Panelica MCP

Name: Panelica MCP
Author: Panelica

by Panelicaversion 0.5.4i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.Panelica/panelica-mcp

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Manage a Panelica hosting panel in plain English - 404 scoped, HMAC-signed tools.

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What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Other
You need to fill in: PANELICA_BASE_URL, PANELICA_API_KEY, PANELICA_API_SECRET

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).
You fill in yourself: PANELICA_BASE_URL, PANELICA_API_KEY, PANELICA_API_SECRET

Values marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.

You need

npmNode.js installed (for the npx 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": {
    "panelica": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "panelica-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PANELICA_BASE_URL": "your-value",
        "PANELICA_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "PANELICA_API_SECRET": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add panelica --env PANELICA_BASE_URL=your-value --env PANELICA_API_KEY=your-value --env PANELICA_API_SECRET=your-value -- npx -y panelica-mcp

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "panelica": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "panelica-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PANELICA_BASE_URL": "your-value",
        "PANELICA_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "PANELICA_API_SECRET": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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": {
    "panelica": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "panelica-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PANELICA_BASE_URL": "your-value",
        "PANELICA_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "PANELICA_API_SECRET": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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.

This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

PANELICA_BASE_URL required env
External API base URL of your panel, e.g. https://panel.example.com:8443/api/external
PANELICA_API_KEY secret required env
API key from the panel (Developer -> API). Grant only the scopes the assistant needs.
PANELICA_API_SECRET secret required env
API secret paired with the key; used locally for HMAC-SHA256 request signing.

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

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

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 7, 2026

✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account Panelica, which owns the repo
… Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
… Not checked yet
Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
– Not applicable
Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
– Not applicable
Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
… Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Otheri

More stars than 0% of the other 32727 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 87% of the other 32727 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 32727 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is Panelica MCP 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?

You need to fill in: PANELICA_BASE_URL, PANELICA_API_KEY, PANELICA_API_SECRET

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 (0.5.4) reached the registry 5 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Node.js on your computer.

What can I use instead?

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README from the maker

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Panelica MCP Server

Talk to your Panelica hosting panel in plain English.

Provision a domain, issue an SSL certificate, create a database, or restart a

service through Claude Desktop, Cursor, ChatGPT, or any other

Model Context Protocol client.

404 tools cover the entire External API surface — accounts, domains, DNS, SSL, email, MySQL, FTP, security, backups, server resources, and more.

How it works
Requirements
Install
Option A — npm (recommended)
Option B — Docker
Option C — Build from source
Configuration
1. Open the External API port
2. Generate an API key in the panel
3. Verify the credentials with curl
Wire it into your MCP client
Claude Code (one command)
Claude Desktop
Cursor
OpenAI Codex CLI
Continue.dev, Cline, Zed
Generic stdio client
Tool catalogue
Example sessions
Permission scopes
Security model
Troubleshooting
Development
Versioning & support
License

How it works

+----------------+         stdio JSON-RPC          +-------------------+

panelica-mcp is a thin, stateless adapter:

The MCP client launches the binary over stdio.
At startup the server fetches /v1/api-spec from your panel and builds the tool list from it (live catalogue, default). If the panel is unreachable it falls back to the bundled tools/tools.json snapshot. Set PANELICA_LIVE_SPEC=0 to always use the snapshot.
The client asks for the tool list and receives it — together with server instructions (how ids, scopes, response envelopes, errors and rate limits work, plus workflow recipes), generated from that same catalogue. See What the assistant knows.
When the client calls a tool, the server builds the corresponding HTTP request, signs it with HMAC-SHA256 using your local PANELICA_API_SECRET, and forwards it to the panel.
The HTTP response is returned to the client as the tool result. A failed call comes back as an explanation of what to do next (missing scope, wrong id, rate-limit reset…) rather than a bare status code.

No data is cached, no telemetry is emitted, and the secret never leaves the machine running the MCP server.

Requirements

A running Panelica panel (version 1.0.193 or newer recommended; the External API surface is stable from 1.0.180+).
HTTPS access to the panel UI on port 8443 from the machine that will run panelica-mcp. This is the same port you already use in the browser — no extra firewall change is required.
One of the following runtimes on that machine:
Node.js ≥ 20 for the npm install path
Docker for the container path

You do not need to install anything on the panel host itself, and you do not need to open the internal port 3002 to the public internet.

Install

Pick whichever fits your MCP client setup. All three produce the same stdio binary; pick by which sandbox model you prefer.

Option A — npm (recommended)

npm install -g panelica-mcp

or run without installing (the MCP client launches npx for you):

npx -y panelica-mcp

The -y flag accepts npm's "install on first run" prompt non-interactively, which is what MCP clients need.

Option B — Docker

A pre-built image is published to GitHub Container Registry on every release:

docker pull ghcr.io/panelica/panelica-mcp:latest

Run it from an MCP client config:

"command": "docker", "args": [ "run", "--rm", "-i", "-e", "PANELICA_BASE_URL", "-e", "PANELICA_API_KEY", "-e", "PANELICA_API_SECRET", "ghcr.io/panelica/panelica-mcp:latest" ], "env": { "PANELICA_BASE_URL": "https://your-panel-host:8443/api/external", "PANELICA_API_KEY": "pk_...", "PANELICA_API_SECRET": "sk_..." } }

-i keeps stdin attached so the MCP client can talk to the container. --rm removes the container when the client disconnects.

