KIP MCP Server MCP Server

Name: KIP MCP Server MCP Server
Author: io.github.dillan

io.github.dillan/kip-mcp-server

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What is the KIP MCP Server MCP server?

Reads a boat's Signal K data and helps an AI assistant design and install KIP dashboards.

How to install KIP MCP Server

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

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

Environment / auth

SIGNALK_HOST
Signal K server host name or IP.
SIGNALK_PORT
Signal K server port.
SIGNALK_TLS
Set true if Signal K uses https/wss.
SIGNALK_TOKEN
secret
Signal K token, needed to write dashboards (or use SIGNALK_USER/PASSWORD).
SIGNALK_USER
Signal K username, used with SIGNALK_PASSWORD instead of a token.
SIGNALK_PASSWORD
secret
Signal K password, used with SIGNALK_USER.
KIP_URL
Override where KIP is served, if it is not the default.

Claude Desktop

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kip-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kip-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SIGNALK_HOST": "<YOUR_SIGNALK_HOST>",
        "SIGNALK_PORT": "<YOUR_SIGNALK_PORT>",
        "SIGNALK_TLS": "<YOUR_SIGNALK_TLS>",
        "SIGNALK_TOKEN": "<YOUR_SIGNALK_TOKEN>",
        "SIGNALK_USER": "<YOUR_SIGNALK_USER>",
        "SIGNALK_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_SIGNALK_PASSWORD>",
        "KIP_URL": "<YOUR_KIP_URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kip-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kip-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SIGNALK_HOST": "<YOUR_SIGNALK_HOST>",
        "SIGNALK_PORT": "<YOUR_SIGNALK_PORT>",
        "SIGNALK_TLS": "<YOUR_SIGNALK_TLS>",
        "SIGNALK_TOKEN": "<YOUR_SIGNALK_TOKEN>",
        "SIGNALK_USER": "<YOUR_SIGNALK_USER>",
        "SIGNALK_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_SIGNALK_PASSWORD>",
        "KIP_URL": "<YOUR_KIP_URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kip-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kip-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SIGNALK_HOST": "<YOUR_SIGNALK_HOST>",
        "SIGNALK_PORT": "<YOUR_SIGNALK_PORT>",
        "SIGNALK_TLS": "<YOUR_SIGNALK_TLS>",
        "SIGNALK_TOKEN": "<YOUR_SIGNALK_TOKEN>",
        "SIGNALK_USER": "<YOUR_SIGNALK_USER>",
        "SIGNALK_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_SIGNALK_PASSWORD>",
        "KIP_URL": "<YOUR_KIP_URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "kip-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kip-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SIGNALK_HOST": "<YOUR_SIGNALK_HOST>",
        "SIGNALK_PORT": "<YOUR_SIGNALK_PORT>",
        "SIGNALK_TLS": "<YOUR_SIGNALK_TLS>",
        "SIGNALK_TOKEN": "<YOUR_SIGNALK_TOKEN>",
        "SIGNALK_USER": "<YOUR_SIGNALK_USER>",
        "SIGNALK_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_SIGNALK_PASSWORD>",
        "KIP_URL": "<YOUR_KIP_URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add kip-mcp-server --env SIGNALK_HOST=<YOUR_SIGNALK_HOST> --env SIGNALK_PORT=<YOUR_SIGNALK_PORT> --env SIGNALK_TLS=<YOUR_SIGNALK_TLS> --env SIGNALK_TOKEN=<YOUR_SIGNALK_TOKEN> --env SIGNALK_USER=<YOUR_SIGNALK_USER> --env SIGNALK_PASSWORD=<YOUR_SIGNALK_PASSWORD> --env KIP_URL=<YOUR_KIP_URL> -- npx -y kip-mcp-server