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mcpcap

Spec Support Unverified First-party Confidence: Good (0.85)

mcpcap is an MCP server published by mcpcap; its MCP spec-revision support has not been verified yet. It is the first-party server from mcpcap. Last verified 2026-08-25.

Does mcpcap support the current MCP specification (2026-07-28)?

Undetermined. We have not verified which MCP specification revision mcpcap supports (as of 2026-08-25).

Is mcpcap a first-party (official) MCP server?

Yes. mcpcap is the first-party MCP server published by mcpcap (last verified 2026-08-25).

How do I connect to mcpcap?

mcpcap is available via the package pypi:mcpcap, the official MCP Registry under ai.mcpcap/mcpcap, the source repository at https://github.com/mcpcap/mcpcap. Authentication: none. Transports: stdio.

When were mcpcap's facts last verified?

2026-08-25. Each fact on this page links to the sources used to verify it.

mcpcap is an MCP server for analyzing PCAP network capture files, published by the project of the same name from its own GitHub organization under the DNS-verified ai.mcpcap registry namespace. It installs from PyPI and runs locally over stdio against capture files, with no hosted remote and no upstream credentials involved.

The registry record and PyPI agree on version 0.9.6, a rarity in this vetting batch. No project surface names a supported MCP revision, so spec status is recorded as unknown.

How widely adopted is mcpcap?

Ranked #176 in The MCP 500 with Adoption Index 51.90 (snapshot , methodology v1).

Measurement Value Source
Official MCP Registry yes API ·
Docker MCP Catalog no API ·
GitHub stars 51 API ·
GitHub forks 12 API ·
Last push 2026-07-16T20:09:57Z API ·
Repository archived no API ·

Repository and package signals for mcpcap

Measured directly from the source registries, not asserted from a document. Each figure carries the date it was read; none of it affects the verified spec status above.

Repository as of

Created
Open issues
3
Primary language
Python
License (repository)
MIT
Continuous integration
Present
Tests
Present
Security policy
None

Declared topics: mcp, mcp-server, pcap, pcap-analyzer — author-declared on the repository, not our taxonomy.

Package (pypi) as of

Latest version
0.9.6
Last published
First published
Releases
35
Direct dependencies
21
Unpacked size
1.7 MB
Registry signature
Not measured
Build provenance
No attestation

How was this verified, and what are the sources?

Verified · method: registry-record · confidence 0.85 (Good).

  1. Official MCP Registry record ai.mcpcap/mcpcap v0.9.6 - "An MCP server for analyzing PCAP files.", DNS-verified ai.mcpcap namespace, PyPI package mcpcap, stdio transport, repository github.com/mcpcap/mcpcap - accessed
  2. PyPI metadata for mcpcap - latest 0.9.6, matching the registry record; Homepage mcpcap.ai, Repository github.com/mcpcap/mcpcap - accessed
  3. GitHub repository mcpcap/mcpcap via the GitHub API - description "Network analysis for the AI age", 51 stars, pushed 2026-07-16 - accessed
  4. mcpcap/mcpcap README - "A modular Python MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for analyzing PCAP files", stateless, stdio or HTTP; no MCP revision named - accessed
  5. PyPI JSON metadata for mcpcap - requires_dist includes "fastmcp<2.15.0,>=2.12.2" - accessed