mcp-tunnels

Connect Claude to a private MCP server through an Anthropic MCP tunnel. The /create-docker-mcp-tunnel command drives the Docker Compose quickstart end to end: certificates, proxy config, cloudflared, and a verifiable sample server.

Install

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Category: Development
Author: Anthropic
GitHub: anthropics/claude-plugins-official

Good for

Connect Claude to an MCP server in your private network with no inbound ports
Run the MCP tunnels Docker Compose quickstart end to end
Generate certificates, proxy config and cloudflared setup
Scaffold a verifiable FastMCP sample server or wire up an existing one

Getting started

Run /plugin install mcp-tunnels@claude-plugins-official in Claude Code
Run /create-docker-mcp-tunnel [deployment-dir]
Create the tunnel and upload ca.crt in the Claude Console when prompted; the command does the rest
It starts the stack and checks the proxy and tunnel logs

Before you install

MCP tunnels is a research preview with no uptime or support commitment and depends on Cloudflare. Requires Docker, Docker Compose, OpenSSL and outbound connectivity.

Summarized by AI from the project docs; check the official docs before relying on it.

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