Inforcer README

The full upstream README, mirrored for reference. Install config, tool schemas, adoption signals and our own overview live on the Inforcer listing page.

Inforcer MCP Server

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A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives AI assistants structured, mostly read-only access to Inforcer Microsoft 365 baseline-governance data — tenants, baselines, alignment/drift, policies, secure scores, identity, audit logs, and report generation — plus two write actions to trigger an assessment run or queue a report.

Note: This project is maintained by Wyre Technology.

⚠ Community-sourced API

Inforcer does not (at time of writing) publish an official REST API specification. This server wraps the @wyre-technology/node-inforcer SDK, whose API surface is community-sourced from royklo/InforcerCommunity. Endpoints, field shapes, and behavior may change without notice. Treat results accordingly and verify anything load-bearing against the Inforcer portal.

Read-only scope

Every tool in this server is read-only EXCEPT two:

  • inforcer_assessments_run — triggers an assessment run for a tenant.
  • inforcer_reports_run — queues one or more report runs across one or more tenants.

Both are HIGH-IMPACT (not destructive): they kick off real work in Inforcer and are visible to operators. Both are annotated accordingly and ask for confirmation before running. Confirm with the user before invoking.

There are no create/update/delete tools for policies, tenants, or baselines — those operations are not exposed by the community API and are intentionally absent here.

Quick Start

Claude Code (CLI):

Terminal
claude mcp add inforcer-mcp \
  -e INFORCER_REGION=us \
  -e INFORCER_API_KEY=your-api-key \
  -- npx -y github:WYRE-AI/inforcer-mcp

See Installation for Docker and from-source methods.

Features

  • 🔌 MCP Protocol Compliance: Full support for MCP tools and prompts
  • 🛡️ Governance Coverage (read-only): Tenants, baselines, alignment/drift, policies, Microsoft Secure Score, Entra ID identity, and the audit log
  • 🔍 Decision-Tree Navigation: Start with inforcer_navigate to explore domains, then call domain-specific tools
  • 🧭 Flexible Tenant Resolution: Most tools accept a tenant as a numeric Client Tenant ID, a tenant DNS name, an Azure AD GUID, or a friendly name — resolved automatically
  • 🔒 Secure Authentication: Inf-Api-Key header auth, region-scoped
  • 🌐 Dual Transport: stdio (local) and HTTP Streamable (gateway/Docker)
  • 🐳 Docker Ready: Containerized deployment with HTTP transport and health checks
  • 📊 Structured Logging: Configurable levels, credentials never logged

Table of Contents

Installation

Option 1: Claude Code (CLI)

Terminal
claude mcp add inforcer-mcp \
  -e INFORCER_REGION=us \
  -e INFORCER_API_KEY=your-api-key \
  -- npx -y github:WYRE-AI/inforcer-mcp

Option 2: Docker

The image listens on 0.0.0.0 inside the container and defaults to AUTH_MODE=gateway. Publish the port on loopback and pass a real S2S secret. In gateway mode the Inforcer region and API key arrive on each request as headers; they are not read from the environment.

Terminal
docker build -t inforcer-mcp .
docker run \
  -e CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET \
  -p 127.0.0.1:8080:8080 \
  inforcer-mcp

Or pull the pre-built image:

Terminal
docker run -d \
  -e CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET \
  -p 127.0.0.1:8080:8080 \
  ghcr.io/wyre-ai/inforcer-mcp:latest

Compose reads CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET from the project .env and refuses to start when that value is unset. Do not assign the variable on the command line: an empty shell value overrides .env.

