mcp-reverse-engineering

A sandboxed MCP (Model Context Protocol) tool for reverse engineering that provides a unified interface to various reverse engineering tools with security restrictions.

Purpose

This project provides a secure, sandboxed environment for executing reverse engineering tools via CLI or MCP protocol. It wraps common reverse engineering utilities (strings, objdump, readelf, binwalk, etc.) with safety features like filesystem isolation, timeouts, and argument validation.

Install

pip install mcp-reverse-engineering

Or for development:

pip install -e ".[dev]"

MCP Server Installation

To use as an MCP server with Claude Desktop:

mcp install src/mcp_reverse_engineering/server.py

Usage

CLI

# Extract strings from a binary
mcp-re --tool strings --file /path/to/binary

# Disassemble a binary
mcp-re --tool objdump --args "['-d']" --file /path/to/binary

# Analyze ELF headers
mcp-re --tool readelf --args "['-h', '-s']" --file /path/to/elf

# Run binwalk for firmware analysis
mcp-re --tool binwalk --file /path/to/firmware.bin

Python API

from mcp_reverse_engineering import ReverseEngineeringEngine

# Create engine with default config
engine = ReverseEngineeringEngine(
    workspace="./workspace",
    timeout=30,
)

# List available tools
print(engine.list_available_tools())

# Execute a tool
result = engine.execute_tool("strings", ["-n", "8"], "/path/to/binary")
print(result)

MCP Server

from mcp_reverse_engineering.server import mcp, strings, objdump, readelf, binwalk

# Run the server (stdio transport for Claude Desktop)
if __name__ == "__main__":
    mcp.run()

API

ReverseEngineeringEngine

Main class for executing reverse engineering tools.

engine = ReverseEngineeringEngine(
    workspace: str = "./workspace",  # Sandbox directory
    timeout: int = 30,               # Tool execution timeout
    config_path: str | Path | None = None,  # YAML config path
)

Methods:

• execute_tool(tool_name: str, args: List[str], file_path: Optional[str] = None) -> str - Execute a tool
• list_available_tools() -> List[str] - List enabled tools
• get_tool_documentation(tool_name: str) -> Dict[str, Any] - Get tool docs
• get_mcp_tools() -> List[Dict[str, Any]] - Get MCP tool schemas

Available Tools

Tool	Category	Description
file	file_tools	Determine file type
strings	file_tools	Extract printable strings
hexdump	file_tools	Hexadecimal dump
xxd	file_tools	Hexadecimal dump
objdump	binary_tools	Disassemble binary
readelf	binary_tools	Read ELF headers
binwalk	firmware_tools	Firmware analysis

Development

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/daedalus/mcp_reverse_engineering.git
cd mcp_reverse_engineering

# Install dependencies
pip install -e ".[test]"

# Run tests
pytest

# Format code
ruff format src/ tests/

# Lint
ruff check src/ tests/

# Type check
mypy src/

# Install pre-commit hooks
pip install pre-commit
pre-commit install

MCP Server Configuration

mcp-name: io.github.daedalus/mcp-reverse-engineering

Requirements

• Python 3.11+
• External tools: binwalk, radare2, ghidra, etc. (must be installed separately)

License

MIT