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Shelly Smart Home

PYPI · SHELLY-MCP · SCANNED SEP 20

Local-first MCP server for Shelly smart-home devices (Gen1-Gen4): control, energy, automation.

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0 this week 0 Trust /100

Recent critical change

CVE-2026-32871 affects this package (3 Aug 2026). See the changelog before you install this server.

Trust breakdown (7 categories)

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →

Supply Chain Security25
Provenance & Transparency45
Schema Quality & AI Usability83
  • 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Pass
  • AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
  • Tool/resource definitions use about 3107 tokens (~64/item across 48 items; 47 tools + 1 resources), lean.Pass
  • Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management90
  • Stability observed for 27 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage71
  • 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
  • 0% of tool parameters carry a description.Fail
  • Structured output schemas are declared (100% of tools); any adoption earns full credit.Pass
Tool Safety100
  • No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
  • All 7 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation.Pass
  • An AI judge read all 49 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
  • Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Install

How do I install the Shelly Smart Home MCP server?

Shelly Smart Home runs locally as a PyPI package, launched with uvx shelly-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

pypi · shelly-mcp

# add to Claude Code
claude mcp add buggy1111-shelly-mcp -- uvx shelly-mcp
// .cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "buggy1111-shelly-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "shelly-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
// .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "buggy1111-shelly-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "shelly-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
# add to Codex CLI
codex mcp add buggy1111-shelly-mcp -- uvx shelly-mcp
// opencode.json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "buggy1111-shelly-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "uvx",
        "shelly-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
# add to OpenClaw
openclaw mcp add buggy1111-shelly-mcp --command uvx --arg shelly-mcp
# ~/.hermes/config.yaml
mcp_servers:
  buggy1111-shelly-mcp:
    command: "uvx"
    args: ["shelly-mcp"]
// ~/.netclaw/config/netclaw.json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "buggy1111-shelly-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "uvx",
      "Arguments": [
        "shelly-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
# add to Vellum
assistant mcp add buggy1111-shelly-mcp -t stdio -c uvx -a shelly-mcp
// mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "buggy1111-shelly-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "shelly-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Changelog

Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.

  • 18 Sept 26 0
    • Stability: pass → 0.83 functional
  • 17 Sept 26 0
    • Malware scan: pass → unverified security
    • Stability: 0.97 → pass security
  • 15 Sept 26 0
    • Malware scan: unverified → pass security
  • 14 Sept 26 0
    • Malware scan: pass → unverified security
  • 12 Sept 26 0
    • Malware scan: unverified → pass security
  • 11 Sept 26 0
    • Malware scan: pass → unverified security
    • Stability: pass → 0.80 functional
  • 10 Sept 26 0
    • Stability: 0.97 → pass security
  • 5 Sept 26 0
    • Security disclosure: unverified → fail functional
Diagnostics

Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.

Captured 20 Sept 2026 · Analysed pypi/shelly-mcp@0.1.2

Provenance No attestation

The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.

Result No attestation
Ecosystem pypi

Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →

Install scripts 1 script
Hook Tier Command
build_backend allowlisted hatchling.build

Background: Why install scripts are a supply-chain risk →

Vulnerabilities 6 findings
ID CVE Severity Vector Fix available
GHSA-m8x7-r2rg-vh5g CVE-2025-64340 medium CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H yes
GHSA-rww4-4w9c-7733 CVE-2026-27124 high yes
GHSA-vv7q-7jx5-f767 CVE-2026-32871 critical CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H yes
PYSEC-2026-2475 CVE-2025-64340 medium CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H yes
PYSEC-2026-2476 CVE-2026-27124 none yes
PYSEC-2026-338 CVE-2026-32871 critical CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H yes

Background: What a vulnerability scan can and cannot prove →

Dependencies 85 packages
Packages resolved 85
Stale 6
No linked repository 3
Tree resolution Complete

Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →

MCP tools · 47 exposed · ~2,941 tokens

The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →

Tool Tokens
shelly_cover_move ~80

Move a roller/cover: ``action`` is open|close|stop, or pass ``position`` (0-100) to go to it. Returns the post-action ``CoverState``. Audit-logged.

NameTypeReqDescription
actionstringyes
channelinteger
devicestringyes
position

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_discover ~84

Discover Shelly devices on the LAN via mDNS, merged with the cloud account list. ``timeout_s`` is the mDNS browse window. Set ``use_cloud=false`` to skip the cloud list (LAN-only). Safe, read-only; returns lightweight identities (probe for detail).

NameTypeReqDescription
timeout_snumber
use_cloudboolean

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_energy_history ~99

Best-effort energy history: lifetime totals plus any per-minute series the device exposes in its status; notes when richer history needs a local connection. Detailed historical queries (Pro 3EM ``EMData``/CSV, Gen1 ``em_data.csv``) land with the local backends (M2) — over cloud only totals + recent by-minute are available.

NameTypeReqDescription
channel
devicestringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_energy_live ~77

Live power/energy per channel: power_w, voltage, current, pf, freq, totals. ``None`` where a device can't report it (e.g. Gen1 plugs have no voltage/current). Pass ``channel`` to narrow to one. Safe, read-only.

