Tailscale Compute MCP Server

Name: Tailscale Compute MCP Server
Author: io.github.dylantirandaz

io.github.dylantirandaz/tailscale-compute

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What is the Tailscale Compute MCP server?

Run builds, tests, and benchmarks on your own Tailscale compute node.

How to install Tailscale Compute

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

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

Environment / auth

TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_HOST
required
SSH user and direct Tailscale IP address or full MagicDNS name.
TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_LOCAL_ROOT
Absolute local project path. The default is the MCP process directory.
TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_ROOT
Managed workspace root on the remote node. The default is .cache/tailscale-compute-mcp.
TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_SHELL
Remote shell: auto, /bin/sh, /bin/bash, or /bin/zsh.
TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
SSH connection timeout from 1 through 60 seconds.
TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_AUDIT_LOG
Local audit log path. The default is ~/.config/tailscale-compute-mcp/compute-audit.log.

Claude Desktop

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tailscale-compute": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dylantirandaz/tailscale-compute-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_HOST": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_HOST>",
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_LOCAL_ROOT": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_LOCAL_ROOT>",
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_ROOT": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_ROOT>",
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_SHELL": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_SHELL>",
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS>",
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_AUDIT_LOG": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_AUDIT_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tailscale-compute": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dylantirandaz/tailscale-compute-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_HOST": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_HOST>",
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_LOCAL_ROOT": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_LOCAL_ROOT>",
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_ROOT": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_ROOT>",
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_SHELL": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_SHELL>",
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS>",
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_AUDIT_LOG": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_AUDIT_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tailscale-compute": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dylantirandaz/tailscale-compute-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_HOST": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_HOST>",
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_LOCAL_ROOT": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_LOCAL_ROOT>",
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_ROOT": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_ROOT>",
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_SHELL": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_SHELL>",
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS>",
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_AUDIT_LOG": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_AUDIT_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "tailscale-compute": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dylantirandaz/tailscale-compute-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_HOST": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_HOST>",
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_LOCAL_ROOT": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_LOCAL_ROOT>",
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_ROOT": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_ROOT>",
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_SHELL": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_SHELL>",
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS>",
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_AUDIT_LOG": "<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_AUDIT_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add tailscale-compute --env TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_HOST=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_HOST> --env TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_LOCAL_ROOT=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_LOCAL_ROOT> --env TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_ROOT=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_ROOT> --env TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_SHELL=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_SHELL> --env TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS> --env TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_AUDIT_LOG=<YOUR_TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_AUDIT_LOG> -- npx -y @dylantirandaz/tailscale-compute-mcp