tonybentley/signalk-mcp-server

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A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides AI agents with read-only access to SignalK marine data systems.

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

get_initial_context

Returns comprehensive SignalK context and documentation to help AI agents understand the system.

get_vessel_state

Returns current vessel navigation data including position, heading, speed, wind information, and vessel identity.

get_ais_targets

Retrieves nearby vessels from AIS with position, course, speed, and identification data.

get_active_alarms

Returns current system notifications, alerts, and alarm states.

list_available_paths

Discovers and lists all available SignalK data paths on the connected server.

get_path_value

Gets the latest value for any specific SignalK path.

get_connection_status

Returns WebSocket connection state, health metrics, and reconnection status.

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

No resources

Author

tonybentley

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Version

v1.0.1

Repository

https://github.com/tonybentley/signalk-mcp-server

GitHub Stars

Last publish date

2025-06-22

Last update date

2025-10-04

Server configs

via npx in claude desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "signalk": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "signalk-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "SIGNALK_HOST": "localhost",
        "SIGNALK_PORT": "3000",
        "SIGNALK_TLS": "false"
      }
    }
  }
}

in claude desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "signalk": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/signalk-mcp-server/dist/src/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "SIGNALK_HOST": "localhost",
        "SIGNALK_PORT": "3000",
        "SIGNALK_TLS": "false"
      }
    }
  }
}

via npx in claude code

bash
claude mcp add signalk \
  -e SIGNALK_HOST=localhost \
  -e SIGNALK_PORT=3000 \
  -e SIGNALK_TLS=false \
  -- npx signalk-mcp-server

in claude code

bash
claude mcp add-json signalk '{
  "command": "npx",
  "args": ["-y", "signalk-mcp-server"],
  "env": {
    "SIGNALK_HOST": "localhost",
    "SIGNALK_PORT": "3000",
    "SIGNALK_TLS": "false"
  }
}'