Manage Servers and Databases via Natural Language

Implements a Model Context Protocol server for 1Panel, the self-hosted server management panel, exposing tools across five categories: system (dashboard status, system info), websites (list, create), certificates (list, create SSL), applications (list installed apps, install specific ones like OpenResty or MySQL), and databases (list, create). The server runs over stdio for local desktop clients by default, or over SSE/streamable-HTTP for remote access, with HTTP transports requiring an MCP authentication token by default and listening on loopback addresses only unless explicitly overridden - a deliberate default that should stay in place unless TLS termination and an Origin allowlist are set up at a trusted reverse proxy first.

Use it when an AI assistant needs to manage a 1Panel instance - checking system status, standing up websites and certificates, installing applications, or managing databases - through natural-language requests rather than the 1Panel dashboard itself. It requires Go 1.25.0 or higher to build and an existing 1Panel installation to connect to; stdio is the preferred transport for local desktop clients, while HTTP transports should stay on their loopback-only default unless exposed behind a properly configured reverse proxy. The panel's own access token should be supplied via the PANEL_ACCESS_TOKEN environment variable rather than the -token command-line flag, since a CLI flag is visible in the system's process list to anything that can read it. Two flags are explicitly marked as unsafe defaults to avoid: -allow-insecure-http, which allows unauthenticated HTTP transports and is meant only for local development, and -allow-remote-http, which lets an HTTP transport listen beyond loopback and should only be used behind TLS with an explicit -allowed-origins allowlist configured.

System dashboard and info retrieval, website listing and creation, SSL certificate listing and creation, application listing and installation (including specific apps like OpenResty and MySQL), and database listing and creation, all against a live 1Panel instance.

Build from source with make build or install directly with go install github.com/1Panel-dev/mcp-1panel@latest, then configure a client like Cursor or Windsurf for stdio mode:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-1panel": {
      "command": "mcp-1panel",
      "env": {
        "PANEL_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<your 1Panel access token>",
        "PANEL_HOST": "such as http://localhost:8080"
      }
    }
  }
}

or start the server with -transport sse and an MCP_AUTH_TOKEN for remote, authenticated access instead.

Server administrators running 1Panel who want an AI assistant to check system status, manage websites, certificates, applications, and databases conversationally instead of clicking through the 1Panel dashboard.