Scaleway MCP server

Name: Scaleway MCP server
Author: Scaleway

Scaleway's own CLI run as an MCP server, turning its commands into tools for managing Scaleway cloud resources

Official · Scaleway Go Local · stdio Cloud platforms DevOps and monitoring

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84 popularity score ★ 1.0k ⇣ 10.0M pulls

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Local (Docker)

Add in one click

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code Add to LM Studio Add to Goose

Opens the app, which asks before it adds the server. Then replace each <NAME> in its settings with your value.

Or add it by command or config

It needs SCW_ACCESS_KEY, SCW_SECRET_KEY. Replace each <NAME> with your value.

Claude CodeTerminal

claude mcp add scaleway -e SCW_ACCESS_KEY=<SCW_ACCESS_KEY> -e SCW_SECRET_KEY=<SCW_SECRET_KEY> -- docker run -i --rm -e SCW_ACCESS_KEY -e SCW_SECRET_KEY scaleway/cli mcp server serve

Claude Desktopclaude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scaleway": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "SCW_ACCESS_KEY",
        "-e",
        "SCW_SECRET_KEY",
        "scaleway/cli",
        "mcp",
        "server",
        "serve"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCW_ACCESS_KEY": "<SCW_ACCESS_KEY>",
        "SCW_SECRET_KEY": "<SCW_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scaleway": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "SCW_ACCESS_KEY",
        "-e",
        "SCW_SECRET_KEY",
        "scaleway/cli",
        "mcp",
        "server",
        "serve"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCW_ACCESS_KEY": "<SCW_ACCESS_KEY>",
        "SCW_SECRET_KEY": "<SCW_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "scaleway": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "SCW_ACCESS_KEY",
        "-e",
        "SCW_SECRET_KEY",
        "scaleway/cli",
        "mcp",
        "server",
        "serve"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCW_ACCESS_KEY": "<SCW_ACCESS_KEY>",
        "SCW_SECRET_KEY": "<SCW_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Codex~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.scaleway]
command = "docker"
args = ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "SCW_ACCESS_KEY", "-e", "SCW_SECRET_KEY", "scaleway/cli", "mcp", "server", "serve"]

[mcp_servers.scaleway.env]
SCW_ACCESS_KEY = "<SCW_ACCESS_KEY>"
SCW_SECRET_KEY = "<SCW_SECRET_KEY>"

Gemini CLITerminal

gemini mcp add --scope user -e SCW_ACCESS_KEY=<SCW_ACCESS_KEY> -e SCW_SECRET_KEY=<SCW_SECRET_KEY> scaleway docker -- run -i --rm -e SCW_ACCESS_KEY -e SCW_SECRET_KEY scaleway/cli mcp server serve

Local (from source)

Add in one click

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code Add to LM Studio

Opens the app, which asks before it adds the server. Then replace each <NAME> in its settings with your value.

Or add it by command or config

It needs SCW_ACCESS_KEY, SCW_SECRET_KEY. Replace each <NAME> with your value.

FirstTerminal

go install github.com/scaleway/scaleway-cli/v2/cmd/scw@v2.65.1

Claude CodeTerminal

claude mcp add scaleway -e SCW_ACCESS_KEY=<SCW_ACCESS_KEY> -e SCW_SECRET_KEY=<SCW_SECRET_KEY> -- scw mcp server serve

Claude Desktopclaude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scaleway": {
      "command": "scw",
      "args": [
        "mcp",
        "server",
        "serve"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCW_ACCESS_KEY": "<SCW_ACCESS_KEY>",
        "SCW_SECRET_KEY": "<SCW_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "scaleway": {
      "command": "scw",
      "args": [
        "mcp",
        "server",
        "serve"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCW_ACCESS_KEY": "<SCW_ACCESS_KEY>",
        "SCW_SECRET_KEY": "<SCW_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "scaleway": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "scw",
      "args": [
        "mcp",
        "server",
        "serve"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SCW_ACCESS_KEY": "<SCW_ACCESS_KEY>",
        "SCW_SECRET_KEY": "<SCW_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Codex~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.scaleway]
command = "scw"
args = ["mcp", "server", "serve"]

[mcp_servers.scaleway.env]
SCW_ACCESS_KEY = "<SCW_ACCESS_KEY>"
SCW_SECRET_KEY = "<SCW_SECRET_KEY>"

Gemini CLITerminal

gemini mcp add --scope user -e SCW_ACCESS_KEY=<SCW_ACCESS_KEY> -e SCW_SECRET_KEY=<SCW_SECRET_KEY> scaleway scw -- mcp server serve

Settings 9

`SCW_ACCESS_KEY`	Required: Access key of a Scaleway API key.
`SCW_SECRET_KEY`	Required: Secret key of the same API key.
`SCW_DEFAULT_PROJECT_ID`	Optional: Project used when a tool is not given one.
`SCW_DEFAULT_ORGANIZATION_ID`	Optional: Organization used when a tool is not given one.
`SCW_DEFAULT_REGION`	Optional: Default region, such as fr-par.
`SCW_DEFAULT_ZONE`	Optional: Default zone, such as fr-par-1.
`SCW_PROFILE`	Optional: Profile to use from the CLI config file.
`SCW_CONFIG_PATH`	Optional: Path to a config file other than ~/.config/scw/config.yaml.
`SCW_ENABLE_BETA`	Optional: Set to 1 to include beta commands as tools.

