What is sysdig-mcp-server AGENTS.md?

A developer handbook for Sysdig MCP Server, a Go server that lets language models query Sysdig Monitor, a platform for monitoring systems such as Kubernetes. It covers setup, commands, architecture, and supported connection methods.

Setting up the Go project with Nix, formatting and linting code, running tests, and understanding the server's entry point and monitoring tools.

It provides the project context and repeatable commands needed to develop and check the server in a consistent environment.

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AGENTS.md · 143 lines

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Sysdig MCP Server – Agent Developer Handbook

This document is a comprehensive guide for an AI agent tasked with developing and maintaining the Sysdig MCP Server.

1. Project Overview

Sysdig MCP Server is a Go-based Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes Sysdig Monitor platform capabilities to LLMs. It provides tools for querying Kubernetes metrics through multiple transport protocols (stdio, streamable-http, SSE). Sysdig Secure-specific tools live in the separate @sysdig/secure-mcp-server package.

1.1. Quick Facts

Topic	Details
Purpose	Expose vetted Sysdig Monitor workflows to LLMs through MCP tools.
Tech Stack	Go 1.26+, `mcp-go`, Cobra CLI, Ginkgo/Gomega, `golangci-lint`, Nix.
Entry Point	`cmd/server/main.go` (Cobra CLI that wires config, Sysdig client, etc.).
Dev Shell	`nix develop` provides a consistent development environment.
Key Commands	`just fmt`, `just lint`, `just test`, `just check`, `just update`.

2. Environment Setup

2.1. Using Nix (Recommended)

The repository uses a Nix flake to ensure a consistent development environment with all required tools.

# Enter the development shell with all tools available
nix develop

# Or, if you use direnv, allow it to load the environment
direnv allow

2.2. Required Environment Variables

The server requires API credentials to connect to the Sysdig platform.

SYSDIG_MCP_API_HOST: Sysdig instance URL (e.g., https://us2.app.sysdig.com).
SYSDIG_MCP_API_TOKEN: Sysdig API token.

For a full list of optional variables (e.g., for transport configuration), see the project's README.md.

3. Architecture

3.1. Repository Layout

.github/workflows        - CI Workflows
cmd/server/              - CLI entry point, tool registration
internal/
  config/                - Environment variable loading and validation
  infra/
    clock/               - System clock abstraction (for testing)
    mcp/                 - MCP server handler, transport setup, middleware
      tools/             - Individual MCP tool implementations
    sysdig/              - Sysdig API client (generated + extensions)
docs/                    - Documentation assets
justfile                 - Canonical development tasks (format, lint, test, generate, update)
flake.nix                - Defines the Nix development environment and its dependencies
package.nix              - Defines how the package is going to be built with Nix

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sysdig-mcp-server AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository sysdiglabs/sysdig-mcp-server (14 stars, last pushed 4d ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 1,576 tokens to every session, about $0.0063 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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