Tapo MCP

Name: Tapo MCP
Author: mihai-dinculescu

@mihai-dinculescuMCP server · External

MCP server for discovering and controlling TP-Link Tapo smart home devices via AI Agents

Smart homev0.5.3MITRust

Freeno charge per call

How to install

Runs on your machine from its package; the steps are below.

What it does

Reads
Writes
High impact

At most: creates or changes data: records, files, settings.

What it costs

Free

Odel charges nothing per call. The publisher may charge for its own service.

Runs locally over stdio

This server isn't hosted — your MCP client launches it from a package registry. Use one of the commands below, or drop the config into your client (e.g. Claude Desktop).

Dockerghcr.io/mihai-dinculescu/tapo-mcp:0.5.3

Run

docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/mihai-dinculescu/tapo-mcp:0.5.3

MCP client config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tapo-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/mihai-dinculescu/tapo-mcp:0.5.3"
      ]
    }
  }
}

README2 min readView on GitHub

Tapo

Unofficial Tapo API Client. Works with TP-Link Tapo smart devices. Tested with light bulbs (L510, L520, L530, L535, L610, L630), light strips (L900, L920, L930), plugs (P100, P105, P110, P110M, P115), power strips (P300, P304M, P306, P316M), hubs (H100, H200, H500), switches (S200B, S200D, S210), sensors (KE100, T100, T110, T300, T310, T315) and cameras (C210, C220, C225, C325WB, C520WS, TC40, TC70).

Supported Devices

See /SUPPORTED_DEVICES.md for the supported devices and feature matrix.

Rust Library

Usage

Cargo.toml

toml

[dependencies]
tapo = "0.11"

main.rs

rust

let device = ApiClient::new("<tapo-username>", "tapo-password")
    .p110("<device ip address>")
    .await?;

device.on().await?;

Examples

bash

export TAPO_USERNAME=
export TAPO_PASSWORD=
export IP_ADDRESS=

cargo run --example tapo_l530

See all examples in /tapo/examples.

Python Library

Usage

bash

pip install tapo

python

client = ApiClient("<tapo-username>", "tapo-password")
device = await client.p110("<device ip address>")

await device.on()

Examples

bash

cd tapo-py
uv venv # On the initial run only
uv sync --group dev --locked
uv run maturin develop # On the initial run and whenever the Rust code is modified

export TAPO_USERNAME=
export TAPO_PASSWORD=
export IP_ADDRESS=

bash

uv run python examples/tapo_p110.py

See all examples in /tapo-py/examples.

MCP Server

An MCP server that exposes Tapo devices as AI-callable tools and resources via the Model Context Protocol. See /tapo-mcp/README.md for setup and usage.

Community Projects

tapo-rest — a REST wrapper of this library that can be deployed as a service or serve as an advanced example.
tapoviz — audio-reactive and screen-reactive lighting for L920/L930 LED strips, with a local web UI.