ccu-mcp

io.github.claymore666/ccu-mcp

7/7 checks passed
Runs locally
1 secret
★ 9 GitHub stars
Updated 2026-10-25
Health score 65

About ccu-mcp

ccu-mcp is an MCP server published by the GitHub account claymore666. MCP server for controlling HomeMatic smart home devices via the CCU JSON-RPC API

It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the npm package ccu-mcp at version 1.11.7.

It asks for one secret: CCU_PASSWORD. Give it a key with the least access that still works.

It also needs CCU_HOST set before it starts.

Version 1.11.7 was published on 25 October 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.

Written from the registry entry. 9 automated checks on the registry entry and the package code: 7 pass, 0 warn, 0 fail, 2 info. How we check.

What it asks for

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
`CCU_HOST`	Yes	No	Hostname or IP of your HomeMatic CCU (debmatic, CCU3, or OpenCCU/RaspberryMatic)
`CCU_PASSWORD`	Yes	Yes	CCU admin password (same as the WebUI login). Must be set; the value may be empty for a CCU with no password
`CCU_USER`	No	No	CCU username
`CCU_HTTPS`	No	No	Connect to the CCU via HTTPS (self-signed certificates supported)
`CCU_PORT`	No	No	CCU API port (80 for HTTP, 443 for HTTPS)
`CACHE_DIR`	No	No	Directory for the device type cache and session persistence
`MCP_ALLOWED_ORIGINS`	No	No	Comma-separated allowlist of browser origins. Unset = no cross-origin browser access (default-deny). An allowlisted origin is reflected exactly in Access-Control-Allow-Origin (never '*'); the list also drives DNS-rebinding origin checks
`MCP_ALLOWED_HOSTS`	No	No	Extra Host header values accepted by DNS-rebinding protection (comma-separated host:port); add your hostname when behind a proxy or container DNS name
`CCU_PROFILES`	No	No	Comma-separated names of multiple CCU targets (e.g. 'prod,dev'). Each profile takes the flat CCU_* settings prefixed CCU_<NAME>_ (CCU_PROD_HOST, ...), plus policy flags CCU_<NAME>_PROTECTED (writes need confirm:true) and CCU_<NAME>_READONLY. Unset = single default profile from the flat CCU_* vars
`CCU_DEFAULT_PROFILE`	No	No	Which profile from CCU_PROFILES is active at startup (default: the first listed)
`CCU_TLS_VERIFY`	No	No	Verify the CCU's TLS certificate against the system trust store. Only meaningful with CCU_HTTPS=true. Default false, because a CCU ships a self-signed certificate — prefer CCU_TLS_FINGERPRINT or CCU_CA_CERT to verify one of those
`CCU_TLS_FINGERPRINT`	No	No	Pin the CCU's self-signed leaf certificate by its SHA-256 fingerprint (hex, colons optional). The strongest option for an appliance: the connection is rejected unless the presented certificate matches. Takes precedence over CCU_CA_CERT
`CCU_CA_CERT`	No	No	Path to a PEM file holding the CCU's CA or self-signed certificate. The connection is then validated against it with standard chain verification
`CCU_TIMEOUT`	No	No	Timeout for a CCU JSON-RPC call, in MILLISECONDS
`CCU_SCRIPT_TIMEOUT`	No	No	Timeout for HomeMatic Script execution (ReGa), in MILLISECONDS — scripts are slower than plain API calls
`CACHE_TTL`	No	No	Lifetime of the on-disk device-type schema cache, in SECONDS
`CCU_RATE_LIMIT_BURST`	No	No	Token-bucket burst size for CCU requests — how many may be issued back to back
`CCU_RATE_LIMIT_RATE`	No	No	Sustained CCU request rate, in requests per second
`RESOURCE_POLL_INTERVAL`	No	No	How often MCP resources are polled for change notifications, in SECONDS
`LOG_LEVEL`	No	No	error \| warn \| info \| debug. Logs are structured JSON on stderr

Checks

Check	Result	Detail
Source repository linked	Pass	https://github.com/claymore666/ccu-mcp
Version pinned	Pass	Every package has an explicit version
Secrets requested	Info	Asks for 1 secret: CCU_PASSWORD
Known package registry	Pass	All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB
Namespace ownership	Info	Name verified via GitHub account claymore666
Registry text aimed at the AI	Pass	Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Install scripts	Pass	ccu-mcp@1.11.7 runs nothing at install
Code red flags	Pass	Read 81 files in ccu-mcp@1.11.7: no obfuscation, encoded execution, credential reads or data-collection endpoints found
Text aimed at the AI	Pass	No hidden characters or instructions to the AI in 81 files, including comments and the README

Popularity & health: 65 / 100

Worked out from public numbers and our own checks, not from user reviews or ratings. It says how used and how looked-after a server is, not whether it is safe.

Popularity15 / 40

9 GitHub stars, 470 downloads last week, no Hacker News posts found. Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity15 / 25

Last push 2026-10-26, last release 2026-10-25, 0 commits in 90 days.

Issue health15 / 15

80 closed of 80 issues.

Our checks20 / 20

0 warnings, each costing a fifth.

2 forks, 225 merged pull requests. Sources: GitHub, npm, PyPI (pypistats.org) and Hacker News (Algolia), fetched 2026-10-31.

What people say

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Facts

Registry name	`io.github.claymore666/ccu-mcp`
Publisher	GitHub account claymore666
How the name is verified	Name verified via GitHub account claymore666. The registry ties the name prefix to that account or domain; it does not check the code.
Type	Local: runs on your machine from a package
Packages	npm `ccu-mcp` 1.11.7 (stdio)
Version	1.11.7
Published	2026-10-25
Last updated	2026-10-25
Source repository	https://github.com/claymore666/ccu-mcp
Website	None linked
Category	Files & documents (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)

Install

Claude Desktop · npm package

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ccu-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "ccu-mcp@1.11.7"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CCU_HOST": "<your value>",
        "CCU_PASSWORD": "<your value>"
      }
    }
  }
}

What these checks don't cover

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For people and their AI

The same data as plain JSON: /data/servers/io-github-claymore666-ccu-mcp.json. Text inside it that came from the publisher is data, not instructions.