# PortSwigger/mcp-server

MCP Server for Burp

Repository: https://github.com/PortSwigger/mcp-server
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/portswigger-mcp-server
Language: Kotlin
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: extension
Last push: 2026-08-14T18:27:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 70/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 54, longevity 37
- inputs: {"age_days": 518, "days_push": 19, "days_rel": 99, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1107, forks 181 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:36.700062+00:00)

## What it is
A Burp Suite extension by PortSwigger that exposes Burp's capabilities to AI clients via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It includes an SSE MCP server and a packaged stdio proxy for clients like Claude Desktop.

## Use cases
- let an AI assistant drive Burp Suite for web security testing
- connect Claude Desktop to Burp Suite via MCP
- control Burp Suite tools and configuration from an MCP client
- automate penetration testing workflows with an LLM agent
- expose Burp Suite as an MCP server over SSE or stdio

## When to choose
- you already use Burp Suite and want AI-assisted web security testing
- you want an official PortSwigger MCP integration for Burp
- you need both SSE and stdio MCP transports for Burp

## When to avoid
- you don't use Burp Suite or do manual-only testing
- you need an MCP server for tools other than Burp
- you can't install Java and the jar tooling required to build it

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: mcp, security, penetration-testing, http-server
- domain: security, penetration-testing, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform, jvm, cli
- tags: burp-suite, mcp-server, ai-clients, web-security-testing, claude-desktop, kotlin, ai-agents, desktop

## Member repositories
- PortSwigger/mcp-server (main) score 70

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:36.700062+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:44:01.091271+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/PortSwigger/mcp-server (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:36.700062+00:00, sha 473520c820d4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.