Terminal
docker compose up

Option 3: From Source

server.ts
git clone https://github.com/WYRE-AI/inforcer-mcp.git
cd inforcer-mcp
export NODE_AUTH_TOKEN=$(gh auth token)   # to install @wyre-ai/* from GitHub Packages
npm ci
npm run build

Configuration

VariableRequiredDescription
INFORCER_REGIONFor stdio and AUTH_MODE=envInforcer API region — one of anz, eu, uk, us. There is no default. The Compose gateway service does not load this variable.
INFORCER_API_KEYFor stdio and AUTH_MODE=envInforcer API key, sent as the Inf-Api-Key header. The Compose gateway service does not load this variable.
MCP_TRANSPORTNostdio (default) or http
AUTH_MODENogateway (Docker image and Compose default) or env. Gateway mode requires X-Inforcer-Region and X-Inforcer-API-Key on each /mcp request and never falls back to INFORCER_*. env uses those variables only after S2S auth succeeds.
CONDUIT_S2S_SECRETYes for HTTPService-to-service secret. Generate with openssl rand -hex 32. The HTTP server logs an error and exits non-zero when this is empty or a known placeholder (changeme, your-s2s-secret, secret, placeholder, and similar public examples). Compose will not start without it. Never commit a real value. The value is never logged.
MCP_ALLOW_INSECURE_DEVNoSet 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 forces the listener onto 127.0.0.1 even if MCP_HTTP_HOST is a wider address. A known placeholder secret is still refused.
MCP_HTTP_HOSTNoBind address when MCP_TRANSPORT=http. Defaults to 127.0.0.1 when unset. A configured CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET honors this value. The container image sets 0.0.0.0.
MCP_HTTP_PORTNoHTTP port. Defaults to 8080.
LOG_LEVELNoLog level (debug, info, warn, error). Defaults to info.

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

Both INFORCER_REGION and INFORCER_API_KEY are required for any API call in stdio and AUTH_MODE=env. Tool discovery (tools/list) works without them; the first real call will error if either is missing.

HTTP authentication

With MCP_TRANSPORT=http and CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET set, every /mcp request must include X-Gateway-S2S. The check is verifyS2sHeader in src/s2s-verify.ts: 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.

CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET must already be in the environment. The example reads that variable inside the process. It does not pass the secret as a command argument.

server.ts
TS=$(date +%s)
SIG=$(printf 't=%s' "$TS" | node -e 'const {createHmac}=require("node:crypto"); const chunks=[]; process.stdin.on("data",(c)=>chunks.push(c)); process.stdin.on("end",()=>{ const secret=process.env.CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET; if(!secret){ console.error("CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET is not set"); process.exit(1); } process.stdout.write(createHmac("sha256", secret).update(Buffer.concat(chunks)).digest("hex")); });')
curl -sS http://127.0.0.1:8080/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
  -H "X-Gateway-S2S: t=${TS},v1=${SIG}" \
  -H 'X-Inforcer-Region: us' \
  -H "X-Inforcer-API-Key: $INFORCER_API_KEY" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'

In AUTH_MODE=gateway, /mcp also requires X-Inforcer-Region and X-Inforcer-API-Key. Those headers are the only credential source for the request. With AUTH_MODE=env, the signed request uses INFORCER_REGION and INFORCER_API_KEY from the environment.

Tenant identifiers

Inforcer's tenant-scoped routes use an integer Client Tenant ID — which is NOT the same as the Azure AD tenant GUID (msTenantId). To make tools easy to use, the tenant argument accepts any of:

  • a numeric Client Tenant ID (e.g. 42),
  • a tenant DNS name (e.g. contoso.onmicrosoft.com),
  • an Azure AD tenant GUID (msTenantId), or
  • a friendly name (e.g. Contoso).

Names/DNS/GUIDs are resolved to the numeric Client Tenant ID via the SDK's resolveTenantId before each tenant-scoped call. If a name matches more than one tenant, the call fails with a clear "ambiguous" error — pass the numeric Client Tenant ID instead. Use inforcer_tenants_resolve to see exactly which Client Tenant ID an input maps to.

Domains and tools

The server uses decision-tree navigation. Start with inforcer_navigate to pick a domain, or call any tool directly. All tools are read-only except inforcer_assessments_run and inforcer_reports_run.

