# awslabs.pcap-analyzer-mcp-server

> A Model Context Protocol server for comprehensive network packet capture and analysis using Wireshark/tshark

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/awslabs-pcap-analyzer-mcp-server/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Amazon Web Services
- homepage: https://github.com/aws-samples/sample-pcap-analyzer-mcp#readme
- repository: https://github.com/aws-samples/sample-pcap-analyzer-mcp/issues
- version: 1.0.2
- license: Apache-2.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:awslabs.pcap-analyzer-mcp-server

### Description (declared)

# PCAP Analyzer MCP Server

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A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for comprehensive network packet capture and analysis using Wireshark/tshark.

[GitHub Repository](https://github.com/aws-samples/sample-pcap-analyzer-mcp) •
[Full Documentation](https://github.com/aws-samples/sample-pcap-analyzer-mcp#readme)

## Overview

This MCP server enables AI models to perform sophisticated network packet capture and analysis. It provides **46 specialized tools** across 11 categories for deep network analysis, troubleshooting, and security assessment.

### Architecture

Two deployment patterns are supported:

1. **Local (IDE)** — Run alongside your IDE (Claude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor, Kiro, Amazon Q Developer). The MCP client communicates with the server via stdio, which invokes tshark for packet analysis.

2. **Cloud (AgentCore Gateway + Lambda)** — Deploy as a Lambda function behind AgentCore Gateway with OAuth2/Cognito inbound auth and IAM outbound auth. PCAPs are read from S3.

See the [full architecture diagrams on GitHub](https://github.com/aws-samples/sample-pcap-analyzer-mcp#architecture).

### Key Capabilities

- 🔧 Network interface discovery and live packet capture
- 📊 Comprehensive protocol analysis (TCP, TLS, QUIC/HTTP3, BGP, DNS, HTTP)
- 🔒 Security analysis (TLS handshakes, PQC detection, ARP spoofing, DNS tunneling, credential exposure)
- ⚡ Performance metrics (latency, throughput, bandwidth, connection reuse, quality)
- 🔍 Advanced diagnostics (MTU/fragmentation, connection timeouts, out-of-order packets)
- 🌐 Network intelligence (Geo/ASN mapping, ICMP error classification, TCP reset analysis)

## Prerequisites

- **Python 3.10+**
- **uv** — [Install uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/g…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- infra.cloud (1, derived)
- code.documentation (0.848, derived)
- dev.version-control (0.825, derived)
- dev.ci-cd (0.825, derived)
- security.identity (0.722, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/awslabs.pcap-analyzer-mcp-server/ (first seen 2026-09-09T10:26:09.295Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/awslabs-pcap-analyzer-mcp-server/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/awslabs-pcap-analyzer-mcp-server · ARD identifier urn:air::server:awslabs-pcap-analyzer-mcp-server