Ignition MCP MCP Server

Name: Ignition MCP MCP Server
Author: io.github.jsgorana

io.github.jsgorana/ignition-mcp

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What is the Ignition MCP MCP server?

MCP server for Inductive Automation Ignition: tags, alarms, history, and Perspective

How to install Ignition MCP

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

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

Environment / auth

IGNITION_URL
required
Gateway base URL, e.g. http://localhost:8088
IGNITION_API_TOKEN
required
secret
Ignition API key in 'name:secret' form
IGNITION_BRIDGE_SECRET
secret
HMAC secret shared with the mcp-bridge WebDev project; enables live tag/alarm/history/Perspective tools
IGNITION_ALLOW_WRITES
Set to 'true' to enable mutating tools (each call still requires confirm=true)

Claude Desktop

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ignition-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ignition-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "IGNITION_URL": "<YOUR_IGNITION_URL>",
        "IGNITION_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_IGNITION_API_TOKEN>",
        "IGNITION_BRIDGE_SECRET": "<YOUR_IGNITION_BRIDGE_SECRET>",
        "IGNITION_ALLOW_WRITES": "<YOUR_IGNITION_ALLOW_WRITES>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ignition-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ignition-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "IGNITION_URL": "<YOUR_IGNITION_URL>",
        "IGNITION_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_IGNITION_API_TOKEN>",
        "IGNITION_BRIDGE_SECRET": "<YOUR_IGNITION_BRIDGE_SECRET>",
        "IGNITION_ALLOW_WRITES": "<YOUR_IGNITION_ALLOW_WRITES>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ignition-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ignition-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "IGNITION_URL": "<YOUR_IGNITION_URL>",
        "IGNITION_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_IGNITION_API_TOKEN>",
        "IGNITION_BRIDGE_SECRET": "<YOUR_IGNITION_BRIDGE_SECRET>",
        "IGNITION_ALLOW_WRITES": "<YOUR_IGNITION_ALLOW_WRITES>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "ignition-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "ignition-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "IGNITION_URL": "<YOUR_IGNITION_URL>",
        "IGNITION_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_IGNITION_API_TOKEN>",
        "IGNITION_BRIDGE_SECRET": "<YOUR_IGNITION_BRIDGE_SECRET>",
        "IGNITION_ALLOW_WRITES": "<YOUR_IGNITION_ALLOW_WRITES>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add ignition-mcp --env IGNITION_URL=<YOUR_IGNITION_URL> --env IGNITION_API_TOKEN=<YOUR_IGNITION_API_TOKEN> --env IGNITION_BRIDGE_SECRET=<YOUR_IGNITION_BRIDGE_SECRET> --env IGNITION_ALLOW_WRITES=<YOUR_IGNITION_ALLOW_WRITES> -- uvx ignition-mcp