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Tapo MCP

local MCP server

Tapo MCP is a local MCP server: MCP server for discovering and controlling TP-Link Tapo smart home devices via AI Agents. Install it from oci as ghcr.io/mihai-dinculescu/tapo-mcp:0.5.0.

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add tapo-mcp -e TAPO_MCP_USERNAME=... -e TAPO_MCP_PASSWORD=... -e TAPO_MCP_DISCOVERY_TARGET=... -e TAPO_MCP_API_KEY=... -e TAPO_MCP_DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT=... -e OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=... -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/mihai-dinculescu/tapo-mcp:0.5.0

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tapo-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/mihai-dinculescu/tapo-mcp:0.5.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAPO_MCP_USERNAME": "...",
        "TAPO_MCP_PASSWORD": "...",
        "TAPO_MCP_DISCOVERY_TARGET": "...",
        "TAPO_MCP_API_KEY": "...",
        "TAPO_MCP_DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT": "...",
        "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

What you need

  • Runtime: Docker.
  • MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.
  • Environment variables: TAPO_MCP_USERNAME, TAPO_MCP_PASSWORD, TAPO_MCP_DISCOVERY_TARGET, TAPO_MCP_API_KEY, TAPO_MCP_DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT, OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT

Summary

MCP server for discovering and controlling TP-Link Tapo smart home devices via AI Agents

Tapo MCP vs similar servers

ServerStarsTypeAPI keyRuntime
Tapo MCP809LocalYesoci
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mobilerun9,489HostedYesNone

Questions

It reads 6 environment variables: TAPO_MCP_USERNAME, TAPO_MCP_PASSWORD, TAPO_MCP_DISCOVERY_TARGET, TAPO_MCP_API_KEY, TAPO_MCP_DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT, OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT. Set them in your MCP config before starting the server.

Docker, plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.

Tapo MCP is a local MCP server distributed as the oci package ghcr.io/mihai-dinculescu/tapo-mcp:0.5.0.

Run: claude mcp add tapo-mcp -e TAPO_MCP_USERNAME=... -e TAPO_MCP_PASSWORD=... -e TAPO_MCP_DISCOVERY_TARGET=... -e TAPO_MCP_API_KEY=... -e TAPO_MCP_DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT=... -e OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=... -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/mihai-dinculescu/tapo-mcp:0.5.0

Run: codex mcp add tapo-mcp --env TAPO_MCP_USERNAME=... --env TAPO_MCP_PASSWORD=... --env TAPO_MCP_DISCOVERY_TARGET=... --env TAPO_MCP_API_KEY=... --env TAPO_MCP_DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT=... --env OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT=... -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/mihai-dinculescu/tapo-mcp:0.5.0

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