Synology NAS

Name: Synology NAS
Author: cmeans

by cmeansversion 0.10.0i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.cmeans/mcp-synology

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

MCP server for Synology NAS — browse files, monitor health, and automate operations

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What you can do with it

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Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Clinics & health

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
The registry lists no key to fill in.

You need

PyPIPython’s uv installed (for the uvx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "synology": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-synology"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add synology -- uvx mcp-synology

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "synology": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-synology"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "synology": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-synology"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

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Compared with others in Clinics & healthi

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Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 1027 servers in this category

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Common questions

Is Synology NAS safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.10.0) reached the registry 11 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Python (uv) on your computer.

What can I use instead?

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README from the maker

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mcp-synology

MCP server for Synology NAS devices. Exposes Synology DSM API functionality as MCP tools that Claude can use.

Tested against DSM 7.1.1-42962 Update 9, 7.2.2-72806 Update 10, 7.3.2-86009 Update 5 and 7.4.1-90080 Update 1: CI runs the integration tests for every module on a virtual DSM of each. Release candidates are also live-tested on a real NAS (DSM 7.1.1-42962 Update 9) by AI clients driving the tools: for 0.10.0, Claude Code, claude.ai through the desktop app, and Meta Muse, as admin, regular, read-only and restricted users. See docs/live-testing.md.

Supported modules

Each module covers one DSM package. A module loads only when it's listed under modules: in the config, and its permission decides whether you get its READ tools only or its WRITE tools too.

Module	Config key	READ tools	WRITE tools	DSM account	DSM versions
System	`system`	2 · 🟡 Partial	—	Any; `get_resource_usage` and some details need an admin	7.1 – 7.4.1
File Station	`filestation`	7 · 🟢 Most	8 · 🟡 Partial	Any	7.1 – 7.4.1
Synology Photos	`photos`	4 · 🟢 Most	15 · 🟢 Most	Any, with the Photos privilege	7.1 – 7.4.1 (favorites and concepts: 7.2.2+)
Download Station	`downloadstation`	5 · 🟢 Most	7 · 🟡 Partial	Any, with the Download Station privilege (non-admins see only their own tasks)	7.1 – 7.4.1
Storage	`storage`	11 · 🟢 Most	—	Admin only	7.1 – 7.4.1

Coverage, per tier, of what the package itself can do: ✅ Full: everything; 🟢 Most: the main features, with gaps listed under the module; 🟡 Partial: the core features, with notable gaps; — no tools in that tier.

What's not covered yet, in short:

System: process list, system health, logs, connected users. No WRITE tools (no reboot or shutdown).
File Station: compress and extract, share links, favorites, thumbnails, MD5 checksums, permissions and ownership changes, mounting remote folders.
Synology Photos: timeline and similar-photo views, video streaming, Shared Space folder permissions, face-level People edits, guest uploads to photo requests, Photos' own settings.
Download Station: BT search, RSS feeds, choosing files inside a torrent, editing a torrent's trackers, settings other than speed limits and the default destination.
Storage: no WRITE tools yet (phase 2: scrubbing, S.M.A.R.T. tests, hot spares, settings, snapshots); no iSCSI LUNs and SAN Manager, Hyper Backup or Task Scheduler. Never anything that wipes disks or changes a pool's layout.

Tested clients

Each release candidate is live-tested by these clients driving the tools on a real NAS (how):

Client	Model	How it runs the server	Notes
Claude Code	Claude Opus 5.5	Starts it itself (stdio)	Gets the server's instructions; no short reply limit (it aborts a call only after 30 minutes idle by default), so long operations and hand-offs are tested here
claude.ai in the Claude desktop app	Claude Opus 5.5	The app starts it locally; claude.ai reaches it through the app's device bridge	Doesn't pass on the server's instructions, tool titles or annotations, so the tools are written to work from their descriptions and replies alone. Replies are cut off after about 60 s
Meta Muse (free plan)	Muse Spark	Its own script around `mcp-synology serve`, on its VM	By default a fresh server process per call (slow: every call logs in). Ask it to keep one long-lived session instead: docs/muse.md has the instructions to paste

A client can change the outcome on its own: the same model does less well through a client that drops the server's instructions or annotations.

