UniFi Protect MCP

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add unifi-protect-mcp -e UNIFI_HOST=... -e UNIFI_USERNAME=... -e UNIFI_PASSWORD=... -e UNIFI_API_KEY=... -e UNIFI_PORT=... -e UNIFI_VERIFY_SSL=... -- uvx unifi-protect-mcp

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": {
    "unifi-protect-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "unifi-protect-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNIFI_HOST": "...",
        "UNIFI_USERNAME": "...",
        "UNIFI_PASSWORD": "...",
        "UNIFI_API_KEY": "...",
        "UNIFI_PORT": "...",
        "UNIFI_VERIFY_SSL": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

Manage UniFi Protect cameras, events, recordings, and smart detections via MCP.

Questions

UniFi Protect MCP is a local MCP server distributed as the pypi package unifi-protect-mcp.

Run: claude mcp add unifi-protect-mcp -e UNIFI_HOST=... -e UNIFI_USERNAME=... -e UNIFI_PASSWORD=... -e UNIFI_API_KEY=... -e UNIFI_PORT=... -e UNIFI_VERIFY_SSL=... -- uvx unifi-protect-mcp

Run: codex mcp add unifi-protect-mcp --env UNIFI_HOST=... --env UNIFI_USERNAME=... --env UNIFI_PASSWORD=... --env UNIFI_API_KEY=... --env UNIFI_PORT=... --env UNIFI_VERIFY_SSL=... -- uvx unifi-protect-mcp

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