NameTypeReqDescription
channel
devicestringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_get_config ~87

Get a device's configuration, with credential fields masked as ``***`` (Gen1 ``/settings`` returns Wi-Fi/MQTT secrets in the clear — they must not reach the model). Local-first — the Shelly Cloud API can't expose config, so this returns an actionable error for cloud-only devices.

NameTypeReqDescription
component
devicestringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_get_info ~49

Identify one device (generation, model, firmware, online state, capabilities). ``device`` is a device id or a configured name. Safe, read-only.

NameTypeReqDescription
devicestringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_get_status ~87

Get a device's **normalized** live status (Gen1/Gen2/Cloud folded into one shape). Returns canonical channels/lights/covers plus the raw per-generation payload. Pass ``component`` (e.g. ``"switch:0"``) to narrow to a single component. Safe, read-only.

NameTypeReqDescription
component
devicestringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_kvs_delete ~48

Delete a KVS key. Requires ``confirm:true``. Audit-logged.

NameTypeReqDescription
confirmboolean
devicestringyes
keystringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_kvs_get ~39

Get one KVS value (with its etag) by key.

NameTypeReqDescription
devicestringyes
keystringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_kvs_list ~46

List KVS keys (with their etags). ``match`` is a wildcard pattern (default all).

NameTypeReqDescription
devicestringyes
matchstring

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_kvs_set ~44

Set a KVS key to a JSON value. Audit-logged.

NameTypeReqDescription
devicestringyes
keystringyes
valueyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_light_set ~136

Set a light/dimmer/RGB(W)/CCT channel (Gen1 /color,/light ↔ Gen2 Light/RGB/RGBW/CCT.Set). Only the provided fields are changed. ``brightness`` 0-100, ``rgb`` three 0-255 values, ``temp_k`` white colour temperature. Returns the post-action ``LightState``. Audit-logged.

NameTypeReqDescription
brightness
channelinteger
devicestringyes
on
rgb
temp_k
transition_s
white

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_list_components ~62

List the component keys present on a device (e.g. ['switch:0', 'input:0']). Safe, read-only. Use this to discover what a specific device exposes before reading status or controlling it.

NameTypeReqDescription
devicestringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_list_devices ~59

List every Shelly device known to this server (configured + cloud account). Safe, read-only. Returns each device's canonical identity (id, name, generation, model, online state) — the starting point before any status or control call.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_list_methods ~50

List the RPC methods a device supports (Gen2+ ``Shelly.ListMethods``). Returns an actionable error on Gen1/cloud where the device can't enumerate methods.

NameTypeReqDescription
devicestringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_rpc ~93

Call any **read-only** RPC method (``*.Get*``/``*.List*``/``*.Check*``) on a device. Mutating methods are refused here — use ``shelly_rpc_write``. The method name is classified server-side; unknown methods are treated as writes and rejected.

NameTypeReqDescription
devicestringyes
methodstringyes
params

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_rpc_write ~98

Call any **mutating** RPC method. Requires ``confirm:true``; audit-logged. Read methods are rejected (use ``shelly_rpc``). Destructive methods (factory reset, wipe-all, reset-wifi) need a second gate: ``params.i_understand_data_loss = true``.

NameTypeReqDescription
confirmboolean
devicestringyes
methodstringyes
params

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_scene_create ~114

Define (save) a named scene from an ordered list of ``{device, method, params}``. Every method must be a non-destructive mutating method; every device must be known. Fails if the name already exists unless ``overwrite=true``. Prefer absolute ``Set`` methods over ``Toggle`` so the scene is safe to run twice (you'll get a warning otherwise).

NameTypeReqDescription
actionsarrayyes
description
namestringyes
overwriteboolean

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_scene_delete ~35

Delete a named scene. Requires ``confirm:true``.

NameTypeReqDescription
confirmboolean
namestringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_scene_get ~31

Show a scene's full definition (its ordered actions). Read-only.

NameTypeReqDescription
namestringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_scene_list ~24

List defined scenes (name, description, action count). Read-only.

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_scene_run ~111

Run a named scene: attempt every action in order, report per-action results. Best-effort and sequential — a failing action does **not** abort the rest. ``status`` is ``ok`` (all succeeded), ``partial`` (some failed), or ``failed`` (none succeeded). A partial run can simply be re-run later to finish it (scenes use absolute states, so re-running is safe). Every action is audit-logged.

NameTypeReqDescription
namestringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_schedule_create ~86

Create a schedule: ``timespec`` 6-field cron, ``calls`` list of {method, params}. Validates the timespec, the ≤20-per-device limit, and each call's method. Audit-logged.

NameTypeReqDescription
callsarrayyes
devicestringyes
enableboolean
timespecstringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_schedule_delete ~49

Delete a schedule by ``id``. Requires ``confirm:true``. Audit-logged.

NameTypeReqDescription
confirmboolean
devicestringyes
idintegeryes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_schedule_list ~33

List the schedules configured on a device. Local-only (cloud can't manage schedules).

