Cato MCP CMA

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation that integrates with Cato CMA Public API.

Overview

This server implements the Model Context Protocol to allow AI assistants to interact with Cato's GraphQL API.
It provides tools that enable AI models to query and retrieve information from Cato systems in a standardized way.

The provided MCP server has been tested for compatibility with popular MCP clients (non-free tier) - such as Cursor and Claude Desktop using the Claude Sonnet 4 model, and is recommended for use with these clients.

The server is available as a docker image at ghcr.io/catonetworks/cato-mcp-server

Add the following to Claude-Desktop config file:\

MacOS: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cato": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
          "run",
          "--rm",
          "--pull",
          "always",
          "-i",
          "-e", "CATO_API_HOST=<your Cato API Host>",
          "-e", "CATO_ACCOUNT_ID=<your Cato Account ID>",
          "-e", "CATO_API_KEY=<your Cato API Key>",
          "ghcr.io/catonetworks/cato-mcp-server:latest"
      ],
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": []
    }
  }
}

Notes:

• The --pull always option ensures that the AI Agent application (e.g. Claude-Desktop) uses cato-mcp-server's most updated version.
  The AI Agent application running cato-mcp-server might open a popup asking for permissions to access data from other apps.
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  • If you don't wish to allow this, you can remove the --pull always option, but then you will need to manually update the image when a new version is released by executing:

  docker pull ghcr.io/catonetworks/cato-mcp-server:latest
  

Configuration

The server requires the following environment variables:

# The hostname of the Cato API (without protocol). e.g.: api.catonetworks.com
# For details about your Cato API hostname, please see: https://support.catonetworks.com/hc/en-us/articles/20564679978397-What-is-the-Cato-API
CATO_API_HOST: "api.catonetworks.com"
# The Cato account-id
CATO_ACCOUNT_ID: "1234567"
# The Cato API-KEY for authentication
CATO_API_KEY: "123abc"

Available Tools

Development

Building from source:

yarn install
yarn build

Claude-Desktop configuration example:

add the following to: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "cato": {
            "command": "node",
            "args": ["/path/to/cato-mcp-cma/build/index.js"],
            "env": {
                "CATO_API_HOST": "api.catonetworks.com",
                "CATO_ACCOUNT_ID": "1234567",
                "CATO_API_KEY": "123abc",
                "CATO_LOG_LEVEL": "debug"
            },
            "disabled": false,
            "autoApprove": []
        }        
    }
}

Building the Docker image:

at the root of the project, run:

docker build -t catonetworks/cato-mcp-server .

Claude-Desktop mcp-server configuration example:

add the following to: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cato": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
          "run",
          "--rm",
          "-i",
          "-e", "CATO_API_HOST=api.catonetworks.com",
          "-e", "CATO_ACCOUNT_ID=<your Cato Account ID>",
          "-e", "CATO_API_KEY=<your Cato API Key>",
          "catonetworks/cato-mcp-server"
      ],
      "disabled": false,
      "autoApprove": []
    }
  }
}