MCP Server

Synapse RMCP MCP Server

Name: Synapse RMCP MCP Server
Author: ai.dinglebear

ai.dinglebear/synapse

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What is the Synapse RMCP MCP server?

Host, Docker, Compose, SSH, logs, ZFS, and file operations over MCP and CLI.

How to install Synapse RMCP

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

SYNAPSE_HOME
Optional Synapse appdata directory.
SYNAPSE_HOSTS_CONFIG
Inline host topology as a JSON array.
SYNAPSE_CONFIG_FILE
Path to a host configuration file.
SYNAPSE_RMCP_VERSION
Optional GitHub release tag override for the downloaded Synapse binary.
SYNAPSE_RMCP_REPO
Optional GitHub owner/repo override for release asset downloads.
SYNAPSE_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL
Optional release download base URL override.
RUST_LOG
Tracing filter for Synapse logs.

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "synapse": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dinglebear/synapse",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SYNAPSE_HOME": "<YOUR_SYNAPSE_HOME>",
        "SYNAPSE_HOSTS_CONFIG": "<YOUR_SYNAPSE_HOSTS_CONFIG>",
        "SYNAPSE_CONFIG_FILE": "<YOUR_SYNAPSE_CONFIG_FILE>",
        "SYNAPSE_RMCP_VERSION": "<YOUR_SYNAPSE_RMCP_VERSION>",
        "SYNAPSE_RMCP_REPO": "<YOUR_SYNAPSE_RMCP_REPO>",
        "SYNAPSE_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_SYNAPSE_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL>",
        "RUST_LOG": "<YOUR_RUST_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "synapse": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dinglebear/synapse",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SYNAPSE_HOME": "<YOUR_SYNAPSE_HOME>",
        "SYNAPSE_HOSTS_CONFIG": "<YOUR_SYNAPSE_HOSTS_CONFIG>",
        "SYNAPSE_CONFIG_FILE": "<YOUR_SYNAPSE_CONFIG_FILE>",
        "SYNAPSE_RMCP_VERSION": "<YOUR_SYNAPSE_RMCP_VERSION>",
        "SYNAPSE_RMCP_REPO": "<YOUR_SYNAPSE_RMCP_REPO>",
        "SYNAPSE_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_SYNAPSE_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL>",
        "RUST_LOG": "<YOUR_RUST_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "synapse": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dinglebear/synapse",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SYNAPSE_HOME": "<YOUR_SYNAPSE_HOME>",
        "SYNAPSE_HOSTS_CONFIG": "<YOUR_SYNAPSE_HOSTS_CONFIG>",
        "SYNAPSE_CONFIG_FILE": "<YOUR_SYNAPSE_CONFIG_FILE>",
        "SYNAPSE_RMCP_VERSION": "<YOUR_SYNAPSE_RMCP_VERSION>",
        "SYNAPSE_RMCP_REPO": "<YOUR_SYNAPSE_RMCP_REPO>",
        "SYNAPSE_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_SYNAPSE_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL>",
        "RUST_LOG": "<YOUR_RUST_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "synapse": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dinglebear/synapse",
        "mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SYNAPSE_HOME": "<YOUR_SYNAPSE_HOME>",
        "SYNAPSE_HOSTS_CONFIG": "<YOUR_SYNAPSE_HOSTS_CONFIG>",
        "SYNAPSE_CONFIG_FILE": "<YOUR_SYNAPSE_CONFIG_FILE>",
        "SYNAPSE_RMCP_VERSION": "<YOUR_SYNAPSE_RMCP_VERSION>",
        "SYNAPSE_RMCP_REPO": "<YOUR_SYNAPSE_RMCP_REPO>",
        "SYNAPSE_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_SYNAPSE_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL>",
        "RUST_LOG": "<YOUR_RUST_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add synapse --env SYNAPSE_HOME=<YOUR_SYNAPSE_HOME> --env SYNAPSE_HOSTS_CONFIG=<YOUR_SYNAPSE_HOSTS_CONFIG> --env SYNAPSE_CONFIG_FILE=<YOUR_SYNAPSE_CONFIG_FILE> --env SYNAPSE_RMCP_VERSION=<YOUR_SYNAPSE_RMCP_VERSION> --env SYNAPSE_RMCP_REPO=<YOUR_SYNAPSE_RMCP_REPO> --env SYNAPSE_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL=<YOUR_SYNAPSE_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL> --env RUST_LOG=<YOUR_RUST_LOG> -- npx -y @dinglebear/synapse mcp