Complete MITRE ATT&CK MCP Server

Inoussa Mouiche — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 22:22:38 +0000

AI-Native Access to the World’s Leading Threat Intelligence Framework

Overview
The MITRE ATT&CK MCP Server transforms the world’s leading adversary knowledge base into an AI-native interface. Built for the Model Context Protocol, it enables LLMs and agentic systems to:

🔍 Query 200+ techniques, 140+ groups, 700+ software entries
🧠 Reason over complex threat relationships and TTPs
📊 Visualize coverage gaps with ATT&CK Navigator layers
⚡ Scale threat intelligence workflows with structured tools

Perfect for: Security teams, threat hunters, detection engineers, AI researchers, and anyone building intelligent security systems.

What is this?

mitre-attack-mcp-server is a self-contained MCP server that provides machine-callable access to the MITRE ATT&CK framework using official STIX data with LLMs friendly structured outputs.

It enables:

🤖 LLMs to reason about ATT&CK techniques, groups, software, and mitigations
🧠 Agentic workflows to generate threat explanations and coverage maps
🔍 Security teams to query ATT&CK relationships programmatically
📊 Visualization via ATT&CK Navigator layers
No scraping, No fragile APIs.

Just official MITRE data, structured and reliable.

** Key Features**

✅ 65+ MCP tools across ATT&CK domains (Enterprise, Mobile, ICS)
✅ Automatic STIX download & caching on first run
✅ Native ATT&CK Navigator layer generation
✅ Designed for LLMs & MCP-compatible clients
✅ In-memory caching for instant query responses
✅ Type-safe with Pydantic models
✅ Clean, production-ready, self-contained server
✅ Comprehensive test coverage
📦 Installation

Via PyPI (recommended) — Python Users

pip install mitre-mcp-server

Via npm

npm install -g @imouiche/mitre-attack-mcp-server

npx (no installation required)

npx @imouiche/mitre-attack-mcp-server

Via uv (Modern Python)

uv pip install mitre-mcp-server

Local Development

git clone https://github.com/imouiche/complete-mitre-attack-mcp-server.git
cd complete-mitre-attack-mcp-server
uv sync

Configure Claude Desktop

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json:

macOS: `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`

Windows: `%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json`

{
"mcpServers": {
"mitre-attack": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@imouiche/mitre-attack-mcp-server"]
      }
    }
 }

Restart Claude Desktop

Quit Claude Desktop completely (Cmd+Q on macOS) and reopen it.

Start Querying!

Ask Claude:

"What techniques does APT29 use for initial access?"
"Generate an ATT&CK Navigator layer for ransomware groups"
"Show me all Windows persistence techniques"
Data downloads automatically on first run (~59MB, cached at ~/.mitre-mcp-server/data/).

MCP Registry

This server is officially registered in the Model Context Protocol (MCP) Registry.

Registry ID: io.github.imouiche/mitre-attack-mcp-server

View in Official Registry

🛠️ Available Tools

The server exposes 65+ MCP tools covering all major MITRE ATT&CK entities and relationships.

Tool	Description
`get_data_stats`	Show download status, file paths, sizes, and ATT&CK release version
`generate_layer`	Generate an ATT&CK Navigator layer (JSON output)
`get_layer_metadata`	Return Navigator layer metadata template

🎯 Techniques

Tool	Description
`get_technique_by_id`	Get a technique by ATT&CK ID (e.g., T1055)
`search_techniques`	Search techniques by name or description
`get_all_techniques`	Retrieve all techniques
`get_all_parent_techniques`	Parent techniques only
`get_all_subtechniques`	All subtechniques
`get_subtechniques_of_technique`	Subtechniques of a parent
`get_parent_technique_of_subtechnique`	Parent of a subtechnique
`get_technique_tactics`	Tactics associated with a technique
`get_techniques_by_tactic`	Techniques under a tactic
`get_techniques_by_platform`	Techniques for a platform
`get_revoked_techniques`	Revoked techniques

🧑‍💻 Groups (Threat Actors)

Tool	Description
`get_group_by_name`	Find group by name or alias
`search_groups`	Search groups
`get_all_groups`	All ATT&CK groups
`get_groups_by_alias`	Lookup groups by alias
`get_groups_using_technique`	Groups using a technique
`get_groups_using_software`	Groups using software
`get_groups_attributing_to_campaign`	Groups attributed to a campaign

Software (Malware & Tools)

Tool	Description
`get_software`	Get all software
`search_software`	Search software
`get_software_by_alias`	Lookup software by alias
`get_software_used_by_group`	Software used by a group
`get_software_used_by_campaign`	Software used in campaigns
`get_software_using_technique`	Software using a technique

📌 Campaigns

Tool	Description
`get_all_campaigns`	Get all campaigns
`get_campaigns_by_alias`	Lookup campaigns by alias
`get_campaigns_using_technique`	Campaigns using a technique
`get_campaigns_using_software`	Campaigns using software
`get_campaigns_attributed_to_group`	Campaign attribution