Option C — Build from source

git clone https://github.com/Panelica/panelica-mcp.git

cd panelica-mcp npm install npm run build node dist/index.js # speaks MCP over stdio

To regenerate tools/tools.json from your panel's live API spec:

PANELICA_SPEC_URL="https://your-panel:8443/api/external/v1/api-spec" npm run rebuild-tools

Configuration

You need three values: a reachable base URL, an API key, and an API secret.

1. Pick the right base URL

Panelica's external-server process listens on 127.0.0.1:3002, and the panel's nginx on 8443 reverse-proxies /api/external/... to it. Nginx strips the /api/external prefix before forwarding, so the path the HMAC signature is computed over and the path the backend sees both end up as /v1/... — signatures match end-to-end without any extra knobs.

The right PANELICA_BASE_URL depends on where you run panelica-mcp:

Scenario	Recommended `PANELICA_BASE_URL`
MCP client on your laptop, panel on a remote server	`https:// :8443/api/external`
MCP client and panel on the same machine	`http://127.0.0.1:3002`

You should not open port 3002 to the public internet. The default install binds it on all interfaces but expects it to be either firewalled or only reached through the 8443 reverse proxy.

Sanity-check the proxy from your machine:

curl -sk https://<panel-host>:8443/api/external/health

{"status":"ok"} or similar

If you get a TLS error, that is the panel's self-signed certificate — install a real cert on the panel (panel UI → Settings → SSL) rather than disabling verification client-side.

2. Generate an API key in the panel

Sign in to the panel as root or any account with permission to manage API keys.
Navigate to Settings → API Keys → Generate API Key.
Pick the scopes you want the MCP server to have. For a read-only assistant, *:read is enough (panel 1.0.528+; older panels need the individual :read scopes). For full automation grant *:write and *:delete too, or *:*. Every tool's description in this server lists the scopes it requires.
Copy both key (looks like pk_...) and secret (looks like sk_...). The secret is shown only once; store it in a password manager.

3. Verify the credentials with curl

Before you wire the MCP client up, prove the credentials work end-to-end:

export PANELICA_BASE_URL=https://your-panel-host:8443/api/external

export PANELICA_API_KEY=pk_xxxxxxxx export PANELICA_API_SECRET=sk_xxxxxxxx

TS=$(date +%s)

Signature is over METHOD + PATH + TIMESTAMP + BODY. The path is the

backend-visible path (/v1/...) — NOT the /api/external/ prefix that nginx

strips before forwarding. panelica-mcp does this automatically.

SIG=$(printf "GET/v1/api-keys${TS}" \ | openssl dgst -sha256 -hmac "$PANELICA_API_SECRET" -hex | awk '{print $2}')

curl -sk "$PANELICA_BASE_URL/v1/api-keys" \ -H "X-API-Key: $PANELICA_API_KEY" \ -H "X-Timestamp: $TS" \ -H "X-Signature: $SIG"

You should get back JSON listing your API keys. Common 401 responses:

`error.code`	Likely cause
`MISSING_API_KEY` / `MISSING_TIMESTAMP` / `MISSING_SIGNATURE`	Header is empty — re-check the curl flags
`INVALID_KEY_FORMAT`	The `PANELICA_API_KEY` value is malformed
`INVALID_TIMESTAMP`	Local clock drifted more than 5 minutes — sync NTP
`INVALID_SIGNATURE`	Wrong secret, or the path you signed includes `/api/external/` (it must not — nginx strips it before the backend sees it)

4. Optional environment variables

Variable	Default	Effect
`PANELICA_TOOLSETS`	`core`	Which tools are registered directly — see Toolsets
`PANELICA_LIVE_SPEC`	`1`	Build the catalogue from your panel's `/v1/api-spec` at startup; `0` = bundled snapshot only
`PANELICA_SPEC_TIMEOUT_MS`	`8000`	Live-spec fetch timeout before falling back to the snapshot
`PANELICA_TIMEOUT_MS`	`30000`	Per-call HTTP timeout
`PANELICA_MAX_RESULT_CHARS`	`60000`	Larger list results are cut to the first items with a `_truncated` note so the client context is not flooded
`PANELICA_STARTUP_PROBE`	`1`	Call `GET /v1/me` once at startup to state the key's scopes in the instructions; `0` skips it

Wire it into your MCP client

Claude Code (one command)

claude mcp add panelica \

-e PANELICA_BASE_URL=https://your-panel:8443/api/external \ -e PANELICA_API_KEY=pk_... \ -e PANELICA_API_SECRET=sk_... \ -- npx -y panelica-mcp

That's it — ask Claude Code to "list my domains" or "create a database for example.com" and it will drive the panel through the scoped API key.

Claude Desktop

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Panelica MCP

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Values you fill in

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 Otheri

Common questions

Alternatives

Spec Driven Development

Remote Desktop Commander

Foliosio

README from the maker

Panelica MCP Server

Table of Contents

How it works

Requirements

Install

Option A — npm (recommended)

Option B — Docker

Option C — Build from source

Configuration

1. Pick the right base URL

{"status":"ok"} or similar

2. Generate an API key in the panel

3. Verify the credentials with curl

Signature is over METHOD + PATH + TIMESTAMP + BODY. The path is the

backend-visible path (/v1/...) — NOT the /api/external/ prefix that nginx

strips before forwarding. panelica-mcp does this automatically.

4. Optional environment variables

Wire it into your MCP client

Claude Code (one command)

Claude Desktop