nihil-mcp

MCP server for Nihil — lets Claude manage and use pentest containers directly.

Install

cd nihil-mcp
pip install -e .

Register with Claude Code

claude mcp add nihil -- nihil-mcp

Verify

claude mcp list

Usage

Start a new Claude Code session — the tools are loaded automatically.

You can then ask Claude to manage containers and run tools:

"Start a nihil web container, mount ~/htb as workspace, then scan 10.10.10.1 with nmap"

Available tools

Tool	Description
list_containers	List all Nihil containers
get_container_info	Info on a specific container
start_container	Create and start a container
stop_container	Stop a container
exec_command	Run a command inside a container
list_images	List installed image variants
list_tools	List tools available in an image