mcp-server-abnormal

Abnormal MCP Server

A secure, open-source Model Context Protocol server for Abnormal Security.

This project is not an official Abnormal product and is not endorsed by Abnormal AI.

Overview

abnormal-mcp lets MCP clients such as Cursor and Claude Desktop query Abnormal Security over stdio (default) or Streamable HTTP. It uses a lightweight handwritten client against the Abnormal Security Client API.

MCP Client
    → Abnormal MCP Server (stdio or HTTP)
        → Abnormal REST API

The server is read-only by default. Response and evidence download tools are opt-in and independent. Abnormal authorization still applies to every request.

Features

Read (always on)

• Threat list and get from the Threat Log
• Threat links and attachment metadata
• Threat action status poll (abnormal_threat_action_get)
• Message search with ergonomic filters (since, sender, sender_domain, recipient, subject, url, attachment, sender_ip, judgement)
• Search activity list and status
• Message remediation history
• AI Security Mailbox (formerly Abuse Mailbox) campaigns and unanalyzed reports
• Employee profile, identity (Genome), and recent logins
• ATO case list, detail, and analysis
• Vendor list, detail, activity, and vendor compromise cases
• Detection 360 report list (false positives and missed attacks)
• US, EU, and FedRAMP base URLs (configurable)

Response (opt-in: ABNORMAL_ALLOW_RESPONSE=true)

• Search remediation (delete, move_to_inbox) with confirm: true preview gate
• Threat remediate / unremediate with confirm: true preview gate
• ATO case status update with confirm: true preview gate
• Detection 360 report submit (false positive, missed attack/spam/graymail) with confirm: true preview gate

Evidence download (opt-in: ABNORMAL_ALLOW_EVIDENCE_DOWNLOAD=true)

• Message EML download (by ABX message ID or search cloud_message_id)

• Attachment analysis signals and attachment download

• Metadata + bounded preview by default; optional base64 embed (max 1 MiB in tool output)

• stdio transport (default) and opt-in Streamable HTTP

• Native Go binary and Docker image

• MCP Registry listing on tagged releases (io.github.GregDog/mcp-server-abnormal)

Quick Start

Create an Abnormal REST API token in the Abnormal portal under Integrations → Abnormal REST API.

export ABNORMAL_API_TOKEN="your-token"
abnormal-mcp serve

Installation

From source

git clone https://github.com/GregDog/mcp-server-abnormal.git
cd mcp-server-abnormal
make build

Docker

docker run --rm -i \
  -e ABNORMAL_API_TOKEN \
  ghcr.io/gregdog/mcp-server-abnormal serve

Client configuration

Cursor (stdio)

See examples/cursor.mcp.json.

Claude Desktop

See examples/claude-desktop.json.

Tools

27 read tools are always registered. With ABNORMAL_ALLOW_EVIDENCE_DOWNLOAD=true, five evidence tools are added (32 total). With ABNORMAL_ALLOW_RESPONSE=true, four response tools are added (31 total, or 36 with both gates enabled).

Area	Tools
Threats	abnormal_threats_list, abnormal_threat_get, abnormal_threat_action_get, abnormal_threat_links_list, abnormal_threat_attachments_list
Search	abnormal_search_messages, abnormal_search_activities_list, abnormal_search_activity_get
Messages	abnormal_message_remediation_history
Mailbox	abnormal_mailbox_campaigns_list, abnormal_mailbox_campaign_get, abnormal_mailbox_unanalyzed_list
Employees	abnormal_employee_get, abnormal_employee_identity_get, abnormal_employee_logins_list
ATO cases	abnormal_cases_list, abnormal_case_get, abnormal_case_analysis_get, abnormal_case_action_get
Vendors	abnormal_vendors_list, abnormal_vendor_get, abnormal_vendor_activity_list, abnormal_vendor_cases_list, abnormal_vendor_case_get
Detection 360	abnormal_detection360_reports_list
URL rewrite	abnormal_url_rewrite_clicks_list
Audit logs	abnormal_audit_logs_list
Evidence (opt-in)	abnormal_message_eml_get, abnormal_search_message_eml_get, abnormal_message_attachment_get, abnormal_message_attachment_download, abnormal_search_attachment_download
Response (opt-in)	abnormal_search_remediate, abnormal_threat_remediate, abnormal_case_update, abnormal_detection360_report_submit

See docs/tools.md for parameters.

Configuration

Variable	Default	Purpose
ABNORMAL_API_TOKEN	(required)	Bearer token
ABNORMAL_BASE_URL	https://api.abnormalplatform.com/v1	API base URL
ABNORMAL_ALLOW_RESPONSE	false	Enable response tools (Phase 2+)
ABNORMAL_ALLOW_EVIDENCE_DOWNLOAD	false	Enable evidence download (Phase 5+)
ABNORMAL_MCP_TRANSPORT	stdio	stdio or http

Full list: docs/configuration.md.

Security

Read tools are always on. Response and evidence tools require explicit opt-in.

Local use only: this server has no built-in authentication or RBAC. Use stdio (default) or loopback HTTP on the same machine. Do not expose the HTTP endpoint on a network without your own access controls.

See docs/security.md and SECURITY.md.

Development

make check
make test-access    # optional live API smoke test
make test-phase34   # Phase 3/4 live smoke test
make test-phase5    # Phase 5 evidence smoke test (requires ABNORMAL_ALLOW_EVIDENCE_DOWNLOAD)

See docs/development.md.

License

Apache-2.0. See LICENSE.