Awx MCP server

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• ansible_inventory

  List/show Ansible inventory hosts and groups using ansible-inventory. Use this when user asks to 'list inventory hosts', 'show inventory groups', 'display local inventory', 'what hosts are in my inventory file'.

• ansible_playbookwrite action

  Execute/run an Ansible playbook locally for development and testing. Use this when user asks to 'run playbook locally', 'execute playbook', 'test playbook', 'dry-run playbook', or wants to run a playbook in their dev environment before pushing to AWX. Supports check mode (dry-run), extra vars, tags, and host limits.

• ansible_rolewrite action

  Execute/run an Ansible role locally by generating a temporary playbook. Use this when user asks to 'run a role', 'execute role', 'test role locally', or wants to apply a specific role from their project without writing a full playbook.

• ansible_taskwrite action

  Run an ad-hoc Ansible task/module locally. Use this when user asks to 'run ansible module', 'execute ad-hoc task', 'ping hosts', 'run shell command with ansible', 'test ansible module', or wants to run a single Ansible module without a playbook. Defaults to connection=local for localhost.

• awx_credential_createwrite action

  Create AWX credential

• awx_credential_deletewrite action

  Delete AWX credential

• awx_credential_types_list

  List AWX credential types

• awx_credentials_list

  List AWX credentials

• awx_inventories_list

  List AWX inventories

• awx_inventory_createwrite action

  Create AWX inventory

• awx_inventory_deletewrite action

  Delete AWX inventory

• awx_inventory_group_createwrite action

  Create group in AWX inventory

• awx_inventory_group_deletewrite action

  Delete group from AWX inventory

• awx_inventory_groups_list

  List groups in AWX inventory

• awx_inventory_host_createwrite action

  Create host in AWX inventory

• awx_inventory_host_deletewrite action

  Delete host from AWX inventory

• awx_inventory_hosts_list

  List hosts in AWX inventory

• awx_job_cancelwrite action

  Cancel/stop/abort a currently running AWX job execution. Use this when user asks to 'cancel job', 'stop job', 'abort job', 'kill job', or any request to halt a running job.

• awx_job_deletewrite action

  Delete/remove an AWX job record from history. Use this when user asks to 'delete job', 'remove job', 'clean up job', or any request to permanently remove a job record.

• awx_job_events

  Show/list/view/get detailed events, tasks, plays, and execution steps of an AWX job. Use this when user asks to 'show job events', 'view job tasks', 'list execution steps', 'see what tasks ran', 'show detailed job activity', 'view play-by-play execution', or any request about the individual task/play events within a job run. Can filter to show only failed events.

• awx_job_failure_summary

  Analyze/diagnose/debug/troubleshoot why an AWX job failed and get actionable fix suggestions. Use this when user asks 'why did job fail', 'analyze failure', 'debug job error', 'show failure summary', 'what went wrong with job', 'diagnose job problem', 'troubleshoot job', or any request to understand and fix a failed job execution.

• awx_job_get

  Get specific AWX job metadata and summary details including status, timing, template info, and playbook name. Use this to check a single job's current state, whether it succeeded or failed, and its start/finish times. Does NOT return console output or logs — use awx_job_stdout for that.

• awx_job_launch

  Launch/execute/run/start a new AWX job from a template. Creates a new job execution instance.

• awx_job_stdout

  Show/display/view/get the console output, stdout, logs, or terminal output of an AWX job execution. Use this when user asks to 'show job output', 'view job logs', 'display console output', 'get job stdout', 'show what the job printed', 'see the playbook output', 'show execution log', or any request to see the text/log output produced by a job run.

• awx_jobs_list

  Show/list/display/view recent AWX jobs, job execution history, completed jobs, running jobs, failed jobs, job status, job runs, playbook executions. Use this when user asks to 'show recent jobs', 'list jobs', 'view jobs', 'get jobs', 'display job history', 'see recent activity', 'check job status', or any query about AWX job executions with timestamps and results.