Tested models

For best results, use Claude Sonnet 5.5 or better. The live tests above ran on Claude Opus 5.5 in both Claude clients. To compare models, we held the client fixed: headless Claude Code (server instructions and full tool schemas delivered, no other tools), the same 12 tasks across System, File Station, Synology Photos and Download Station (Storage came later), on a DSM 7.2.2 test NAS restored fresh for each model, as a non-admin user (2026-10-28).

Model	Tasks completed
Claude Sonnet 5.5	12 of 12
Claude Haiku 5.5	11 of 12

Both handled Photos uploads, albums and tags, recycle-bin checks, Download Station tasks and honest answers about what isn't supported. The task Haiku missed needed an extra lookup it didn't think to make (matching a download by its source URL); Sonnet made it. Haiku is fine for reads; for writes, and deletes above all, use Sonnet or better. The tasks, how each was graded and the per-task results are in Comparing models.

Quick Start

1. Run setup

uvx mcp-synology setup

Requires uv. uvx downloads the latest version and caches it — no separate install step needed. It checks PyPI again once its cached copy of the index is more than 10 minutes old, so a restart of your MCP client usually picks up a new release; see Updates.

Setup will prompt for your NAS host, credentials, and preferences. If your account has 2FA enabled, it will prompt for an OTP code and store a device token for automatic future logins. It writes a config with the File Station module only; add other modules afterward (see each module below).

At the end, it prints a Claude Desktop JSON snippet ready to copy-paste.

2. Add to Claude Desktop

Copy the snippet from setup into your claude_desktop_config.json and restart Claude Desktop. It will look something like:

"mcpServers": { "synology-nas": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["mcp-synology", "serve", "--config", "~/.config/mcp-synology/nas.yaml"] } } }

The config file name (e.g., nas.yaml) also serves as a natural identifier for the connection — you can name it to match your NAS (e.g., home-nas.yaml, office-nas.yaml).

On Linux, the server auto-detects the D-Bus session socket for keyring access. If auto-detection fails, add "env": {"DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS": "unix:path=/run/user/ /bus"} to the Claude Desktop config. The setup command includes this in the generated snippet.

3. Verify

uvx mcp-synology check --config <your config file>   # Validates the config and credentials (setup prints this line; ~/.config/mcp-synology/config.yaml needs no flag)

uvx mcp-synology setup --list # Shows all configured NAS instances

Adding a module

Install the package on the NAS (Synology Photos or Download Station) from Package Center, if it isn't installed already. Without it the module's tools still appear, but every call fails with api_not_found.
Edit your config file: the one setup wrote (the file your client's --config names), or the per-NAS file such as home-nas.yaml if you use Multi-NAS. Add the module inside the existing `modules:` section; don't add a second modules: key. Each module below has a block to copy.
Check the config: mcp-synology check --config runs the same validation as serve, so it lists the YAML, setting and module-setting mistakes it finds and names the file. It also names misspelled settings and modules, and confirms the login still works.
Restart your MCP client (for example, Claude Desktop). The server reads its config only at startup.

Alternative: global install

If you prefer a persistent install (avoids download on each invocation). Requires uv — install with curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh (macOS/Linux) or see the installation guide for other options.

uv tool install mcp-synology

mcp-synology setup mcp-synology check --config

Alternative: env-var-only mode

No config file needed if SYNOLOGY_HOST is set, as long as no ./mcp-synology.yaml is in the working folder: one there stops the server until it's named or moved, or you start from another folder, so give an MCP client a fixed working folder if it has that setting. This is useful for Docker or CI environments:

"mcpServers": { "synology": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["mcp-synology", "serve"], "env": { "SYNOLOGY_HOST": "192.168.1.100", "SYNOLOGY_USERNAME": "your_user", "SYNO

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Synology NAS

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Clinics & healthi

Common questions

Alternatives

Mirobody

FHIR MCP Server

Google Health MCP

README from the maker

mcp-synology

Supported modules

Tested clients

Tested models

Quick Start

1. Run setup

2. Add to Claude Desktop

3. Verify

Adding a module

Alternative: global install

Alternative: env-var-only mode