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mcp_server_ros_2
wise-vision/mcp_server_ros_2
ROS2 MCP is an open-source (MPL-2.0) Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for ROS 2 Humble and Jazzy, written in Python. It lets AI tools such as Claude, Cursor and Codex list, subscribe to, publish on and call ROS 2 topics, services and actions over stdio (or SSE). It is listed in Docker's official MCP catalog as mcp/ros2.
Install
docker run -i --rm -e ROS2_MCP_READONLY=1 mcp/ros2- GitHub stars
- 10
- Author
- @wise-vision
- Category
- Home Automation & IoT, Developer Tools
- License
- MPL-2.0
- Updated
- Oct 6, 2026
About mcp_server_ros_2
Every tool is free and open source, including multi-topic subscribe/publish, map-to-image and point-cloud bird's-eye view.
Tools (17)
ros2_topic_list
Returns list of available topics
ros2_topic_subscribe
Subscribes to a ROS 2 topic and collects messages for a duration or message limit
ros2_get_messages_stored_in_influx_data_base
Retrieves past messages from a topic (data black box)
ros2_get_message_fields
Gets field names and types for a message type
ros2_topic_publish
Publishes message to a topic (hidden in read-only mode)
ros2_subscribe_multiple_topics
Subscribes to several topics at once; sensor_msgs/Image and CompressedImage messages are returned as PNG images
ros2_publish_multiple_topics
Publishes to several topics simultaneously at a given frequency for a given duration (hidden in read-only mode)
ros2_get_map_as_image
Gets one nav_msgs/msg/OccupancyGrid and returns it as a PNG (unknown = gray, free = white, occupied = black)
ros2_get_pointcloud_as_bev
Gets one sensor_msgs/msg/PointCloud2 and renders a bird's-eye view (XY projection) PNG
ros2_service_list
Returns list of available services
ros2_service_call
Calls a ROS 2 service (hidden in read-only mode)
ros2_list_actions
Returns list of available ROS 2 actions with their types and request fields
ros2_send_action_goal
Sends a goal to an action.
ros2_cancel_action_goal
Cancels a specific goal or all goals for an action (hidden in read-only mode)
ros2_action_request_result
Waits for the RESULT of a given goal via GetResult
ros2_action_subscribe_feedback
Subscribes to feedback messages for an action.
ros2_action_subscribe_status
Subscribes to an action's status topic and returns collected status frames
Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README
Supported clients
Clients mentioned in this server's README:
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