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Management can now serve the REST API as an MCP server at /api/mcp, with an OAuth sign-in so AI clients such as Claude Code and Codex can manage a NetBird account without a personal access token (netbirdio/netbird#8334 and netbirdio/netbird#8335). This documents it for users and for self-hosted administrators. It should merge together with or after those PRs.
MCP Server (/manage/mcp-server): what agents can do (all 75 tools, read-only vs. changing), what is not available, the four limits on access (role, read-only or read-write consent, the server's tool allowlist, one account), OAuth vs. personal access tokens, the consent page, sessions, revoking access and a security model section for reviewers.
Connect AI Clients (/manage/mcp-server/connect-clients): OAuth and token setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop and claude.ai, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI and other clients, MSP tenant URLs, a connection check and troubleshooting.
MCP Server for Self-Hosted NetBird (/selfhosted/maintenance/mcp-server): enabling it with NB_MCP_ENABLED, verifying the endpoint, sign-in with the embedded IdP (nothing to configure) and with a standalone IdP (the callback URL per provider), limiting tools, keys and restarts, Redis and multiple instances, reverse proxy requirements, rate limits, metrics and troubleshooting.
Short additions and links on the environment variables, external reverse proxy, identity providers, public API, user roles and MSP API pages, and two navigation entries.
Open questions
Which NetBird release ships MCP? The pages state no version.
Will https://api.netbird.io/api/mcp be enabled at launch?
Cursor's OAuth sign-in and the Entra ID and Okta app platforms for the callback are not tested yet; the pages fall back to personal access tokens where a client fails.
The external reverse proxy nginx templates drop the X-Forwarded-* headers on /api/; the MCP page explains the workaround, but fixing the templates belongs in a separate PR.
Testing
Every statement was checked against the management code in the two PRs; client setup follows each vendor's current documentation.
npm run lint:mdx passes and npm run build succeeds; all internal links and anchors in the changed pages resolve.
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Documentation
Added an overview of the NetBird MCP Server, including its tools, access controls, permissions, security, and limitations.
Added guides for connecting AI clients and configuring the server in self-hosted deployments, with authentication, proxy setup, and troubleshooting details.
Expanded guidance on API tokens, MSP tenant access, user roles, identity providers, and environment variables.
Navigation
Added MCP Server links to the management and self-hosted documentation menus.
Personal access tokens fail while the database is down, not only during a
Redis outage. An unreachable Redis stops management at startup. The datastore
key log line quoted before is never printed, so the pages now name the line
the combined server logs. High availability deployments already pass
server.ha.redisAddr to management.
The self-hosted page now shows nginx users how to forward the headers that
the template's /api/ location drops, gives a trusted proxies example, and
helps readers tell an embedded from a standalone identity provider. The
overview adds the limits a security review needs: no list of connections,
no audit marker for MCP changes, generated passwords returned to the agent,
and tool annotations that leave create tools unmarked. Client sections say
which sign-outs end the session at NetBird and cover the Cursor redirect
error.
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This pull request adds documentation and navigation for the NetBird MCP server. It describes MCP tools, access controls, OAuth and personal access token use, client setup, and self-hosted configuration and operations. Existing API, role, MSP, identity-provider, environment-variable, and reverse-proxy guides gain MCP-specific notes.
Changes: MCP Server Documentation
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MCP overview and access model src/pages/manage/mcp-server/index.mdx, src/pages/manage/public-api/index.mdx, src/pages/manage/team/user-roles.mdx, src/pages/ipa/guides/msp-api-access.mdx
The overview describes tools, access controls, OAuth behavior, revocation, audit entries, and security considerations. API, role, and MSP guides add MCP-specific access notes.
AI client connection guide src/pages/manage/mcp-server/connect-clients.mdx
The guide documents OAuth and token setup for supported clients, tenant access, connection verification, and troubleshooting.
