# vmcluster-mcp

> MCP server for autonomous multi-VM cluster orchestration on libvirt/QEMU

Record `vmcluster-mcp` (mcp_server) · JSON: https://wellknown.network/agents/vmcluster-mcp/record.json · HTML: https://wellknown.network/agents/vmcluster-mcp
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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/vmcluster-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/hornc/vmcluster-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/hornc/vmcluster-mcp
- version: 1.1.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: cluster, kvm, libvirt, mcp, qemu, testing, vm
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:vmcluster-mcp

### Description (declared)

# vmcluster-mcp

An MCP server for autonomous multi-VM cluster orchestration on libvirt/QEMU. Manages the full lifecycle of KVM virtual machine clusters — provisioning, starting, stopping, snapshotting, SSH execution, artifact distribution, and fault injection — through a structured tool interface designed for AI agents.

## Table of Contents

- [Overview](#overview)
- [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)
- [Installation](#installation)
- [Quick Start (First 15 Minutes)](#quick-start-first-15-minutes)
- [Configuration](#configuration)
- [Topology Files](#topology-files)
- [Integration: VS Code (GitHub Copilot)](#integration-vs-code-github-copilot)
- [Integration: Claude CLI](#integration-claude-cli)
- [Available Tools](#available-tools)
- [Canonical Agent Workflow](#canonical-agent-workflow)
- [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting)
- [Development](#development)

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## Overview

`vmcluster-mcp` is a general-purpose MCP server. It manages clusters of KVM/QEMU virtual machines and produces a `ClusterHandle` — a typed descriptor passed to downstream consumers for direct SSH access. The server has no knowledge of what runs inside VMs; it knows nodes, networks, snapshots, and artifacts.

**Design principles:**
- **Topology-as-data** — cluster shape is declared in a YAML file, not constructed imperatively
- **Structured outputs** — all tools return typed Pydantic models serialized as JSON; no free-text parsing
- **Stateless server** — all persistent state lives in libvirt and on disk; safe to restart at any time
- **Idempotent operations** — `cluster_define` and related tools are safe to call multiple times

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## Prerequisites

- Linux host with KVM/QEMU and libvirt installed (`libvirtd` running)
- Python 3.11+
- `qemu-img` available in `PATH`
- `genisoimage` or `mkisofs` for cloud-init ISO generation
- `iptables`, `tc` (from `iproute2`), and `rsync` for fault/artifact tools
- Permission to run libvirt and host network commands (`sudo` access is usually required)
- `uv` (rec…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- code.testing (1, declared)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/vmcluster-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T15:23:48.080Z)

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