# kvm-pilot MCP Server

Smart hands for your AI agents - write-capable KVM+BMC+SSH MCP server: gated, verified, audited.

**Publisher claimed.** No tool list reported, and Pod has not connected to this server.

## Status

Pod has not dialled kvm-pilot yet, so everything on this page is what its publisher reported rather than what we observed. Registries describe servers; they do not connect to them. Until a check runs, treat the tool list below as a claim.

## Connect

Published as `kvm-pilot` on pypi. Runs locally.

## Known issues

**56 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team.** Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 12.

### Most discussed

### MCP: act-capability parity + human-in-the-loop confirmation (post-hardening roadmap)

After 5b851a9 the MCP server can *see* (info/power_state/snapshot/classify) and
gate power, but an agent still cannot *drive* a box: no type/key, no
wait_for_state, no mount/eject. For the primary audience (AI-agent builders)
this is the core product gap — the unattended-install loop the README sells is
not yet possible over MCP.

## Acceptance criteria (MVP)

- [ ] **Effect-classified tools + annotations.** Classify every tool by *effect*
      — observe / HID input / media attach-detach / powe

[Read the thread](https://github.com/DustinTrap/kvm-pilot/issues/61) · 2026-07-01 · closed · 9 comments

### GLKVM: on-demand-streamer trigger-then-wait to recover a snapshot 503 (gated on a V1.9.1 bench proof; H.264 decoder → #151)

**What happened**

On a GL-RM1PE, `snapshot` intermittently returns:

```
Subsystem unavailable (HTTP 503): {"ok": false, "result": {"error": "UnavailableError", "error_msg": "Service Unavailable"}}
```

(raised at `http.py:213–214`), **flapping** with the stale-frame behavior (companion issue) within the same minute — the same `snapshot` call succeeds, then 503s, then succeeds, with no state change on our side.

`classify_screen` fails **identically and simultaneously**: both the server-side vi

[Read the thread](https://github.com/DustinTrap/kvm-pilot/issues/142) · 2026-07-06 · closed · 7 comments

### Setup documentation notes and sample prompts

Here are some setup tips and sample prompts. These need to be folded into the documentation soon.

1. pip install kvm-pilot
2. inside your Agent's interface, "load the kvm-pilot mcp server that pip installed," and follow the prompts to enable it. On my agent, Claude Code, I have to exit the existing session to start a new MCP server, so make sure you follow the instructions to get the MCP up and running for optimal results.
3. When you relaunch your Agent, you may get a prompt confirming you wan

[Read the thread](https://github.com/DustinTrap/kvm-pilot/issues/111) · 2026-07-04 · closed · 5 comments

### Docs, visuals & brand overhaul: accuracy sweep, logo, diagrams, troubleshooting, llms.txt, README restructure

Umbrella for the 2026-07-14 documentation/marketing review (three-agent audit of repo .md, wiki, PyPI, MCP registry). Refs epic #194 (applies its "Free messaging/docs" items); progresses #171.

## Audit findings being fixed
- README status line frozen at **v0.1.0b2** while PyPI/registry are at b7 — README is the PyPI long-description, so the stale claim ships. GitHub About still says "Alpha". Fix: version-agnostic status wording + a guard test (version literals in README must match `__about__.py

[Read the thread](https://github.com/DustinTrap/kvm-pilot/issues/209) · 2026-07-15 · closed · 3 comments

### Distribution: publish server.json to the official MCP registry (io.github namespace, PyPI ownership validation)

Part of the 2026-07-13 competitive gap analysis (#194), Tier 1 item 3. Pairs with the .mcpb bundle (#148) but does not depend on it.

## Problem

kvm-pilot is not listed in the [official MCP registry](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry) or any downstream index (Smithery, mcp.so, Glama — which largely auto-index from the official registry and the `mcp-server` GitHub topic). In 2026, registry presence is how agent hosts and users discover servers; it is the highest discoverability-pe

[Read the thread](https://github.com/DustinTrap/kvm-pilot/issues/197) · 2026-07-13 · closed · 3 comments

### Most recent

### CI red on main: mcp 2.1.x re-added mcp.server.fastmcp as a raising stub, so mypy fails the shim's 1.x branch (attr-defined)