Self-hosted enablement and authentication src/pages/selfhosted/maintenance/mcp-server.mdx, src/pages/selfhosted/environment-variables.mdx, src/pages/selfhosted/identity-providers/index.mdx
These guides document MCP enablement, OAuth setup, tool filtering, runtime variables, session storage, and identity-provider configuration.
Self-hosted routing and operations src/pages/selfhosted/maintenance/mcp-server.mdx, src/pages/selfhosted/external-reverse-proxy.mdx, src/components/NavigationDocs.jsx
The guides document proxy routing, rate limits, revocation, usage reporting, and troubleshooting. Navigation links to the MCP overview, client guide, and self-hosted guide.
The MCP documentation currently contains security and update-behavior contradictions, and its OAuth default-access claim conflicts with the implementation. These issues should be corrected before merging.
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A rabbit reads the server guide, Then hops through OAuth, side by side. With tools and tokens clearly shown, It finds the paths to make them known. “MCP,” it says, “is ready to explore!” Then bounds away to document more.
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The verification section says tools/list returns tools the PAT holder can use. The overview separat…
344-344: ⚠️ Potential issue | 🟡 Minor | 💤 Low value
The verification section says tools/list returns tools the PAT holder can use. The overview separately says a read-only OAuth connection still sees write tools; if discovery is likewise not filtered by PAT role, the response is not a permission check.
Subsequent listed tool calls fail with 403, making the verification result misleading.
This can occur when: A restricted-role PAT holder follows the curl verification and treats every listed tool as authorized.
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Review comment at @src/pages/manage/mcp-server/connect-clients.mdx at line 344:
Update the tools/list verification guidance to distinguish tool discovery from
authorization: do not imply that listed tools are permitted for the PAT holder.
Clarify that access is enforced when a tool is called and that restricted-role
callers may receive 403 responses; preserve any existing description of which
tools are returned.
Management now records MCP OAuth sign-ins, sign-outs and sessions
revoked after token reuse in the activity log, so the pages that said
an administrator cannot see which clients a user connected were out of
date.
The MCP server page gains an Audit Log section with the three entries,
their activity codes, when each is recorded and the details they carry,
and what records no MCP entry. The security model and its limits point
to it, and the self-hosted page notes that server-side sign-outs leave
no entry.
The consent page now leaves Make changes unticked, so a connection is
read-only unless the user opts in. Tell users to tick the box to allow
changes instead of leaving it ticked, and use the page's new label.
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implementation’s checked-by-default behavior and explain that submitting the
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- Line 160: Update the NB_CACHE_REDIS_ADDRESS documentation to clarify that
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Summary
Management can now serve the REST API as an MCP server at
/api/mcp, with an OAuth sign-in so AI clients such as Claude Code and Codex can manage a NetBird account without a personal access token (netbirdio/netbird#8334 and netbirdio/netbird#8335). This documents it for users and for self-hosted administrators. It should merge together with or after those PRs./manage/mcp-server): what agents can do (all 75 tools, read-only vs. changing), what is not available, the four limits on access (role, read-only or read-write consent, the server's tool allowlist, one account), OAuth vs. personal access tokens, the consent page, sessions, revoking access and a security model section for reviewers./manage/mcp-server/connect-clients): OAuth and token setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop and claude.ai, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI and other clients, MSP tenant URLs, a connection check and troubleshooting./selfhosted/maintenance/mcp-server): enabling it withNB_MCP_ENABLED, verifying the endpoint, sign-in with the embedded IdP (nothing to configure) and with a standalone IdP (the callback URL per provider), limiting tools, keys and restarts, Redis and multiple instances, reverse proxy requirements, rate limits, metrics and troubleshooting.Open questions
https://api.netbird.io/api/mcpbe enabled at launch?X-Forwarded-*headers on/api/; the MCP page explains the workaround, but fixing the templates belongs in a separate PR.Testing
npm run lint:mdxpasses andnpm run buildsucceeds; all internal links and anchors in the changed pages resolve.Summary by CodeRabbit