In a container, a setting goes in with -e NAME=value after docker run.

What it does

The Scaleway MCP server is part of the official Scaleway command-line tool (`scw`), not a separate program. Running `scw mcp server serve` starts it. It takes each CLI command and offers it as a tool named namespace_resource_verb, for example instance_server_list. The tool descriptions and input schemas come from the CLI's own help text and arguments. An assistant can then list, inspect, create, update and delete things across Scaleway's products: Instances, Bare Metal, Kapsule Kubernetes, managed databases, Object Storage, DNS, IAM, Secret Manager, serverless functions and containers, load balancers, VPCs, billing and more. Every list command is also published as a read-only MCP resource.

The tool set is not fixed. It is built at startup from every command the installed CLI version has. The startup filters `--read-only` (only get and list commands), `namespaces=`, `resources=` and `verbs=` (each takes a comma-separated list) narrow it. Without filters, hundreds of tools are registered. The tool names are cut to 64 characters, and tool descriptions are cut after 200 characters of the long help text (internal/namespaces/mcp/server/mcp_tools.go).

It speaks stdio by default. `transport=streamable-http` serves the same tools over HTTP at /mcp, bound to `:8080` unless `address=` is given. The code at v2.65.1 adds no sign-in to that HTTP listener (streamable_http.go). The code also leaves some namespaces out of the tool set: config, alias, autocomplete, shell, login and init, plus the `edit` verb (loader.go).

What it needs

Runtime	DockerorGo 1.27+

A Scaleway account and an API key: the access key and secret key, set as SCW_ACCESS_KEY and SCW_SECRET_KEY or in ~/.config/scw/config.yaml. The `scw` CLI, v2.65.1 or a recent release, installed with Homebrew, Chocolatey, a release binary or `go install` (needs Go 1.27 or later). Or Docker with the scaleway/cli image. Scaleway bills for any resources the tools create.

Limits

Covers only Scaleway. The tools are the CLI's commands, so anything the CLI lacks is missing here too. Beta commands appear only when SCW_ENABLE_BETA=1 is set. The config, init, login, shell, alias and autocomplete commands and every `edit` command are never offered. The streamable HTTP mode binds to all interfaces on :8080 by default and has no authentication of its own. Without filters, the hundreds of tools can fill a client's tool list. The main README does not mention the MCP server: it is documented only in internal/namespaces/mcp/README.md and docs/commands/mcp.md.

Who it suits

Suits developers who already use Scaleway and the `scw` CLI and want an assistant to look at or change their infrastructure with the same API key and profiles. Start it with `--read-only` or a `namespaces=` filter to limit what the assistant can touch and keep the tool list short. It is maintained by Scaleway itself. Pick something else for clouds other than Scaleway. Also skip it if you want a small, fixed set of tools, since this one offers the whole CLI.

Tools 2

instance_server_list: Lists the Instance virtual machines in a zone
iam_user_list: Lists the IAM users of the organization

Popularity

84 popularity score, on our list (the bar is 36)

★ 1.0k ⇣ 10.0M pulls

GitHub stars, whole repository	1,022	36.1 points
Docker Hub pulls	9,995,064	40 points
Official server	Yes	8 points

It lives in the folder internal/namespaces/mcp of scaleway/scaleway-cli, which holds more than this server. Its stars are the whole repository's, so in the score they never count for more than its own downloads.

Measured 2026-11-07. How the score works.

Where it is published

Code	scaleway/scaleway-cli/internal/namespaces/mcp ★ 1.0k, the whole repository
Docker Hub	scaleway/cli

What it can reach

Runs	On your machine
Reaches	Cloud resources, Your account at a service, The internet
Changes things	Yes: it can write, send, create or delete
Sign-in	An API key or token
Licence	Apache-2.0 (GitHub)
Latest version	2.65.2 GitHub release, 2026-10-21
Last code change	2026-11-03

It calls the Scaleway APIs with the API key it is given. Without filters, the tools can create, change and delete billable resources such as servers, databases, Kubernetes clusters and buckets. They can also manage IAM users and keys, and read Secret Manager secrets. `--read-only` registers only get and list commands. Each tool is marked with read-only and destructive hints. It runs on your machine, or in a local container with the Docker image. The `config` namespace is left out of the tools (loader.go), so the assistant cannot read or edit the CLI config file through it. In streamable-http mode it listens on :8080 on all interfaces unless `address=` is set, and adds no authentication.

Over time

GitHub stars, whole repository 1.0k +9 (+1 %)

1.0k1.0k

15 Oct 20267 Nov 2026

Docker Hub pulls 10.0M +428k (+4 %)

10.0M9.6M

15 Oct 20267 Nov 2026

Popularity score 84 +0

8484

15 Oct 20267 Nov 2026

What is rising across the directory

Sources

Page checked 2026-10-15.

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Or add it by command or config

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What it does

What it needs

Limits

Who it suits

Tools 2

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