About Arrakis MCP Server
Arrakis MCP Server exposes Arrakis VM sandbox operations to LLMs. It supports VM lifecycle management, command execution, file transfer, and snapshots.
Key features
- 01List VMs and inspect details
- 02Start and destroy VM sandboxes
- 03Run commands inside VMs
- 04Upload and download files
- 05Create and restore snapshots
- 06Pause or stop VMs
Use cases
- 01Inspect available VM sandboxes
- 02Run commands in an isolated VM
- 03Transfer files to or from a VM
- 04Save or restore VM snapshots
MCP support
Exposes VM information as MCP resources and sandbox operations as tools for MCP clients.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMEArrakis MCP Server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes Arrakis VM sandbox functionality to Large Language Models.
Setup
Setup
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Clone this repository:
git clone https://github.com/abshkbh/arrakis-mcp-server.git cd arrakis-mcp-server -
Configure your LLM tool to use the Arrakis MCP server by adding the following to your MCP configuration:
"mcpServers": { "arrakis": { "command": "<path-to-uv>", "args": [ "--directory", "<path-to-repo>", "run", "arrakis_mcp_server.py" ] } }
API
The Arrakis MCP Server exposes the following MCP resources and tools:
Resources
arrakis://vms- List all available VMsarrakis://vm/{vm_name}- Get information about a specific VM
Tools
start_sandbox- Start a new VM sandboxrestore_snapshot- Restore a VM from a snapshotsnapshot- Create a snapshot of a VMrun_command- Run a command in a VMupload_file- Upload a file to a VMdownload_file- Download a file from a VMdestroy_vm- Destroy a specific VMdestroy_all_vms- Destroy all VMsupdate_vm_state- Update the state of a VM (pause/stop)
License
This project is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.
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