• awx_organization_get

  Get AWX organization by ID

• awx_organizations_list

  List AWX organizations

• awx_project_createwrite action

  Create AWX project

• awx_project_deletewrite action

  Delete AWX project

• awx_project_updatewrite action

  Update AWX project from SCM

• awx_projects_list

  List AWX projects

• awx_system_info

  Get AWX system information (config, dashboard, settings)

• awx_template_createwrite action

  Create AWX job template

• awx_template_deletewrite action

  Delete AWX job template

• awx_templates_list

  List AWX job templates (NOT for recent jobs or job history). Templates are playbook definitions, configurations, settings. This shows available templates to run, not execution history or recent activity. For recent jobs/runs/executions, use awx_jobs_list instead.

• create_playbookwrite action

  Create/write/generate an Ansible playbook YAML file locally. Use this when user asks to 'create a playbook', 'write a playbook', 'generate a playbook', 'make a new playbook', or wants to author Ansible YAML content before running it on AWX.

• create_role_structurewrite action

  Scaffold/generate/create an Ansible role directory structure with standard subdirectories (tasks, handlers, templates, files, vars, defaults, meta). Use this when user asks to 'create a role', 'scaffold a role', 'generate role skeleton', 'init role structure', or wants to set up a new role from scratch.

• env_get_active

  Get the currently active AWX environment

• env_list

  List all configured AWX environments

• env_set_active

  Set the active AWX environment

• env_test_connection

  Test connection to an AWX environment

• git_push_project

  Stage, commit, and push project changes to git remote (GitHub/GitLab). Use this when user asks to 'push to git', 'commit and push', 'push playbook changes', 'push project to github', 'publish changes'. After pushing, use awx_project_update to sync AWX.

• list_playbooks

  List/show/display all Ansible playbooks in the workspace or project directory. Use this when user asks to 'list playbooks', 'show my playbooks', 'what playbooks exist', 'find playbooks'.

• list_registered_projects

  List/show all registered local Ansible projects and the default. Use this when user asks to 'list my projects', 'show registered projects', 'what projects are configured'.

• list_roles

  List/show/display all Ansible roles in the workspace. Use this when user asks to 'list roles', 'show my roles', 'what roles exist'.

• project_playbooks

  Discover/find/list playbooks and roles under a registered project root. Use this when user asks to 'show project playbooks', 'find playbooks in project', 'discover playbooks', 'what playbooks does project have', 'list project roles'.

• project_run_playbookwrite action

  Run a playbook using a registered project's inventory and environment. Use this when user asks to 'run project playbook', 'execute playbook from project', 'test project playbook locally'. Automatically uses the project's configured inventory.

• register_project

  Register/add a local Ansible project directory for easy reuse. Use this when user asks to 'register project', 'add project', 'set up project', 'configure my ansible project'. Auto-detects git remote URL, inventory, and default playbook.

• unregister_projectwrite action

  Remove/unregister a local Ansible project from the registry. Use when user asks to 'remove project', 'unregister project', 'delete project registration'.

• validate_playbook

  Validate/check/lint Ansible playbook syntax using ansible-playbook --syntax-check. Use this when user asks to 'validate playbook', 'check playbook syntax', 'lint playbook', 'verify playbook', or wants to ensure a playbook is syntactically correct before running it.

• Code scan25 source files scanned25/25
• –Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
• –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
• Auth qualitystatic API keys via environment variables6/15
• Maintenancelast push 217 days ago4/15
• Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year8/10

Safety score

66/100

higher than 23% of 48,255 servers

Tools

50

the typical server has 7

Tools that change things

44%

typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break

GitHub stars

12

more than 89% of 28,688 servers

Awx: common questions

Is Awx MCP server safe?

With care: it is graded C, so read the findings first (66/100). Read the Awx safety report

How do I install Awx?

It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.

Does Awx need an API key?

Yes. The registry entry asks for AWX_TOKEN, AWX_PASSWORD.

Is Awx maintained?

The last commit was 254 days ago (2026-02-23). The latest release is v1.1.2.

How does Awx compare with other MCP servers?

safety score 66/100 (higher than 23% of 48,255 servers); tools 50 (the typical server has 7); tools that change things 44% (typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break). Full comparison.