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NetBox MCP (source of truth)

What it does: the official netboxlabs server queries NetBox — sites, devices, IPs, prefixes, VLANs, cables — READ-ONLY by default (deliberately hard to misuse; a write fork exists at your own risk).

Use it for: looking up INTENDED state (the DB) to reconcile against ACTUAL state (the live network) — i.e. drift detection, and IPAM lookups.

Notes: NetBox and Nautobot APIs have diverged — a NetBox MCP server will NOT drive a Nautobot instance. There's no official Nautobot MCP server: use a community one you've vetted (the catalog's Nautobot entry is a template for it).

These are the Windows and Linux 1.3 guides, the same help that ships inside those apps. The Mac app carries its own in-app help; where macOS differs, see Privacy and FAQ. All docs. Spot something unclear? Tell us.