Hetzner DNS MCP Server

Name: Hetzner DNS MCP Server
Author: io.github.ni-c

io.github.ni-c/hetzner-dns-mcp

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What is the Hetzner DNS MCP server?

Manage DNS zones and records (zonefiles, RRSets, TTL, protection) via the Hetzner Cloud API

How to install Hetzner DNS

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

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

Environment / auth

HETZNER_API_TOKEN
required
secret
Hetzner Cloud API token (project-scoped, Cloud Console -> Security -> API tokens)
HETZNER_READ_ONLY
Set to true to register only the read-only tools (default: false)
HETZNER_API_BASE_URL
Override the Hetzner Cloud API base URL (default: https://api.hetzner.cloud/v1)

Claude Desktop

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hetzner-dns-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "hetzner-dns-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HETZNER_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_HETZNER_API_TOKEN>",
        "HETZNER_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_HETZNER_READ_ONLY>",
        "HETZNER_API_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_HETZNER_API_BASE_URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hetzner-dns-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "hetzner-dns-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HETZNER_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_HETZNER_API_TOKEN>",
        "HETZNER_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_HETZNER_READ_ONLY>",
        "HETZNER_API_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_HETZNER_API_BASE_URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hetzner-dns-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "hetzner-dns-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HETZNER_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_HETZNER_API_TOKEN>",
        "HETZNER_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_HETZNER_READ_ONLY>",
        "HETZNER_API_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_HETZNER_API_BASE_URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "hetzner-dns-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "hetzner-dns-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HETZNER_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_HETZNER_API_TOKEN>",
        "HETZNER_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_HETZNER_READ_ONLY>",
        "HETZNER_API_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_HETZNER_API_BASE_URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add hetzner-dns-mcp --env HETZNER_API_TOKEN=<YOUR_HETZNER_API_TOKEN> --env HETZNER_READ_ONLY=<YOUR_HETZNER_READ_ONLY> --env HETZNER_API_BASE_URL=<YOUR_HETZNER_API_BASE_URL> -- npx -y hetzner-dns-mcp