MCP-Ambari-APISAFE
๐ Natural-language Hadoop cluster management via MCP. Connect LLM agents (Claude, GPT, etc.) directly to Apache Ambari REST API โ control services, inspect configs, query metrics, and manage alerts with AI. Built with FastMCP & aiohttp.
Overview
From the repository's own README, as read at the audited commit. Badges and raw HTML are left out.
๐ Automate Apache Ambari operations with AI/LLM: Conversational control for Hadoop cluster management, service monitoring, configuration inspection, and precise Ambari Metrics queries via Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools.
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Architecture & Internal (DeepWiki)
[](https://deepwiki.com/call518/MCP-Ambari-API)
๐ Overview
MCP Ambari API is a powerful Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables seamless Apache Ambari cluster management through natural language commands. Built for DevOps engineers, data engineers, and system administrators who work with Hadoop ecosystems.
Features
- โ Interactive Ambari Operations Hub โ Provides an MCP-based foundation for querying and managing services through natural language instead of console or UI interfaces.
- โ Real-time Cluster Visibility โ Comprehensive view of key metrics including service status, host details, alert history, and ongoing requests in a single interface.
- โ Metrics Intelligence Pipeline โ Dynamically discovers and filters AMS appIds and metric names, connecting directly to time
cd665c4f477cOBSERVED ยท 2026-10-11Connect
Built from this server's own package name, version and transport as found in its source โ not copied from anyone's documentation, so it cannot drift against a page we do not control. Replace the environment placeholders with a token scoped to the least it needs.
claude mcp add mcp-ambari-api --env AMBARI_PASS=${AMBARI_PASS} --env REMOTE_AUTH_ENABLE=${REMOTE_AUTH_ENABLE} --env REMOTE_SECRET_KEY=${REMOTE_SECRET_KEY} -- uvx mcp-ambari-api{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-ambari-api": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-ambari-api"
],
"env": {
"AMBARI_PASS": "${AMBARI_PASS}",
"REMOTE_AUTH_ENABLE": "${REMOTE_AUTH_ENABLE}",
"REMOTE_SECRET_KEY": "${REMOTE_SECRET_KEY}"
}
}
}
}Exposed tools (1)
1 read ยท 0 write ยท 0 destructive.
| Tool | Risk | Description |
|---|---|---|
get_prompt_template | read | Return the canonical English prompt template (optionally a specific section). |
Trust audit
SAFEgrade B ยท trust 89/100 Nothing in the source contradicts what it says it does. Grade A is reserved for packages that have also passed the behavioural sandbox.
| Layer | What it checks | Result |
|---|---|---|
| L0 | Provenance & inventory | PASS |
| L1 | Static analysis of the code | PASS |
| L2 | Instruction surface (what it tells the agent) | PASS |
| L3 | Class-specific surface | PASS |
| L4 | Behavioural (sandbox) | SKIPPED |
What the source does
- Filesystem
- none-observed
- Network
- declared (4 observation(s))
- Shell
- none-observed
- Dependencies
- pinned
- Secrets in source
- none-found
Findings (1)
.pre-commit-config.yaml
Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass.
cd665c4f477cfull audit observations/trust-audit/mcp-server/call518__mcp-ambari-api.json ยท Report an issue / request a re-scanAudit history
Every audit this server has had. A grade with a past is a grade somebody is still checking.
| Date | Source | Verdict | Grade | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-11 | cd665c4f477c | SAFE | B | 89 | first audit |
Questions
What is the MCP-Ambari-API MCP server?
๐ Natural-language Hadoop cluster management via MCP. Connect LLM agents (Claude, GPT, etc.) directly to Apache Ambari REST API โ control services, inspect configs, query metrics, and manage alerts with AI. Built with FastMCP & aiohttp.
What tools does MCP-Ambari-API expose?
1 in total: 1 read-only, 0 that write, and 0 that can delete or overwrite. Every one is listed on this page with its risk.
Is MCP-Ambari-API safe to connect to an agent?
The audit found nothing in the source that contradicts what it says it does, and graded it B (89/100). Grade A is held back for packages that have also passed a sandboxed behavioural run, which is why a clean server reads B.
What credentials does MCP-Ambari-API need?
It reads AMBARI_PASS, REMOTE_AUTH_ENABLE and REMOTE_SECRET_KEY from the environment. Give it a token scoped to the least it needs โ an agent that can be talked into calling a tool can be talked into calling it with your credentials.
How does MCP-Ambari-API run?
It speaks stdio and streamable-http, so it runs as a local process your client starts. It is published on PyPI as mcp-ambari-api.
How current is this page?
The grade is for one exact copy of the source (cd665c4f477c), read on 2026-10-11. The repository is watched and re-audited when it changes.