Tailscale MCP server for AI agents and assistants

Securely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Tailscale MCP or direct API to list tailnets, manage devices, update access policies, and configure DNS records through natural language.

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Tailscale is a secure networking platform to manage tailnets, devices, users, DNS, and access policies. It simplifies secure connectivity and centralized access control across distributed infrastructure.

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TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Tailscale action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Get Device

Get the full current record for one manageable Tailscale device by ID.

Get DNS Configuration

Return the selected tailnet's combined MagicDNS, nameserver, search-path, and split-DNS configuration.

Get Tailnet Settings

Return current tailnet-wide approval, update, key-duration, HTTPS, routing, logging, and posture settings.

List Configuration Audit Logs

Return configuration audit events for an explicit RFC3339 time window in the selected tailnet, optionally filtered by actor, target, or event name.

List Device Routes

Return the subnet routes advertised and currently enabled for a Tailscale device.

List Tailnet Devices

Return all devices in the selected tailnet, including identifiers, names, addresses, tags, authorization state, and connectivity metadata.

List Users

Return users in the selected tailnet, optionally filtered by membership type or role.

Set Device Authorization

Approve or revoke approval for one device when device approval is enabled on the tailnet.

Set Device Routes

Replace the enabled subnet routes for one device with an explicit list of routes.

Set Device Tags

Replace all ACL tags assigned to one Tailscale device.

SETUP GUIDE

Connect Tailscale MCP Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core ai @ai-sdk/mcp @ai-sdk/openai
Install the Composio SDK and your agent framework
2

Create a session with MCP enabled

typescript
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";

const composio = new Composio();
const { mcp } = await composio.create("your-user-id", {
  toolkits: ["tailscale"],
  mcp: true,
});
Create a session scoped to Tailscale and read its MCP URL and headers
3

Connect your agent to the MCP server

typescript
import { createMCPClient } from "@ai-sdk/mcp";
import { openai } from "@ai-sdk/openai";
import { generateText, stepCountIs } from "ai";

const client = await createMCPClient({
  transport: { type: "http", url: mcp.url, headers: mcp.headers },
});

const { text } = await generateText({
  model: openai("gpt-5.6-sol"),
  tools: await client.tools(),
  prompt: "List all devices in my tailnet and show their IP addresses",
  stopWhen: stepCountIs(10),
});

console.log(text);
await client.close();
Pass the session's MCP URL and headers to your agent and run a Tailscale request
SETUP GUIDE

Connect Tailscale API Tool with your Agent

1

Install Composio

typescript
npm install @composio/core @composio/openai openai
Install the Composio SDK, the OpenAI provider, and the OpenAI SDK
2

Create a Composio session

typescript
import OpenAI from "openai";
import { Composio } from "@composio/core";
import { OpenAIResponsesProvider } from "@composio/openai";

const composio = new Composio({ provider: new OpenAIResponsesProvider() });
const client = new OpenAI();

const session = await composio.create("your-user-id", { toolkits: ["tailscale"] });
const tools = await session.tools();
Initialize Composio with the OpenAI Responses provider and create a session scoped to Tailscale
3

Run Tailscale tools with your agent

typescript
let response = await client.responses.create({
  model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
  tools,
  input: [{ role: "user", content: "List all devices in my tailnet and show their IP addresses" }],
});

while (response.output.some((o) => o.type === "function_call")) {
  const outputs = await composio.provider.handleToolCalls(session, response.output);
  response = await client.responses.create({
    model: "gpt-5.6-sol",
    tools,
    previous_response_id: response.id,
    input: outputs,
  });
}

console.log(response.output_text);
Send a request, execute the Tailscale tool calls through the session, and print the final answer

Why Use Composio?

AI Native Tailscale Integration

  • Supports both Tailscale MCP and direct API based integrations
  • Structured, LLM-friendly schemas for reliable tool execution
  • Rich coverage for reading, writing, and querying your Tailscale data

Managed Auth

  • Built-in OAuth handling with automatic token refresh and rotation
  • Central place to manage, scope, and revoke Tailscale access
  • Per user and per environment credentials instead of hard-coded keys

Agent Optimized Design

  • Tools are tuned using real error and success rates to improve reliability over time
  • Comprehensive execution logs so you always know what ran, when, and on whose behalf

Enterprise Grade Security

  • Fine-grained RBAC so you control which agents and users can access Tailscale
  • Scoped, least privilege access to Tailscale resources
  • Full audit trail of agent actions to support review and compliance

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes, Tailscale requires you to configure your own API key credentials. Once set up, Composio handles secure credential storage and API request handling for you.

Yes! Composio's Tool Router enables agents to use multiple toolkits. Learn more.

Yes. Composio is SOC 2 Type II compliant and is built to keep your Tailscale connection and credentials secure. OAuth tokens and API keys are encrypted, and sensitive customer data is protected at rest and in transit.

Composio also undergoes independent security testing and continuously monitors its systems for security threats. You can review the latest reports and policies in the Composio Trust Center.

Composio maintains and updates all toolkit integrations automatically, so your agents always work with the latest API versions.

Create the key in your Tailscale account settings, then paste it once on Composio's connection page. Composio stores it encrypted and uses it only for the Tailscale actions your agent runs. Nobody else in your workspace can read it, and you can revoke it inside Tailscale at any time.

When you connect a Tailscale account through Composio, every action runs under that account, so anything the agent creates, sends, or changes shows up in Tailscale as done by you. Keep an approval step in your prompt for actions with side effects, such as sending or deleting, and have the agent draft first.

Whatever the credentials you connect allow inside Tailscale. If Tailscale lets you scope a key to specific permissions, create a scoped one so the agent can only do what you intend. You can revoke the key inside Tailscale at any time.

Yes. Composio supports multiple connected accounts for the same app, and that works in Claude, ChatGPT, or any other assistant you connect through Composio. Give each Tailscale connection a name such as work or personal, and the assistant uses the one you mention in the request. Each account keeps its own credentials and nothing is merged.

The connection stops working the moment Tailscale rejects the old key. Create a new key in Tailscale and reconnect the account from the Composio dashboard or by asking your agent to reconnect Tailscale. Nothing else changes.

Composio's free Hobby plan includes 100,000 tool calls per month with no credit card, which covers most personal Tailscale use. Paid plans add higher limits and team features. Your Tailscale plan and its API limits still apply as usual.

Built-in connectors usually give one AI access to a limited set of apps. Many people use Composio because it lets their AI connect to more apps than it normally supports, or connect to multiple accounts for the same app (e.g. connect Claude to multiple Tailscale accounts).

With Composio, you connect Tailscale once and then use it across different AI assistants without setting it up separately in each one. Connect your apps to Composio once, then connect Composio to whichever AI you use, whether that's Claude, ChatGPT, Hermes, or your own custom assistant.

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