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OPC UA MCP tools for protocol diagnostics: UA-TCP packet capture, decode and replay. Embed in any MCP server host.

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Oct 12, 2026
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Install

dotnet add package OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Mcp.Diagnostics --version 2.0.1
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README

OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Mcp.Diagnostics

OPC UA Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools for protocol diagnostics, packaged so they can be embedded in any MCP server host rather than only run as the shipped opcua-mcp tool.

Use this package when an application wants to let an LLM capture and inspect UA-TCP traffic alongside tools of its own.

Tools

UA-TCP packet capture to pcapng, decode of captured traffic, and replay of a capture against a live endpoint.

Security

The decode and replay tools disclose symmetric channel keys and can re-send captured traffic. They are disabled by default and are registered only when a host opts in, either through Pcap:EnableDiagnosticsTools in configuration or the OPCUA_PCAP_ENABLE_DIAGNOSTICS environment variable. AreDiagnosticsToolsEnabled evaluates both.

Usage

PcapOptions pcapOptions = OpcUaMcpDiagnosticsExtensions.CreatePcapOptions(builder.Configuration);
bool diagnosticsEnabled = OpcUaMcpDiagnosticsExtensions.AreDiagnosticsToolsEnabled(pcapOptions);

builder.Services.AddOpcUaMcpCore();
builder.Services.AddOpcUaMcpDiagnostics(options =>
    options.EnableDiagnosticsTools = pcapOptions.EnableDiagnosticsTools);

builder.Services.AddMcpServer()
    .WithStdioServerTransport()
    .WithOpcUaMcpFilters()
    .WithOpcUaCoreTools(McpToolProfile.Diagnostics)
    .WithOpcUaDiagnosticsTools(McpToolProfile.Diagnostics, diagnosticsEnabled)
    .WithTools<MyApplicationTools>();

A profile that does not select diagnostics contributes no tools rather than failing, so the same profile value can be passed to every OPC UA tool package a host references.

Related packages

Package Adds
OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Mcp.Core Part 4 service tools, session management, filters (required)
OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Mcp.PubSub PubSub runtime, actions and discovery
OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Mcp.PubSub.Diagnostics PubSub packet capture and decode
OPCFoundation.NetStandard.Opc.Ua.Mcp the ready-to-run opcua-mcp server composing all of the above

License

OPC Foundation MIT License 1.00 — http://opcfoundation.org/License/MIT/1.00/

Changes from Previous Version

No structural changes between v2.0.0 and v2.0.1.

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