AttAck MCP Server

This project is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for querying ATT&CK (Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge) techniques and

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What is the AttAck MCP server?

Most developer tooling work still happens through a UI a human drives. AttAck MCP server moves it into the conversation instead. This project is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for querying ATT&CK (Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge) techniques and tactics. It provides a way to access and retrieve information about various attack techniques.

Getting it running

Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client.

The tools it exposes

The server publishes 3 tools. What each one is for:

  • Arguments — **
  • Example — **
  • server_info — ** 返回服务与数据集的版本、维护者和Git信息。

What it needs from you

Configuration is passed through the environment: ATTACK_MCP_MODE, ATTACK_MCP_HOST, ATTACK_MCP_PORT, ATTACK_MCP_LOG_LEVEL. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.

Things to watch

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

How it compares

Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. AttAck's toolset — Arguments, Example, server_info — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by alex-llm; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
Arguments**
Example**
server_info** 返回服务与数据集的版本、维护者和Git信息。

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
ATTACK_MCP_MODEConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
ATTACK_MCP_HOSTEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Optional
ATTACK_MCP_PORTConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
ATTACK_MCP_LOG_LEVELConfiguration value read at startup.Optional

Example prompts to try

  • Use AttAck to Arguments.
  • Use AttAck to Example.
  • Use AttAck to server info.

Frequently asked questions

You can use stdio mode (default) by running `python main.py` and configuring your client for local stdio, or HTTP mode by running `python main.py --mode http --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8081` and entering `http://127.0.0.1:8081/mcp` as the server URL.