VPNDetection

Name: VPNDetection
Author: vpndetection-io

by vpndetection-ioversion 6.2.6i★ –iComputer or cloud

Registry nameio.vpndetection/mcp

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

VPN, proxy, Tor, hosting and CDN detection for any IP address, from the VPNDetection API.

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Our basic checksi3 of 3 passedChecked from public information; code not scanned yet
UsageiNot measured yet★ –

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: Computer or cloud
Transport: stdio, Streamable HTTP
Category: Other
You need to fill in: VPNDETECTION_API_KEY

Install

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

Before you install

Basic checks: 3 of 3 passed
Runs on the maker’s server: what you ask it goes through their server.
You fill in yourself: VPNDETECTION_API_KEY, VPNDETECTION_BASE_URL

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

You need

Runs in the cloudNothing to install; it connects over the internet
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 …”.

Works in Claude on the web, desktop and mobile:

Open Settings → Connectors
Press Add custom connector
Paste the address below and press Add
If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker

https://mcp.vpndetection.io/mcp

Or run it on your computer

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vpndetection": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "vpndetection-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VPNDETECTION_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "VPNDETECTION_BASE_URL": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http vpndetection https://mcp.vpndetection.io/mcp

Or run it on your computer

claude mcp add vpndetection --env VPNDETECTION_API_KEY=your-value --env VPNDETECTION_BASE_URL=your-value -- npx -y vpndetection-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": {
    "vpndetection": {
      "url": "https://mcp.vpndetection.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Or run it on your computer

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vpndetection": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "vpndetection-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VPNDETECTION_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "VPNDETECTION_BASE_URL": "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": {
    "vpndetection": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.vpndetection.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Or run it on your computer

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "vpndetection": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "vpndetection-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VPNDETECTION_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "VPNDETECTION_BASE_URL": "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.

ChatGPT connects only to servers on the internet:

Open ChatGPT on the web → Settings → Connectors (Apps)
Press Create or Add (some plans need Developer mode under Advanced first)
Paste the address below, give it a name and save
If it asks you to sign in, sign in with the maker

https://mcp.vpndetection.io/mcp

Menu names can differ slightly by plan and over time.

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

Values you fill in

VPNDETECTION_API_KEY secret env
Your VPNDetection API key; lookups answer without one, with fewer fields
VPNDETECTION_BASE_URL env
Overrides the API endpoint

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

What it can do

The server asks you to sign in before it lists its tools.

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 against the domain vpndetection.io (the registry checks domain ownership)
… 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
✓ Pass
Endpoint responds
Responded in 1231 ms (HTTP 401)
✓ Pass
Sign-in with OAuth
Declares OAuth sign-in, so your AI app can take you to log in
… Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Not checked yet; we read the tool list when we check the endpoint

Compared with others in Otheri

More stars than 0% of the other 32545 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 95% of the other 32545 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 32545 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 VPNDetection safe?

It passed 3 of 3 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: VPNDETECTION_API_KEY

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

Either way works: install it on your computer or connect to the cloud version.

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (6.2.6) reached the registry yesterday.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. It connects by URL, so apps that accept remote MCP servers work too, such as ChatGPT in developer mode.

What can I use instead?

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VPNDetection MCP Server

The official Model Context Protocol server for the VPNDetection API.

It gives an AI agent seven read-only tools for anonymity detection: whether an address belongs to a VPN, a residential, datacenter, mobile or public proxy, a Tor node, a privacy relay or web gateway, a hosting provider or a CDN, plus the database catalog and where your organization's license for each one stands.

Getting Started

We host it at https://mcp.vpndetection.io/mcp, and you sign in to it with your VPNDetection account. It also runs on your own machine from npm.

In Claude

In claude.ai, the desktop app or Cowork, add https://mcp.vpndetection.io/mcp as a custom connector and choose Use Claude's published identity when asked. In Claude Code, install our plugin, which adds the server with skills:

/plugin marketplace add vpndetection-io/claude-plugin

/plugin install vpndetection@vpndetection

Either way you sign in with your VPNDetection account, and Claude never sees your API key. The steps, the skills and how to disconnect: docs.vpndetection.io/integrations/claude.

