ghidraMCP is an Model Context Protocol server for allowing LLMs to autonomously reverse engineer applications. It exposes numerous tools from core Ghidra functionality to MCP clients.

MCP Server + Ghidra Plugin

• Decompile and analyze binaries in Ghidra
• Automatically rename methods and data
• List methods, classes, imports, and exports

• Install Ghidra
• Python3
• MCP SDK

First, download the latest release from this repository. This contains the Ghidra plugin and Python MCP client. Then, you can directly import the plugin into Ghidra.

1. Run Ghidra
2. Select File -> Install Extensions
3. Click the + button
4. Select the GhidraMCP-1-2.zip (or your chosen version) from the downloaded release
5. Restart Ghidra
6. Make sure the GhidraMCPPlugin is enabled in File -> Configure -> Developer
7. Optional: Configure the port in Ghidra with Edit -> Tool Options -> GhidraMCP HTTP Server

Video Installation Guide:

Theoretically, any MCP client should work with ghidraMCP. Three examples are given below.

To set up Claude Desktop as a Ghidra MCP client, go to Claude -> Settings -> Developer -> Edit Config -> claude_desktop_config.json and add the following:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ghidra": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": [
        "/ABSOLUTE_PATH_TO/bridge_mcp_ghidra.py",
        "--ghidra-server",
        "http://127.0.0.1:8080/"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Alternatively, edit this file directly:

/Users/YOUR_USER/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

The server IP and port are configurable and should be set to point to the target Ghidra instance. If not set, both will default to localhost:8080.

To use GhidraMCP with Cline, this requires manually running the MCP server as well. First run the following command:

python bridge_mcp_ghidra.py --transport sse --mcp-host 127.0.0.1 --mcp-port 8081 --ghidra-server http://127.0.0.1:8080/

The only required argument is the transport. If all other arguments are unspecified, they will default to the above. Once the MCP server is running, open up Cline and select MCP Servers at the top.

Then select Remote Servers and add the following, ensuring that the url matches the MCP host and port:

1. Server Name: GhidraMCP
2. Server URL: http://127.0.0.1:8081/sse

Another MCP client that supports multiple models on the backend is 5ire. To set up GhidraMCP, open 5ire and go to Tools -> New and set the following configurations:

1. Tool Key: ghidra
2. Name: GhidraMCP
3. Command: python /ABSOLUTE_PATH_TO/bridge_mcp_ghidra.py

1. Copy the following files from your Ghidra directory to this project's lib/ directory:

• Ghidra/Features/Base/lib/Base.jar
• Ghidra/Features/Decompiler/lib/Decompiler.jar
• Ghidra/Framework/Docking/lib/Docking.jar
• Ghidra/Framework/Generic/lib/Generic.jar
• Ghidra/Framework/Project/lib/Project.jar
• Ghidra/Framework/SoftwareModeling/lib/SoftwareModeling.jar
• Ghidra/Framework/Utility/lib/Utility.jar
• Ghidra/Framework/Gui/lib/Gui.jar

2. Build with Maven by running:

mvn clean package assembly:single

The generated zip file includes the built Ghidra plugin and its resources. These files are required for Ghidra to recognize the new extension.

• lib/GhidraMCP.jar
• extensions.properties
• Module.manifest