seq-mcp-server MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools for searching and streaming events from Seq.

Local serverstdio

What is the seq-mcp-server MCP Server?

seq-mcp-server is an MCP project maintained in the willibrandon/seq-mcp-server repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools for searching and streaming events from Seq”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using /path/to/seq-mcp-server. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Configuration values

The example declares SEQ_SERVER_URL, SEQ_API_KEY. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

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

Recorded tools

Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.

Tool	What it does
Parameters:	fuzzyFilter (required): Fuzzy search text (e.g., "error", "timeout")
count	Number of events to capture (default: 10, max: 100)
signalId	optional): Signal ID to filter events (use SignalList to find IDs)
fromDateUtc	optional): Earliest date/time (ISO 8601, e.g., "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z")
toDateUtc	optional): Latest date/time (ISO 8601, e.g., "2024-01-31T23:59:59Z")
afterId	optional): Event ID to search after (exclusive) - use for pagination
timeoutSeconds	optional): Timeout in seconds (1-300)
workspace	optional): Specific workspace to query
Returns	Strict Seq filter expression for use in SeqSearch
Pagination	To fetch more than 1000 events, use afterId with the ID of the last event from the previous search
filter	"@Level = 'Error'", fromDateUtc: "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z", toDateUtc: "2024-01-31T23:59:59Z"
Example	Convert "error" to a proper Seq filter expression

How to install the seq-mcp-server MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "seq": {
      "command": "/path/to/seq-mcp-server",
      "env": {
        "SEQ_SERVER_URL": "http://your-seq-server:5341",
        "SEQ_API_KEY": "YOUR_SEQ_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Configuration

Variable	Description	Required
SEQ_SERVER_URL	Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration.	Check documentation
SEQ_API_KEY	Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration.	Optional