## Summary

`main` is red. Every `test (3.11–3.14)` job and `mcp-majors (mcp>=2,<3)` fail at the **Mypy** step:

```
src/kvm_pilot/mcp/_sdk.py:31: error: Module "mcp.server.fastmcp" has no attribute "Context"  [attr-defined]
src/kvm_pilot/mcp/_sdk.py:31: note: Error code "attr-defined" not covered by "type: ignore[no-redef]" comment
src/kvm_pilot/mcp/_sdk.py:31: error: Module "mcp.server.fastmcp" has no attribute "Image"  [attr-defined]
src/kvm_pilot/mcp/_sdk.py:32: error: Module "mcp.server.fas

[Read the thread](https://github.com/DustinTrap/kvm-pilot/issues/256) · 2026-08-29 · closed · 0 comments

### SSH-only targets can't be healthchecked or routed — the OS plane isn't reachable without a device driver

## The gap

A machine reachable **only over SSH** — no KVM, no BMC — cannot be healthchecked or driven through the router, because those paths build a device driver first. Today:

| Command | SSH-only target |
|---|---|
| `ssh-check`, `ssh-exec`, `ssh-discover`, `ssh-bootstrap` | work ✅ |
| **`host-exec`** — *"run a command via the fastest capable **in-band** interface"* | **refuses** ❌ |
| **`healthcheck`** | **refuses** ❌ |
| `test-report`, `firmware-check` | refuse ❌ |

## Why this is inconsi

[Read the thread](https://github.com/DustinTrap/kvm-pilot/issues/248) · 2026-08-04 · closed · 0 comments

### Support both MCP SDK majors (mcp>=1.10,<3) — 2.x moved FastMCP and renamed the model fields; read-only mode crashes on 2.x

## Summary

Dependabot PR #240 widens the MCP SDK dependency from `mcp>=1.10,<2` to `mcp>=1.10,<3`. As filed it fails CI on every job — which is exactly what the `<2` cap was there to prevent (#110).

mcp 2.0.0 is now a stable release, so the cap is worth removing properly rather than pinning forever.

## Why the raw bump fails

mcp 2.x is **not source-compatible** with 1.x:

- `mcp.server.fastmcp` → `mcp.server.mcpserver`, and `FastMCP` → `MCPServer`. `Context`, `Image` and `ToolError` moved wi

[Read the thread](https://github.com/DustinTrap/kvm-pilot/issues/241) · 2026-07-30 · closed · 0 comments

### Destructive tools that predate the act layer (power, ssh_exec, appliance_reboot, set_boot_device, amt_enable) bypass receipts AND the operator audit trail

Found while wiring the session journal (#223): only the `_act`-helper tools (HID, mouse, media, calibrate, file_firmware_report) go through approve_or_deny → receipts → `_audit_event`. `power`, `ssh_exec`, `appliance_reboot`, `set_boot_device`, and `amt_enable` do their own env-flag + confirm check and dispatch directly — so the operator audit log (`kvm_pilot.mcp.audit`) never records a power cycle or an SSH exec, despite the README's 'every destructive invocation terminal emits one record' fram

[Read the thread](https://github.com/DustinTrap/kvm-pilot/issues/234) · 2026-07-20 · closed · 0 comments

### MCP: close read-tool gaps that force agents into the CLI (events, firmware-check)

Agents habituate to the CLI partly because several capabilities are CLI-only, forcing shell-outs mid-flow: `events`, `firmware-check` (read paths), `console`/SOL, `ssh-bootstrap`. Once shelling out, they stay there (see the CLI→MCP nudges issue).

Plan: add MCP twins for the read-safe gaps — `events` (bounded, non-follow), `firmware_check` (read-only currency report; the filing path already exists as file_firmware_report). Note: `console`/SOL streaming does not fit synchronous stdio MCP — docume

[Read the thread](https://github.com/DustinTrap/kvm-pilot/issues/233) · 2026-07-20 · closed · 0 comments

### Guards: drift-check the mcp/README tool table + docs/cli.md against the live surface (no generation)

The mcp/README.md tool table and docs/cli.md are hand-maintained mirrors of the code surface. Names are transitively guarded (EXPECTED_TOOLS), but a tool row's annotation claims and the CLI table's command set can drift silently.

Plan (drift-check, NOT generation): (1) test asserting the mcp/README `## Tools` table's name set == EXPECTED_TOOLS and each row's destructiveHint claim matches EXPECTED_ANNOTATIONS; (2) test comparing docs/cli.md's command table against build_parser() subcommand choic

[Read the thread](https://github.com/DustinTrap/kvm-pilot/issues/232) · 2026-07-20 · closed · 0 comments

### MCP: expose doctrine playbooks as resources (kvm-pilot://doctrine/{topic})

The doctrine playbooks are tool-only today. MCP resources are the semantically correct surface for static reference content, and resource-capable clients (Claude Code) can list/read/@-mention them without a tool round-trip.

Fix: @mcp.resource("kvm-pilot://doctrine/{topic}") reusing _doctrine_topics() (~15 lines, same bytes, zero drift risk). The doctrine *tool* stays — clients without resource support, and compacted sessions that only remember tools, still need it. Verify _apply_read_only_mode 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/DustinTrap/kvm-pilot/issues/231) · 2026-07-20 · closed · 0 comments

[See all 22 reports Pod holds for kvm-pilot](/mcp/kvm-pilot/issues) — of 56 qualified upstream.

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