Official VirusTotal MCP server for AI agents: threat intelligence, file analysis, and recovery through VTAI.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
Local
claude mcp add virustotal --env VTAI_TOKEN_FILE='<VTAI_TOKEN_FILE>' -- uvx vt-mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.virustotal]
command = "uvx"
args = ["vt-mcp"]
env = { VTAI_TOKEN_FILE = "<VTAI_TOKEN_FILE>" }
# codex mcp add virustotal --env VTAI_TOKEN_FILE='<VTAI_TOKEN_FILE>' -- uvx vt-mcp~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"virustotal": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"vt-mcp"
],
"env": {
"VTAI_TOKEN_FILE": "<VTAI_TOKEN_FILE>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"virustotal": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"vt-mcp"
],
"env": {
"VTAI_TOKEN_FILE": "<VTAI_TOKEN_FILE>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"virustotal": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"vt-mcp"
],
"env": {
"VTAI_TOKEN_FILE": "<VTAI_TOKEN_FILE>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"virustotal": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"vt-mcp"
],
"env": {
"VTAI_TOKEN_FILE": "<VTAI_TOKEN_FILE>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"virustotal": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"vt-mcp"
],
"env": {
"VTAI_TOKEN_FILE": "<VTAI_TOKEN_FILE>"
}
}
}
}Remote
claude mcp add --transport http virustotal https://ai.virustotal.com/mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.virustotal]
url = "https://ai.virustotal.com/mcp"
# codex mcp add virustotal --url https://ai.virustotal.com/mcp~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"virustotal": {
"url": "https://ai.virustotal.com/mcp"
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"virustotal": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://ai.virustotal.com/mcp"
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"virustotal": {
"httpUrl": "https://ai.virustotal.com/mcp"
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json · Customize › Connectors › Add custom connector
{
"mcpServers": {
"virustotal": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-remote",
"https://ai.virustotal.com/mcp"
]
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"virustotal": {
"url": "https://ai.virustotal.com/mcp"
}
}
}Environment variables
VTAI_TOKEN_FILE
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.