# steampunk-spotter-mcp

> MCP server for Steampunk Spotter: Lets AI agents verify Ansible and Terraform code against your policies.

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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/steampunk-spotter-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://spotter.steampunk.si/docs/
- repository: https://gitlab.com/xlab-steampunk/steampunk-spotter-client/spotter-cli/-/issues
- version: 6.7.0a8
- protocols: mcp
- tags: ansible, automation, spotter, scanner, quality, playbook, governance, policy, compliance, security, ai, terraform, iac, steampunk, mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:steampunk-spotter-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Steampunk Spotter MCP Server

[![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/steampunk-spotter-mcp)](https://pypi.org/project/steampunk-spotter-mcp/)

The Steampunk Spotter MCP server connects [Steampunk Spotter] scanning abilities with AI
agents, so they can check the code as they write.
It uses the [Steampunk Spotter CLI][steampunk-spotter], which is installed
together with it.

## Installation

Requirements:
- [uv] for the recommended install, or
- Python >= 3.10 for other install options (see below).

Add the following entry to your MCP configuration (see [Agent setup](#agent-setup)
for agent-specific instructions):

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "spotter": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--python", ">=3.10", "steampunk-spotter-mcp@latest"]
    }
  }
}
```

### Alternative install

To avoid uv dependency, use any python package manager to install the server into your Python environment:

```shell
$ pip install steampunk-spotter-mcp
```

This provides the `spotter-mcp` console script. Use it as the command, with
the absolute path to it:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "spotter": {
      "command": "/path/to/.venv/bin/spotter-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

## Authentication

### Recommended: login with Spotter CLI

Log in once and the MCP server uses the stored credentials (see [CLI authentication]
for all login options).

```shell
$ spotter login
```

Without the CLI installed, log in through `uvx`:

```shell
$ uvx --from steampunk-spotter spotter login
```

For on-prem, **first** set the endpoint in `~/.config/steampunk-spotter/spotter.json`
(add the key if the file already exists), then log in:

```json
{"endpoint": "<spotter-api-url>"}
```

For details, see [Setting the API endpoint] in the CLI documentation.

### Alternative: set env variables

The MCP server authenticates with these environment variables, which take
precedence over the stored login:

| Variable                               | Description                                                        …

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- infra.cloud (1, declared)
- security.scanning (1, declared)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/steampunk-spotter-mcp/ (first seen 2026-11-05T22:25:41.704Z)

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