Configure: unifi-protect

Configure: unifi-protect

Walk the user through setting up UniFi Protect NVR credentials and persist them to ~/.mcp.json so the MCP server can authenticate on every Claude Code launch.

Steps

1. Ask for the UniFi Host

Say: "What is the URL of your UniFi Protect NVR or console? (e.g. https://192.168.1.1 or https://unifi.local)"

Store as UNIFI_HOST.

2. Ask for the Username

Say: "What is your UniFi Protect admin username?"

Store as UNIFI_USERNAME.

3. Ask for the Password

Say: "What is your UniFi Protect admin password?"

Store as UNIFI_PASSWORD.

4. Ask about SSL verification

Say: "Should SSL certificates be verified? Most homelabs use self-signed certs. Enter true or false (default: false)."

Default to false if unsure. Store as UNIFI_VERIFY_SSL.

5. Write to ~/.mcp.json

Use Python to read ~/.mcp.json (create if missing), set the env vars under the unifi-protect server, and write it back:

import json, os

path = os.path.expanduser("~/.mcp.json")
config = {}
if os.path.exists(path):
    with open(path) as f:
        config = json.load(f)

config.setdefault("mcpServers", {}).setdefault("unifi-protect", {}).setdefault("env", {}).update({
    "UNIFI_HOST": "<value from step 1>",
    "UNIFI_USERNAME": "<value from step 2>",
    "UNIFI_PASSWORD": "<value from step 3>",
    "UNIFI_VERIFY_SSL": "<value from step 4>"
})

with open(path, "w") as f:
    json.dump(config, f, indent=2)

print("Saved.")

6. Confirm and prompt reload

Say: "UniFi Protect credentials saved to ~/.mcp.json. Run /reload-plugins to apply them."

Notes

• Never echo the password back after saving.
• Overwrite existing values if the keys already exist.
• If ~/.mcp.json is missing, create it with the full structure.