In ChatGPT and Codex

In ChatGPT on the web, add https://mcp.vpndetection.io/mcp as a custom MCP server under Plugins and choose OAuth. In Codex, install our plugin, which adds the server with skills:

codex plugin marketplace add vpndetection-io/openai-plugin

codex plugin add vpndetection@vpndetection codex mcp login vpndetection

Either way you sign in with your VPNDetection account, and neither sees your API key. The steps: docs.vpndetection.io/integrations/chatgpt and docs.vpndetection.io/integrations/codex. On the OpenAI API, the Responses API's mcp tool takes the server as its server_url and your key as its authorization.

In any other MCP client

Point it at https://mcp.vpndetection.io/mcp. A client that supports MCP authorization signs in the same way. One that doesn't can send a key instead, as Authorization: Bearer your-key.

On your own machine

No API key needed to start. Without a key, a lookup answers ip and is_vpn, up to 1000 a day per source address. A free key adds Tor and relay detection, where the address is and the AS that announces it, and every paid plan answers every field.

Add this to your MCP client's config:

"mcpServers": { "vpndetection": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "vpndetection-mcp"] } } }

Requires Node.js 22 or newer.

A key unlocks the provider name, the classification databases and the proxy families. Put it in the environment:

"mcpServers": { "vpndetection": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "vpndetection-mcp"], "env": { "VPNDETECTION_API_KEY": "your-key" } } } }

VPNDETECTION_BASE_URL overrides the endpoint if you need to point somewhere else.

Tools

Tool	What it answers
`lookup_ip`	Classify one address.
`lookup_ips`	Classify a whole list of addresses in one call, keyed by address. A long list is batched for you.
`my_entitlement`	What this key is entitled to and what it has spent: plan, field tier, requests so far, allowance, and when it resets.
`list_databases`	Every database we publish, with its `standing` for your organization: `licensed`, `expired` or `unlicensed`.
`database_metadata`	A database's columns, sample rows, row count, build date and file sizes.
`database_checksum`	The published digests for one database file.
`list_downloads`	Your organization's recent download attempts, refusals included.

The database tools need a key with the db.download scope, which your organization's Default key has.

Every tool is read-only. There is deliberately no download tool: the databases run to several GB, which is not something an agent should pull into a conversation. Fetch them with the client libraries or the API instead.

There is deliberately no `my_ip` tool, although every client library has one. Over a hosted transport the address our edge observes belongs to whatever proxied the call - Claude's infrastructure, not the person asking - so the tool would answer confidently and wrongly for the only reading anyone would put on it. my_entitlement has no such problem and is the same answer from any transport, because it describes the credential rather than the connection. A test pins the tool's absence so it cannot be added back by accident.

Usage counts against the anniversary of the subscription, not the calendar month and not the billing period. A null hard_limit means we never stop serving; it is not a limit of zero.

Reading a result

Each lookup comes back with a coverage block beside it:

"result": { "ip": "45.83.91.1", "is_vpn": true }, "coverage": { "included": ["ip", "is_vpn"], "not_included": ["is_hosting", "is_tor", "hosting", "tor", "..."], "note": "The fields in not_included were not returned, because this API key's plan does not include them. ..." } }

This matters more here than in a normal client library. A field missing from a result means your plan doesn't include it, never "we checked and found nothing" - and a model reading the result on its own will otherwise treat the absence as a negative answer. coverage states the difference explicitly so it can't.

Other Libraries

There are official VPNDetection client libraries available for many languages including PHP, Python, Go, Java, Ruby, and many popular frameworks such as Django, Rails, and Laravel. See our GitHub at https://github.com/vpndetection-io for more.

About VPNDetection

VPN Detection API: Accurate anonymity detection identifying VPNs, residential proxies, hosting servers, Tor nodes, CDNs, relays and more.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

VPNDetection

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Or run it on your computer

Or run it on your computer

Or run it on your computer

Or run it on your computer

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

Python MCP

README from the maker

VPNDetection MCP Server

Getting Started

In Claude

In ChatGPT and Codex

In any other MCP client

On your own machine

Tools

Reading a result

Other Libraries

About VPNDetection

License