Tailscale MCP Server

An experimental Tailscale MCP server created by reverse engineering the Tailscale client.

Local serverstdio

What is the Tailscale MCP Server?

Tailscale MCP Server is an MCP project maintained in the dhananjay-jsr/tailscale-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “An experimental Tailscale MCP server created by reverse engineering the Tailscale client”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using $absolute-path-of-tailscale-mcp.exe. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the Tailscale MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tailscale-mcp": {
      "command": "$absolute-path-of-tailscale-mcp.exe",
      "args": [
        "-client_id=$CLIENT_ID",
        "-client_secret=$CLIENT_SECRET"
      ]
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.