools that remove or sever something. Implies the write tier.

TAILSCALE_API_KEY

secret

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.

TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID

An OAuth client id, used with TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET when there is no API access token.

TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET

secret

The OAuth client secret that goes with TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID.

TAILSCALE_TAILNET

The tailnet the control-plane tools act on. Without it they act on the one the credential belongs to.

TAILSCALE_MCP_PRESET

Which tools are offered: minimal, core or full.

TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE

Offer the tools that change something. Read-only without it.

TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE

Offer the tools that remove or sever something. Implies the write tier.

MCP quality score · maturity, not trust · methodology

freshness

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Install this server

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tailscale-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "@tailscale-mcp/tailscale-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAILSCALE_API_KEY": "<your-tailscale_api_key>",
        "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID": "<tailscale_oauth_client_id>",
        "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET": "<your-tailscale_oauth_client_secret>",
        "TAILSCALE_TAILNET": "<tailscale_tailnet>",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_PRESET": "core",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE": "false",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE": "false"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tailscale-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "@tailscale-mcp/tailscale-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAILSCALE_API_KEY": "<your-tailscale_api_key>",
        "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID": "<tailscale_oauth_client_id>",
        "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET": "<your-tailscale_oauth_client_secret>",
        "TAILSCALE_TAILNET": "<tailscale_tailnet>",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_PRESET": "core",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE": "false",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE": "false"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)

npx -y -- @tailscale-mcp/tailscale-mcp

Claude Code (claude mcp add)

claude mcp add --scope user tailscale-mcp -- npx -y -- @tailscale-mcp/tailscale-mcp

Gemini CLI (gemini mcp add)

gemini mcp add -s user tailscale-mcp npx -y -- @tailscale-mcp/tailscale-mcp

Claude Desktop (Docker)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tailscale-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "--",
        "ghcr.io/tailscale-mcp/tailscale-mcp:2.0.3"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAILSCALE_API_KEY": "<your-tailscale_api_key>",
        "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID": "<tailscale_oauth_client_id>",
        "TAILSCALE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET": "<your-tailscale_oauth_client_secret>",
        "TAILSCALE_TAILNET": "<tailscale_tailnet>",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_PRESET": "core",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE": "false",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE": "false"
      }
    }
  }
}

Verdict API

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

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

Details

version: v2.0.3
category: Cloud Storage
verdict expires: 2026-10-31
quality: 95 / 100
operator: tailscale-mcp

Listing

Listed from the official MCP registry. Unclaimed by its maintainer. Maintainer? Email us →

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 972,713). Verify it yourself.

Links

Repository →Website →