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Anchore Engine API Server MCP Server

This is the Anchore Engine API. Provides the primary external API for users of the service.

Quick Answer

  1. 1. The Anchore Engine API Server MCP server lets Claude, Cursor, and VS Code interact with the Anchore Engine API Server API through natural language.
  2. 2. Setup: Add the config to claude_desktop_config.json, set your environment variables, and restart.
  3. 3. 10 operations available including ping, List the account for the authenticated user, List user summaries. Only available to the system admin user., and more.
  4. 4. Quality score: 34/99 — fair source quality and documentation coverage.

Overview

Category: Developer Tools

Auth: None

Endpoints: 10

Transport: STDIO

Command: npx -y @mcp/anchore-io

Spec: v0.1.20

Setup time: ~30 sec (no auth)

Environment Variables

ANCHORE_ENGINE_API_SERVER_API_KEY

Example: your_anchore_engine_api_server_api_key

One-Click Install

Copy the snippet for your MCP client and paste it in — zero editing required.

Claude Desktop

Add to claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anchore-io": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mcp/anchore-io"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANCHORE_ENGINE_API_SERVER_API_KEY": "your_anchore_engine_api_server_api_key"
      }
    }
  }
}
Deep link

Cursor

Settings → MCP Servers → Add

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anchore-io": {
      "url": "https://mcpbridge.org/config/anchore-io.json"
    }
  }
}

Saves as .cursor/mcp.json in the download. Move it to your project root.

Deep link install →

VS Code

Use with MCP extension

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anchore-io": {
      "url": "https://mcpbridge.org/config/anchore-io.json"
    }
  }
}

MCP Server Configuration

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json or Cursor MCP settings.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anchore-io": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y","@mcp/anchore-io"],
      "env": {
      "ANCHORE_ENGINE_API_SERVER_API_KEY": "your_anchore_engine_api_server_api_key"
}
    }
  }
}

What You Can Build

With the Anchore Engine API Server MCP server, your AI assistant can:

  • Access 10 API operations through natural language
  • Read, create, and modify developer tools resources without writing HTTP requests
  • Chain multiple operations in a single conversation for complex workflows
  • Combine with other MCP servers for cross-tool automation

Endpoints

GET/

ping

GET/account

List the account for the authenticated user

GET/accounts

List user summaries. Only available to the system admin user.

POST/accounts

Create a new user. Only avaialble to admin user.

GET/accounts/{accountname}

Get info about an user. Only available to admin user. Uses the main user Id, not a username.

DELETE/accounts/{accountname}

Delete the specified account, only allowed if the account is in the disabled state. All users will be deleted along with the account and all resources will be garbage collected

PUT/accounts/{accountname}/state

Update the state of an account to either enabled or disabled. For deletion use the DELETE route

GET/accounts/{accountname}/users

List accounts for the user

POST/accounts/{accountname}/users

Create a new user

GET/accounts/{accountname}/users/{username}

Get a specific user in the specified account

Authentication

No authentication required. This MCP server can be used without API keys.

Spec Version

Version: 0.1.20

Spec version published with the OpenAPI document. Config auto-updates when the spec changes.

Page last updated: June 13, 2026

Quality Score

34/99Fair
  • +Auto-generated (+12)
  • +OpenAPI spec available (+8)
  • +10 endpoints (+14)

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