🛡️ Mitigations

Tool	Description
`get_all_mitigations`	Get all mitigations
`get_mitigations_mitigating_technique`	Mitigations for a technique
`get_techniques_mitigated_by_mitigation`	Techniques mitigated by a mitigation

🧭 Tactics, Data Sources & ICS

Tool	Description
`get_all_tactics`	Get all tactics
`get_all_datasources`	Get all data sources
`get_all_datacomponents`	Get all data components
`get_datacomponents_detecting_technique`	Data components detecting a technique
`get_all_assets`	Get ICS assets
`get_assets_targeted_by_technique`	Assets targeted by a technique

💡 Example Queries

Threat Intelligence

"What techniques does APT29 use for initial access?"
"Which groups target financial institutions?"
"Show me all ransomware-related software"
"What are the aliases for the Lazarus Group?"

Detection Engineering

"What data sources detect credential dumping?"
"Generate a coverage map for EDR capabilities"
"List all techniques for Windows privilege escalation"
"What can detect T1055 (Process Injection)?"

Threat Hunting

"What techniques use PowerShell?"
"Show me lateral movement techniques for Linux"
"Which groups use Cobalt Strike?"
"What persistence techniques target macOS?"

Mitigation & Defense

"What mitigations exist for phishing attacks?"
"Show me all mitigations for privilege escalation"
"What techniques does MFA mitigate?"

Compliance & Gap Analysis

"Generate a layer for all techniques our EDR covers"
"Compare APT29 TTPs against our detection capabilities"
"Show unmitigated techniques in our environment"

📊 ATT&CK Navigator Visualization

The generate_layer tool produces ATT&CK Navigator–compatible JSON.

Usage:

Ask Claude to generate a layer:

"Generate an ATT&CK Navigator layer for all techniques used by APT29"

Save the JSON output to a file (e.g., apt29_layer.json)
Upload to ATT&CK Navigator
Visualize technique coverage, threat actor usage, or mitigation mapping

Real-World Example Using LangGraph

Read my Medium blog demonstrating how a multi-agent LangGraph system leverages these tools to perform a real-world threat investigation.

Blog

Red Team Coverage: Map all techniques used in an exercise
Detection Gaps: Highlight unmonitored techniques
Threat Actor Profile: Visualize group TTPs
Mitigation Coverage: Show what’s protected vs. exposed

Live Demo
Explore the interactive Gradio 6.2 demo on Hugging Face Spaces.

Technical Details:

Enterprise ATT&CK: v18.1+ (~50.9MB)
Mobile ATT&CK: v18.1+ (~4.9MB)
ICS ATT&CK: v18.1+ (~3.5MB)
Total: ~59MB cached locally
Storage: ~/.mitre-mcp-server/data/v{version}/
Update: Auto-downloads on install, uses cached data on subsequent runs.

Performance:

In-memory caching: All domains loaded at startup
Query speed: Sub-second for most operations
Graph traversal: Efficient relationship queries
Concurrent: Handles multiple simultaneous requests

Requirements:

Python: 3.12 or higher
Node.js: 16+ (for NPM installation)
Disk Space: ~150MB (includes dependencies + data)
Memory: ~200MB RAM when running

🚀** Roadmap & Vision**
This project is the first component of a larger vision to build comprehensive agentic security automation by integrating multiple security knowledge bases and frameworks.

Planned Integrations

CVE/NVD — Vulnerability intelligence and exploit mapping
MITRE D3FEND — Defensive countermeasure knowledge graph
Sigma Rules— Detection rule translation and management
CAPEC — Common Attack Pattern Enumeration
CWE — Software weakness enumeration
Agentic Pentesting— Multi-agent autonomous security testing Ultimate Goal

Enable AI agents to autonomously:

Map attack surfaces and identify vulnerabilities
Recommend defensive countermeasures
Generate detection rules and validate coverage
Orchestrate multi-stage security assessments Reason about complete attack-defense lifecycles Get Involved

We welcome contributions.

Areas of Interest:

Integrating additional security frameworks (CVE, D3FEND, Sigma)
Building agentic workflows for pentesting and red teaming
Developing detection rule generation pipelines
Creating threat intelligence reasoning systems
Improving MCP tooling and documentation
Interested? Open an issue, start a discussion, or reach out directly!

Contributing

Found a bug? Have a feature request? Want to contribute to the roadmap?

All contributions welcome!

Inoussa Mouiche, Ph.D.

AI/ML Researcher | Cybersecurity | Agentic AI Systems | Software Engineering

🎓 University of Windsor— WASP Lab

🔬 Research Focus: Threat Intelligence Automation, Machine Learning, Multi-Agent Security Systems, LLM-Powered Security Operations

Connect

🐙 GitHub: @imouiche
Email: mouiche@uwindsor.ca
💼 LinkedIn: Inoussa Mouiche, Ph.D.
📚 Google Scholar: Publications

Award Nomination

Gold Medal: The Governor General’s Academic Medal

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AI/ML Engineering & Research
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