Tapo MCP

MCP server for discovering and controlling TP-Link Tapo smart home devices via AI Agents

What does this entry provide?

Tapo MCP is an MCP server entry in ChatHome Skills, sourced from Official MCP Registry and scored 78/100. As a Model Context Protocol server, it exposes tools that MCP-compatible LLM clients such as Claude, Cursor, and Copilot can call directly, extending an agent's reach beyond its built-in capabilities. ChatHome Skills discovered this entry through its daily ingest of official registries and GitHub discovery queries, and re-verifies repository facts, freshness signals, and install metadata on every run. The quality score weighs official-registry presence, a working install command, license clarity, GitHub star trajectory, and repository freshness — the full formula is on the Sources page. The install command above is ready to copy. Review the last-pushed date and repository status before adding Tapo MCP to a production agent workflow; the snapshot facts below are point-in-time values from the most recent ingest.

Snapshot facts

Source: Official MCP Registry
Quality: 78/100
Install method: oci
Repo: mihai-dinculescu/tapo
Repo updated: Oct 24, 2026

Install command

docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/mihai-dinculescu/tapo-mcp:0.6.0

Install method: oci

Review the upstream source before running this command.

GitHub project

Quality

Repo stars

Repo updated

Oct 24, 2026

How is this score calculated?

Weighted across six dimensions, scored 0-100.
Provenance (25): listed in an official or curated registry.
Installability (25): a runnable install command beats a declared transport, which beats a source checkout.
Maintenance (20): recency of the last push; archived entries score zero here.
Adoption (20): repository stars on a log curve.
Documentation (10) and description quality (10): parsed manifest or SKILL.md frontmatter, and a real description rather than a placeholder.

MCP manifest

{
  "_meta": {
    "io.modelcontextprotocol.registry/official": {
      "status": "active",
      "isLatest": true,
      "updatedAt": "2026-10-24T16:58:37.268026Z",
      "publishedAt": "2026-10-24T16:58:37.268026Z",
      "statusChangedAt": "2026-10-24T16:58:37.268026Z"
    }
  },
  "server": {
    "name": "io.github.mihai-dinculescu/tapo-mcp",
    "title": "Tapo MCP",
    "$schema": "https://static.modelcontextprotocol.io/schemas/2025-12-11/server.schema.json",
    "version": "0.6.0",
    "packages": [
      {
        "transport": {
          "url": "http://localhost:3000/",
          "type": "streamable-http"
        },
        "identifier": "ghcr.io/mihai-dinculescu/tapo-mcp:0.6.0",
        "registryType": "oci",
        "environmentVariables": [
          {
            "name": "TAPO_MCP_USERNAME",
            "isSecret": true,
            "isRequired": true,
            "description": "TP-Link Tapo account email"
          },
          {
            "name": "TAPO_MCP_PASSWORD",
            "isSecret": true,
            "isRequired": true,
            "description": "TP-Link Tapo account password"
          },
          {
            "name": "TAPO_MCP_CAMERA_USERNAME",
            "isSecret": true,
            "description": "Optional camera account username; required for taking camera snapshots"
          },
          {
            "name": "TAPO_MCP_CAMERA_PASSWORD",
            "isSecret": true,
            "description": "Optional camera account password; required for taking camera snapshots"
          },
          {
            "name": "TAPO_MCP_DISCOVERY_TARGET",
            "isRequired": true,
            "description": "Network target for device discovery (e.g. 192.168.1.255)"
          },
          {
            "name": "TAPO_MCP_API_KEY",
            "isSecret": true,
            "description": "Optional Bearer token for API authentication"
          },
          {
            "name": "TAPO_MCP_ALLOWED_HOSTS",
            "description": "Optional comma-separated Host header allowlist; replaces the loopback-only default"
          },
          {
            "name": "TAPO_MCP_PUBLIC_URL",
            "description": "Optional base URL clients reach the server at; enables short-lived snapshot links"
          },
          {
            "name": "TAPO_MCP_DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT",
            "format": "number",
            "default": "5",
            "description": "Device discovery timeout in seconds; must be between 1 and 60"
          },
          {
            "name": "TAPO_MCP_DISCOVERY_INTERVAL",
            "format": "number",
            "default": "600",
            "description": "Seconds between background device discoveries that refresh the device list; must be at least TAPO_MCP_DISCOVERY_TIMEOUT and at most 86400 (one day); tool calls wait while a discovery runs, so a short interval delays them more often"
          },
          {
            "name": "OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT",
            "description": "Optional OpenTelemetry collector endpoint for tracing"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "repository": {
      "url": "https://github.com/mihai-dinculescu/tapo",
      "source": "github",
      "subfolder": "tapo-mcp"
    },
    "description": "MCP server for discovering and controlling TP-Link Tapo smart home devices via AI Agents"
  }
}

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