Idapro MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI assistants to interact with IDA Pro for reverse engineering and binary analysis tasks. The idapro mcp server wraps that behind the Model Context Protocol, so an assistant can use it through 8 defined tools rather than through you.

What it actually does

This project provides a bridge between AI assistants and IDA Pro, a popular disassembler and debugger used for reverse engineering software. It consists of three main components:

• Execute Python scripts in IDA Pro from AI assistants
• Retrieve information about binaries:
• Advanced binary analysis capabilities:
• Search for immediate values in instructions
• Search for text strings in the binary
• Search for specific byte sequences

Its toolset

Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:

• run_ida_command — The run_ida_command tool exposed by this server
• search_immediate_value — The search_immediate_value tool exposed by this server
• search_text — The search_text tool exposed by this server
• search_byte_sequence — The search_byte_sequence tool exposed by this server
• get_disassembly — The get_disassembly tool exposed by this server
• get_functions — The get_functions tool exposed by this server
• get_exports — The get_exports tool exposed by this server
• get_strings — The get_strings tool exposed by this server

Configuration

You will need one environment variable: DEFAULT_HOST. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

• IDA Pro 8.3 or later - Node.js 18 or later - TypeScript

Adding it to your client

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

When to reach for it

Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Idapro's toolset — run_ida_command, search_immediate_value, search_text and 5 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by fdrechsler; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against Idapro's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

Caveats

• 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.
• MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the idapro mcp server does with a few real requests.