Remote Socket MCP

The easiest way to get started is to use our public Socket MCP server. It signs in via OAuth — your MCP client opens a browser to authenticate with Socket on first connect, so there's no API key to copy or manage. Click a button below to install the public server in your favorite AI assistant.

Click here to install Socket MCP in your IDE:

Manual Installation Instructions

Install in Claude Desktop or Claude Code

[!NOTE]
Custom integrations are not available to all paid versions of Claude. Check here for more information.

To use the public Socket MCP server with Claude Desktop:

In Claude Desktop, go to Settings > Developer > Edit Config.
Add the Socket MCP server configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "socket-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.socket.dev/"
    }
  }
}

Save the configuration and restart Claude Desktop.
Now you can ask Claude questions like "Check the security score for express version 4.18.2".

The process is similar for Claude Code. See the Claude Code documentation for more details. Here's an example command to add the Socket MCP server:

claude mcp add --transport http socket-mcp https://mcp.socket.dev/

Install in VS Code

You can install the Socket MCP server using the VS Code CLI:

# For VS Code with GitHub Copilot
code --add-mcp '{"name":"socket-mcp","type":"http","url":"https://mcp.socket.dev/"}'

After installation, the Socket MCP server will be available for use with your GitHub Copilot agent in VS Code.

Alternatively, you can manually add it to your VS Code MCP configuration in .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "socket-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.socket.dev/"
    }
  }
}

Install in Cursor

Go to Cursor Settings -> MCP -> Add new MCP Server. Name it "socket-mcp", use http type with URL https://mcp.socket.dev/.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "socket-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.socket.dev/"
    }
  }
}

Install in Windsurf

[!WARNING]
Windsurf does not support http type MCP servers yet. Use the stdio configuration in Local Socket MCP.

To use the Socket MCP server in Windsurf:

Open Windsurf Settings
Navigate to MCP Servers section
Add a new server with the following configuration:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "socket-mcp": {
            "serverUrl": "https://mcp.socket.dev/"
        }
    }
}

Save the configuration and restart Windsurf if needed.