NameTypeReqDescription
devicestringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_schedule_update ~55

Update fields of an existing schedule by ``id``. Audit-logged.

NameTypeReqDescription
calls
devicestringyes
enable
idintegeryes
timespec

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_script_create ~62

Create an empty script (optionally named). Returns its ``id``. Audit-logged. Use ``shelly_script_put_code`` to give it code (that step is confirm-gated).

NameTypeReqDescription
devicestringyes
name

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_script_delete ~49

Delete a script by ``id``. Requires ``confirm:true``. Audit-logged.

NameTypeReqDescription
confirmboolean
devicestringyes
idintegeryes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_script_eval ~66

Evaluate an expression inside a running script. **Arbitrary code** → ``confirm:true``. Returns the stringified result. Audit-logged.

NameTypeReqDescription
codestringyes
confirmboolean
devicestringyes
idintegeryes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_script_get_code ~45

Get a script's full source, reassembling the device's paginated ``GetCode``.

NameTypeReqDescription
devicestringyes
idintegeryes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_script_list ~34

List scripts on a device (id, name, enable, running). Local-only.

NameTypeReqDescription
devicestringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_script_put_code ~99

Upload code into a script (chunked). **Arbitrary code on the device** → ``confirm:true``. ``append=false`` replaces the script body; ``true`` appends. Large code is split into ≤1 KB chunks automatically. Audit-logged.

NameTypeReqDescription
appendboolean
codestringyes
confirmboolean
devicestringyes
idintegeryes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_script_start ~42

Start a script by ``id``. Returns ``was_running``. Audit-logged.

NameTypeReqDescription
devicestringyes
idintegeryes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_script_stop ~42

Stop a script by ``id``. Returns ``was_running``. Audit-logged.

NameTypeReqDescription
devicestringyes
idintegeryes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_switch_set ~70

Turn a switch/relay channel on or off (optionally auto-revert after N seconds). Returns the post-action ``ChannelState``. Audit-logged.

NameTypeReqDescription
channelinteger
devicestringyes
onbooleanyes
toggle_after_s

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_switch_toggle ~44

Toggle a switch/relay channel. Returns the post-action ``ChannelState``. Audit-logged.

NameTypeReqDescription
channelinteger
devicestringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_system_reboot ~46

Reboot a device. Requires ``confirm:true``. Audit-logged.

NameTypeReqDescription
confirmboolean
delay_ms
devicestringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_system_set_auth ~66

Enable/rotate the device login password (≥12 chars). Requires ``confirm:true``. The password is write-only — never returned, and redacted in the audit log.

NameTypeReqDescription
confirmboolean
devicestringyes
passwordstringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_system_update ~50

Trigger a firmware update (``channel`` = stable|beta). Requires ``confirm:true``.

NameTypeReqDescription
channelstring
confirmboolean
devicestringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_version ~21

Return the shelly-mcp server version (health check).

Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_virtual_add ~75

Add a virtual component of ``type`` (boolean/number/text/enum/button/group). Optional ``config`` and ``id`` (200-299). Returns the new component id. Audit-logged.

NameTypeReqDescription
config
devicestringyes
id
typestringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_virtual_delete ~55

Delete a virtual component by ``key`` (``<type>:<cid>``). Requires ``confirm:true``.

NameTypeReqDescription
confirmboolean
devicestringyes
keystringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_virtual_list ~34

List the device's virtual (dynamic) components via ``Shelly.GetComponents``.

NameTypeReqDescription
devicestringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_webhook_create ~120

Create a webhook: ``event`` (e.g. 'switch.on'), ``cid`` component id, ``urls`` 1-5. Optional ``condition`` (JS expression) and ``repeat_period`` (seconds; 0=always, negative=once). Audit-logged.

NameTypeReqDescription
cidintegeryes
condition
devicestringyes
enableboolean
eventstringyes
name
repeat_period
urlsarrayyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_webhook_delete ~50

Delete a webhook by ``id``. Requires ``confirm:true``. Audit-logged.

NameTypeReqDescription
confirmboolean
devicestringyes
idintegeryes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_webhook_list ~29

List webhooks configured on a device. Local-only.

NameTypeReqDescription
devicestringyes

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

shelly_webhook_update ~66

Update fields of an existing webhook by ``id``. Audit-logged.

NameTypeReqDescription
condition
devicestringyes
enable
idintegeryes
name
repeat_period
urls

Structured output declared, but exposes no named fields.

No examples provided.

Common questions

What is the Shelly Smart Home MCP server?

Shelly Smart Home is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.Buggy1111/shelly-mcp. Local-first MCP server for Shelly smart-home devices (Gen1-Gen4): control, energy, automation. This page covers its PyPI package (shelly-mcp).

What tools does the Shelly Smart Home MCP server expose?

Shelly Smart Home exposes 47 tools: shelly_switch_set, shelly_switch_toggle, shelly_light_set, shelly_cover_move, shelly_energy_live, and 42 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 2,941 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

Is the Shelly Smart Home MCP server still maintained?

Shelly Smart Home is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 20 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

What licence is the Shelly Smart Home MCP server under?

Shelly Smart Home declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.