A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to Consul's functionality through a standardized interface.
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to Consul's functionality through a standardized interface. That is what the consul mcp server brings to an AI assistant: the same capability, reachable through the Model Context Protocol rather than a separate app or dashboard.
@modelcontextprotocol/inspector on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.
The server publishes 5 tools. What each one is for:
Sessions — The Sessions tool exposed by this serverEvents — The Events tool exposed by this serverStatus — The Status tool exposed by this serverAgent — The Agent tool exposed by this serverSystem — The System tool exposed by this serverConfiguration is passed through the environment: CONSUL_HOST. 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.
This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Consul's toolset — Sessions, Events, Status and 2 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by kocierik; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Sessions | The Sessions tool exposed by this server. |
| Events | The Events tool exposed by this server. |
| Status | The Status tool exposed by this server. |
| Agent | The Agent tool exposed by this server. |
| System | The System tool exposed by this server. |
## Claude config
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"consul-mcp": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/PARENT/FOLDER/consul-mcp-server/build/index.js"
]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| CONSUL_HOST | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Optional |
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