DomainToolsRead-only
navigationinforcer_navigate, inforcer_status (live baselines.list() connectivity check)✅
tenantsinforcer_tenants_list, inforcer_tenants_get, inforcer_tenants_resolve✅
baselinesinforcer_baselines_list✅
alignmentinforcer_alignment_scores, inforcer_alignment_details (per-tenant drift)✅
policiesinforcer_policies_list (by tenant)✅
secure-scoresinforcer_secure_scores_get (by tenant)✅
identityinforcer_users_list, inforcer_users_get, inforcer_groups_list, inforcer_groups_get, inforcer_roles_list✅
auditinforcer_audit_event_types, inforcer_audit_search✅
assessmentsinforcer_assessments_list (✅), inforcer_assessments_run (⚠ HIGH-IMPACT, not read-only)mixed
reportsinforcer_reports_types_list, inforcer_reports_runs_list, inforcer_reports_run_status, inforcer_reports_download_output (✅), inforcer_reports_run (⚠ HIGH-IMPACT, not read-only)mixed

inforcer_reports_run queues asynchronously — poll the run with inforcer_reports_run_status until isTerminal: true, then fetch each output with inforcer_reports_download_output (returns base64-encoded file content).

Gateway connection

When hosted behind the WYRE MCP Gateway, set AUTH_MODE=gateway and MCP_TRANSPORT=http. In this mode the server is stateless (a fresh MCP server + transport per request) and reads credentials from per-request HTTP headers injected by the gateway. A request missing either header gets HTTP 401 and does not fall back to INFORCER_REGION or INFORCER_API_KEY.

HeaderMaps to
X-Gateway-S2SHMAC proof described under HTTP authentication. Required on every /mcp request when CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET is set.
X-Inforcer-RegionINFORCER_REGION
X-Inforcer-API-KeyINFORCER_API_KEY

The container image defaults to MCP_TRANSPORT=http and AUTH_MODE=gateway. /health always returns 200, does not require authentication, and does not read vendor credentials.

Docker Deployment

See docker-compose.yml. The checked-in Compose service is gateway mode. It publishes 127.0.0.1:8080:8080, requires CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET, and does not set INFORCER_REGION, INFORCER_API_KEY, or env_file.

bash
cp .env.example .env
# Set CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET in .env (openssl rand -hex 32). Leave INFORCER_* empty
# for the gateway service; those credentials arrive as request headers.
# Compose loads .env itself. Do not prefix the command with a shell assignment.
docker compose up -d

Single-tenant HTTP (AUTH_MODE=env) still requires the S2S secret, then uses INFORCER_REGION and INFORCER_API_KEY. It is separate from the gateway Compose service:

Terminal
docker run \
  -e CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET \
  -e AUTH_MODE=env \
  -e INFORCER_REGION=us \
  -e INFORCER_API_KEY=your-key \
  -p 127.0.0.1:8080:8080 \
  inforcer-mcp

Local HTTP without a secret is development-only. It binds 127.0.0.1 only and logs a warning. A non-loopback MCP_HTTP_HOST is ignored and the override is logged:

bash
MCP_TRANSPORT=http MCP_ALLOW_INSECURE_DEV=1 npm run start:http

Development

server.ts
export NODE_AUTH_TOKEN=$(gh auth token)
npm ci
npm run build       # Build the project
npm run dev         # Watch mode
npm run test        # Run tests
npm run lint        # Type-check
npm run clean       # Remove dist/

# HTTP refuses to start until CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET is a real secret
CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET="$CONDUIT_S2S_SECRET" npm run start:http

# Local HTTP only, without a service-to-service secret (always binds 127.0.0.1)
MCP_ALLOW_INSECURE_DEV=1 npm run start:http

Testing

Terminal
npm test            # Run test suite
npm run test:watch  # Watch mode

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

License

Apache 2.0 — Copyright WYRE Technology