wrenchpilot/it-tools-mcp repository overview

⁠IT Tools MCP Server

A comprehensive Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides access to over 100 IT tools and utilities commonly used by developers, system administrators, and IT professionals. This server exposes a complete set of tools for encoding/decoding, text manipulation, hashing, network utilities, and many other common development and IT tasks.

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⁠Using with VS Code

Add to your VS Code settings.json:

⁠Node

{
  "mcp": {
    "servers": {
      "it-tools": {
        "command": "npx",
        "args": [
          "it-tools-mcp"
        ],
        "env": {}
      }
    }
  }
}

⁠Docker

{
  "mcp": {
    "servers": {
      "it-tools": {
        "command": "docker",
        "args": [
          "run",
          "-i",
          "--rm",
          "--init",
          "--security-opt", "no-new-privileges:true",
          "--cap-drop", "ALL",
          "--read-only",
          "--user", "1001:1001",
          "--memory=256m",
          "--cpus=0.5",
          "--name", "it-tools-mcp",
          "wrenchpilot/it-tools-mcp:latest"
        ]
      }
  }
}

See the complete list of tools with detailed parameters on GitHub⁠

⁠📸 Examples in Action

⁠Password Hash Generation

⁠ASCII Art Text Generation

⁠Examples of using the IT Tools MCP server with VS Code Copilot Chat

⁠🏗️ Architecture

Built with TypeScript, Zod validation, and MCP SDK for robust, type-safe operation.

⁠🤖 AI-Assisted Development

This project was developed using VS Code, Copilot Chat Agent, Playwright MCP, and the Claude Sonnet 4 Model, showcasing modern AI-assisted software development:

• 🔧 All tools designed and implemented with AI assistance
• 📦 Complete Docker setup with GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline
• 🔍 Schema optimization with systematic validation cleanup
• 📚 Comprehensive documentation and tool catalogs

⁠Project Structure

src/
├── index.ts              # Main MCP server with dynamic tool loading
└── tools/                # Modular tool categories
    ├── ansible/          # 5 Ansible automation tools
    ├── color/            # 2 Color conversion tools
    ├── crypto/           # 9 Cryptographic & security tools
    ├── dataFormat/       # 12 Data format conversion tools
    ├── development/      # 6 Development utilities
    ├── docker/           # 5 Docker & containerization tools
    ├── encoding/         # 8 Encoding/decoding tools
    ├── forensic/         # 3 Digital forensics tools
    ├── idGenerators/     # 4 ID & code generation tools
    ├── math/             # 6 Mathematical operation tools
    ├── network/          # 23 Network utilities
    ├── physics/          # 3 Physics calculation tools
    ├── text/             # 19 Text manipulation tools
    └── utility/          # 7 General utility tools

⁠Adding New Tools

1. Create a tool directory in appropriate category under src/tools/
2. Define tool with input schema using Zod in its index.ts
3. Export registration function for dynamic loading
4. Rebuild with npm run build

⁠🤝 Contributing

This project is no longer accepting contributions. The repository is kept for reference only.

⁠📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE⁠ for details.

⁠🔗 Links

• GitHub Repository: wrenchpilot/it-tools-mcp⁠
• Complete Documentation: GitHub README⁠
• Inspired by: IT Tools⁠ - online tools for developers
• Enhanced by: sharevb fork⁠ - incorporates select tools with additional utilities