Zeek MCP Server

This repository provides a set of utilities to build an MCP server (Model Context Protocol) that you can integrate with your conversational AI client.

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What is the Zeek MCP MCP server?

Zeek mcp mcp server lets Claude, Cursor and other MCP clients work with Zeek MCP directly. This repository provides a set of utilities to build an MCP server (Model Context Protocol) that you can integrate with your conversational AI client.

What Zeek MCP does

This repository provides a set of utilities to build an MCP server (Model Context Protocol) that you can integrate with your conversational AI client.

Tools it exposes

Once connected, the assistant can call these 2 tools directly:

  • Description — ** Runs Zeek on the given PCAP file after deleting existing .log files in the working directory
  • Returns — ** A string listing generated .log filenames or "1" on error

Installing the zeek mcp mcp server

The server is distributed via PyPI as pandas, so most clients can run it without a manual build step. Add it to your MCP client's configuration and restart the client to pick it up — the copy-paste configs for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are on this page.

Requirements

  • Python 3.7+ * Zeek installed and available in your PATH (for the execzeek tool) * pip (for installing Python dependencies) ---

Where it fits

File and storage servers are what separate an assistant that talks about your documents from one that actually works with them. Zeek MCP sits in that group, and the shape of its toolset — Description, Returns — tells you what it is really for. Worth comparing against the other file systems servers in this directory before you commit to one, since several overlap in scope but differ sharply in setup cost and permissions.

Practical notes

  • This server runs locally, so it operates with whatever access your machine and its credentials already have. Scope that deliberately rather than by default.
  • Maintained by Gabbo01, written in Python.
  • MCP clients ask for confirmation before each tool call by default. Keep that on while you learn what the zeek mcp mcp server actually does with your data.
  • Every entry in this directory is reviewed by hand before it goes live, and details are checked against the project's own documentation.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
Description** Runs Zeek on the given PCAP file after deleting existing .log files in the working directory.
Returns** A string listing generated .log filenames or "1" on error.

How to install the Zeek MCP MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zeek": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["pandas"]
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

  • Python 3.7+ * Zeek installed and available in your PATH (for the execzeek tool) * pip (for installing Python dependencies) ---

Example prompts to try

  • Use Zeek MCP to Description.
  • Use Zeek MCP to Returns.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Zeek MCP to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 2 tools (Description, Returns) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Zeek MCP directly.