MCP server for Nora, the self-hosted AI agent ops platform. Connect Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any Model Context Protocol client to your Nora control plane and operate your agent fleet in natural language: deploy runtimes, start/stop/restart them, tail fleet status, and pull metrics, events, and per-agent cost.

claude mcp add nora \
  --env NORA_API_URL=https://nora.example.com \
  --env NORA_API_KEY=nora_xxxxxxxx \
  -- npx -y @noraai/mcp-server

The repository also ships a Claude Code plugin manifest under claude-plugin/. Validate and load it from a Nora checkout with:

claude plugin validate ./mcp-server/claude-plugin --strict
claude --plugin-dir ./mcp-server/claude-plugin

Or in any MCP client's JSON config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nora": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@noraai/mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "NORA_API_URL": "https://nora.example.com",
        "NORA_API_KEY": "nora_xxxxxxxx"
      }
    }
  }
}

Docker

Build the same stdio server as a non-root container:

docker build -t nora-mcp ./mcp-server
docker run --rm -i \
  -e NORA_API_URL=https://nora.example.com \
  -e NORA_API_KEY=nora_xxxxxxxx \
  nora-mcp

MCP clients should keep stdin open and pass secrets through environment variables; the image does not persist credentials or other state.

Auth

Uses Nora workspace API keys (create one under Workspace → API Keys). Scopes apply unchanged:

agents:read + monitoring:read → read tools
agents:write → deploy/lifecycle tools

Fallbacks: NORA_HOST/NORA_TOKEN env vars, then the Nora CLI's ~/.nora/config.json — so after nora login, nora mcp (or plain npx @noraai/mcp-server) just works.

Tools

Read: list_agents, get_agent, get_agent_stats, get_agent_versions, get_platform_metrics, get_fleet_status, list_monitoring_events, get_agent_metrics, get_agent_metrics_summary, get_agent_cost.

Write: deploy_agent, start_agent, stop_agent, restart_agent, redeploy_agent — and delete_agent, which is only registered when NORA_MCP_ALLOW_DESTRUCTIVE=true.

Tool output is the raw Nora REST JSON; the server is a pure API client and stores nothing.

Full guide: noradocs.solomontsao.com/guides/mcp-server

Privacy Policy

The Nora MCP connector runs locally and does not collect telemetry or persist credentials, tool inputs, or API responses. It sends each tool request and the configured API key directly to the Nora deployment identified by NORA_API_URL; no separate connector service or advertising network receives that data.

The connector retains no data after its process exits. Your Nora operator controls the storage and retention of account, agent, log, metric, and integration data in that deployment, and connected providers may apply their own policies when Nora invokes them. See the full Nora Privacy Policy or contact privacy@solomontsao.com.

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