README - cato-mcp-server by catonetworks

Cato MCP CMA

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation that integrates with Cato CMA Public API.

Overview

This server implements the Model Context Protocol to allow AI assistants to interact with Cato's GraphQL API.
It provides tools that enable AI models to query and retrieve information from Cato systems in a standardized way.

The provided MCP server has been tested for compatibility with popular MCP clients (non-free tier) - such as Cursor and Claude Desktop using the Claude Sonnet 3.7 model, and is recommended for use with these clients.

The server is available as a docker image at ghcr.io/catonetworks/cato-mcp-server

Claude-Desktop mcp-server configuration example:

add the following to: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cato": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
          "run",
          "--rm",
          "-i",
          "-e", "CATO_API_HOST=api.catonetworks.com",
          "-e", "CATO_ACCOUNT_ID=<your Cato Account ID>",
          "-e", "CATO_API_KEY=<your Cato API Key>",
          "ghcr.io/catonetworks/cato-mcp-server:latest"
      ],
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": []
    }
  }
}

Configuration

The server requires the following environment variables:

# The hostname of the Cato API (without protocol). e.g.: api.catonetworks.com
# For details about your Cato API hostname, please see: https://support.catonetworks.com/hc/en-us/articles/20564679978397-What-is-the-Cato-API
CATO_API_HOST: "api.catonetworks.com"
# The Cato account-id
CATO_ACCOUNT_ID: "1234567"
# The Cato API-KEY for authentication
CATO_API_KEY: "123abc"

Available Tools

Category	Tool	Description
Entity Lookup	entity_lookup	Retrieve a list of entities of a specific type (e.g., users, sites, services),with optional filtering (e.g., by name) and pagination support.
Sites	site_types	Provides details for all configured sites, including connection methods (e.g., Socket, IPSEC, vSocket).
	sites_by_location	Returns site data enriched with geographic location and associated PoP connectivity information.
	socket_versions	Lists version information for all deployed Sockets, including site association.
	degraded_sites	Identifies sites experiencing connectivity degradation (e.g., latency, packet loss) or High Availability (HA) issues such as socket redundancy failures.
	wan_connectivity	Provides real-time metrics for WAN links at each site, including traffic volume, packet loss, latency, and jitter, to assess link performance and health.
Users and Clients	user_details	Provides profile and status information for connected remote users, including device name, operating system, and connection status.
	user_connection_details	Offers session-specific data for connected remote users, such as uptime, connection duration, and associated PoP details.
	user_software_versions	Lists operating system and Cato Client version information for connected remote users.

Development

Building from source:

yarn install
yarn build

Claude-Desktop configuration example:

add the following to: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "cato": {
            "command": "node",
            "args": ["/path/to/cato-mcp-cma/build/index.js"],
            "env": {
                "CATO_API_HOST": "api.catonetworks.com",
                "CATO_ACCOUNT_ID": "1234567",
                "CATO_API_KEY": "123abc",
                "CATO_LOG_LEVEL": "debug"
            },
            "disabled": false,
            "autoApprove": []
        }        
    }
}

Building the Docker image:

at the root of the project, run:

docker build -t catonetworks/cato-mcp-server .

Claude-Desktop mcp-server configuration example:

add the following to: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cato": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
          "run",
          "--rm",
          "-i",
          "-e", "CATO_API_HOST=api.catonetworks.com",
          "-e", "CATO_ACCOUNT_ID=<your Cato Account ID>",
          "-e", "CATO_API_KEY=<your Cato API Key>",
          "catonetworks/cato-mcp-server"
      ],
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": []
    }
  }
}