Manage UniFi Access doors, credentials, policies, visitors, and events via MCP.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add unifi-access --env UNIFI_HOST='<UNIFI_HOST>' --env UNIFI_USERNAME='<UNIFI_USERNAME>' --env UNIFI_PASSWORD='<UNIFI_PASSWORD>' --env UNIFI_API_KEY='<UNIFI_API_KEY>' -- uvx unifi-access-mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.unifi-access]
command = "uvx"
args = ["unifi-access-mcp"]
env = { UNIFI_HOST = "<UNIFI_HOST>", UNIFI_USERNAME = "<UNIFI_USERNAME>", UNIFI_PASSWORD = "<UNIFI_PASSWORD>", UNIFI_API_KEY = "<UNIFI_API_KEY>" }
# codex mcp add unifi-access --env UNIFI_HOST='<UNIFI_HOST>' --env UNIFI_USERNAME='<UNIFI_USERNAME>' --env UNIFI_PASSWORD='<UNIFI_PASSWORD>' --env UNIFI_API_KEY='<UNIFI_API_KEY>' -- uvx unifi-access-mcp~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"unifi-access": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"unifi-access-mcp"
],
"env": {
"UNIFI_HOST": "<UNIFI_HOST>",
"UNIFI_USERNAME": "<UNIFI_USERNAME>",
"UNIFI_PASSWORD": "<UNIFI_PASSWORD>",
"UNIFI_API_KEY": "<UNIFI_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"unifi-access": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"unifi-access-mcp"
],
"env": {
"UNIFI_HOST": "<UNIFI_HOST>",
"UNIFI_USERNAME": "<UNIFI_USERNAME>",
"UNIFI_PASSWORD": "<UNIFI_PASSWORD>",
"UNIFI_API_KEY": "<UNIFI_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"unifi-access": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"unifi-access-mcp"
],
"env": {
"UNIFI_HOST": "<UNIFI_HOST>",
"UNIFI_USERNAME": "<UNIFI_USERNAME>",
"UNIFI_PASSWORD": "<UNIFI_PASSWORD>",
"UNIFI_API_KEY": "<UNIFI_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"unifi-access": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"unifi-access-mcp"
],
"env": {
"UNIFI_HOST": "<UNIFI_HOST>",
"UNIFI_USERNAME": "<UNIFI_USERNAME>",
"UNIFI_PASSWORD": "<UNIFI_PASSWORD>",
"UNIFI_API_KEY": "<UNIFI_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"unifi-access": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"unifi-access-mcp"
],
"env": {
"UNIFI_HOST": "<UNIFI_HOST>",
"UNIFI_USERNAME": "<UNIFI_USERNAME>",
"UNIFI_PASSWORD": "<UNIFI_PASSWORD>",
"UNIFI_API_KEY": "<UNIFI_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
UNIFI_HOSTUNIFI_USERNAMEUNIFI_PASSWORDUNIFI_API_KEY
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.