Avanan (Check Point) MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Check Point Avanan (Harmony Email & Collaboration). Enables AI assistants to manage security events, investigate threats, and handle multi-tenant MSP operations across your email security environment.

This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects Claude (or any MCP-compatible AI) to your Check Point Avanan environment.

Part of the MSP Claude Plugins ecosystem — a growing suite of AI integrations for the MSP stack. Built by MSPs, for MSPs.

Features

Interactive Security Event Card (MCP Apps): hec_get_event renders as a read-only interactive card in MCP Apps hosts (Claude Desktop/web) showing severity, state, platform, and remediation status; neutral by default, brandable via window.__BRAND__ injection or MCP_BRAND_* env vars; plain-JSON behavior is unchanged in other hosts

Installation

bash

npm install @wyre-ai/avanan-mcp

Configuration

Copy .env.example and set the variables below. Leave CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET empty in that file.

Variable	Required	Description
`CHECKPOINT_CLIENT_ID`	For stdio and `AUTH_MODE=env`	Checkpoint/Avanan OAuth2 client ID
`CHECKPOINT_CLIENT_SECRET`	For stdio and `AUTH_MODE=env`	Checkpoint/Avanan OAuth2 client secret
`CHECKPOINT_REGION`	No	API region (`us`, `eu`, `au`, `in`). Auto-detected from the JWT when omitted.
`MCP_TRANSPORT`	No	`stdio` (default) or `http`
`AUTH_MODE`	No	`gateway` (Docker image and Compose default) or `env`. Gateway mode requires `X-Checkpoint-Client-Id` and `X-Checkpoint-Client-Secret` on each `/mcp` request and never falls back to `CHECKPOINT_*`. `env` uses those variables only after S2S auth succeeds.
`CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET`	Yes for HTTP	Service-to-service HMAC secret. The HTTP server logs an error and exits non-zero when this is empty or a known placeholder (`changeme`, `replace-with-a-real-secret`, `your-s2s-secret`, and the other public example values). `MCP_ALLOW_INSECURE_DEV=1` does not accept a placeholder. Compose will not start without it. Never commit a real value. The value is never logged. Generate one with `openssl rand -hex 32`.
`MCP_ALLOW_INSECURE_DEV`	No	Set to exactly `1` only for local development to start HTTP without `CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET`. The process logs a warning, does not enforce `X-Gateway-S2S`, and binds `127.0.0.1` only. A non-loopback `MCP_HTTP_HOST` (including `0.0.0.0`) is overridden and the override is logged.
`MCP_HTTP_HOST`	No	Bind address when `MCP_TRANSPORT=http`. Defaults to `127.0.0.1`. A configured secret honors this value. The container image sets `0.0.0.0`.
`MCP_HTTP_PORT`	No	HTTP port. Defaults to `8080`.

/health stays unauthenticated. The stdio transport does not use CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET.

HTTP authentication

With MCP_TRANSPORT=http and a real CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET, every /mcp request must include X-Gateway-S2S. The header value is t=<unix seconds>,v1=<hex>, where the hex is HMAC-SHA256 of the literal string t=<unix seconds> keyed with CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET (64 lowercase hex characters). The timestamp must be within 300 seconds of the server clock. A missing or invalid header returns HTTP 401 before vendor credentials are read.

bash

TS=$(date +%s)
SIG=$(printf 't=%s' "$TS" | openssl dgst -sha256 -hmac "$CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET" -hex | awk '{print $NF}')
curl -sS http://127.0.0.1:8080/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
  -H "X-Gateway-S2S: t=${TS},v1=${SIG}" \
  -H 'X-Checkpoint-Client-Id: your-client-id' \
  -H 'X-Checkpoint-Client-Secret: your-client-secret' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'

In AUTH_MODE=gateway (the image and Compose default), /mcp also requires X-Checkpoint-Client-Id and X-Checkpoint-Client-Secret. Those headers are the only credential source for that request. A request missing either one returns 401 and does not fall back to CHECKPOINT_CLIENT_ID / CHECKPOINT_CLIENT_SECRET in the process environment.

Single-tenant HTTP (AUTH_MODE=env) still requires a valid X-Gateway-S2S header, then uses CHECKPOINT_CLIENT_ID and CHECKPOINT_CLIENT_SECRET when the request does not carry those headers.

Usage

Running with Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop claude_desktop_config.json:

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "avanan-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["@wyre-ai/avanan-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "CHECKPOINT_CLIENT_ID": "your-checkpoint-client-id"
        "CHECKPOINT_CLIENT_SECRET": "your-checkpoint-client-secret"
      }
    }
  }
}

Running with Claude Code (CLI)

bash

claude mcp add avanan-mcp \
  -e CHECKPOINT_CLIENT_ID=your-value \
  -e CHECKPOINT_CLIENT_SECRET=your-value \
  -- npx -y @wyre-ai/avanan-mcp

Docker

The image listens on 0.0.0.0 inside the container (MCP_HTTP_HOST) and defaults to AUTH_MODE=gateway. Publish the port on loopback and pass a real S2S secret. In gateway mode, Checkpoint credentials arrive on each request as headers; they are not read from the environment.

bash

docker build -t avanan-mcp .
docker run \
  -e CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET=your-s2s-secret \
  -p 127.0.0.1:8080:8080 \
  avanan-mcp

Compose refuses to start when CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET is unset, sets AUTH_MODE=gateway, does not inject CHECKPOINT_CLIENT_ID or CHECKPOINT_CLIENT_SECRET, and publishes 127.0.0.1:8080:8080:

bash

CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET=your-s2s-secret docker compose up

Single-tenant HTTP (AUTH_MODE=env) still requires the S2S secret, then uses CHECKPOINT_CLIENT_ID and CHECKPOINT_CLIENT_SECRET. Keep that off the gateway Compose service:

bash

docker run \
  -e CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET=your-s2s-secret \
  -e AUTH_MODE=env \
  -e CHECKPOINT_CLIENT_ID=your-value \
  -e CHECKPOINT_CLIENT_SECRET=your-value \
  -e CHECKPOINT_REGION=us \
  -p 127.0.0.1:8080:8080 \
  avanan-mcp

Local HTTP without a secret is development-only. It binds 127.0.0.1 even when MCP_HTTP_HOST is 0.0.0.0 or localhost, and logs a warning. A known placeholder secret still refuses to start:

bash

MCP_TRANSPORT=http MCP_ALLOW_INSECURE_DEV=1 npm start

Available Domains

Events

Security event retrieval and investigation

Actions

Take action on threats (quarantine, release, etc.)

Exceptions

Manage email exceptions and allowlists

Search

Search across email security data

Development

bash

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/WYRE-AI/avanan-mcp.git
cd avanan-mcp

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build
npm run build

# Run tests
npm test