# mcp-server-sofabaton

> MCP server for Sofabaton universal remote hubs: an X2 over its own MQTT link, or any model via sofabaton-x-server

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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/mcp-server-sofabaton/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Nicholas E. Andrade
- homepage: https://github.com/SDNick484/mcp-server-sofabaton
- repository: https://github.com/SDNick484/mcp-server-sofabaton/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
- version: 0.2.1
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, mcp-server, sofabaton, universal-remote, home-automation, mqtt
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:mcp-server-sofabaton

### Description (declared)

# mcp-server-sofabaton

[![CI](https://github.com/SDNick484/mcp-server-sofabaton/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/SDNick484/mcp-server-sofabaton/actions/workflows/ci.yml)

An [MCP](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) server for **Sofabaton X1, X1S and X2** universal
remote hubs. It lets an MCP client such as Claude start and stop activities, press remote
buttons, send macros, favorites and device commands, find the remote, and read the presses of
buttons you've bound to it.

All three models work through [sofabaton-x-server](https://pypi.org/project/sofabaton-x-server/).
An **X2** can also be reached over **MQTT**, either on its own or alongside the server. That adds
live activity state, and keeps the hub controllable while the Sofabaton app is open. Every
response tells the model which model it's talking to and what that hub can and can't do.

> **Status: alpha, looking for testers.** Tested on one X2 over MQTT (see [Tested on](#tested-on)).
> The sofabaton-x-server path, and so every X1 and X1S, has run only against the simulator. If you
> have a Sofabaton hub, a report of what does and doesn't work on yours is the most useful thing
> you can send: [open a hardware report](https://github.com/SDNick484/mcp-server-sofabaton/issues/new?template=hardware_report.yml).

Not affiliated with Sofabaton.

## Tested on

| | |
| --- | --- |
| Hub | One Sofabaton **X2**, over **MQTT only** (no sofabaton-x-server). Firmware unknown: MQTT doesn't report it |
| Broker | Home Assistant's Mosquitto add-on |
| Server | Alpine Linux in a Proxmox LXC, Python 3.14, as the OpenRC service in `deploy/alpine/` |
| Client | Claude, over Streamable HTTP through a Cloudflare Tunnel with Cloudflare Access |
| Setup | 5 activities, 6 devices, 1 macro, 7 favorites (on the TV and on a Home Assistant Wifi Device) |

**Seen working on that X2 (2026-10-16):** listing activities, devices, buttons, macros and
favorites; starting an activity and powering it off, with the hub's conf…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- infra.devices (1, derived)
- dev.version-control (0.779, derived)
- dev.ci-cd (0.733, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/mcp-server-sofabaton/ (first seen 2026-10-18T16:29:38.322Z)

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