Unraid

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Mentions Unraid
• Asks to check server health
• Restart Docker containers
• Read system logs

Example prompts

• “/unraid”

Requirements

• A Bash shell
• Docker

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6d00e73. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Ships 2 files in scripts/ (Shell), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • curl

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use curl, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

  • UNRAID_API_KEY

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Unraid loads about 5.4k tokens when it runs, and up to ~42k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 126 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,871 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~126

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~5.4k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~42k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:13

  `~/.unraid-mcp/.env`; load it before running `curl` (see "HTTP Fallback Mode" below).

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:16

  ads them and materializes `~/.unraid-mcp/.env`; the skill loads that file via

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:26

  PI Key*) or a hand-edited `~/.unraid-mcp/.env`. They are read once at server

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:427

  `~/.unraid-mcp/.env` (which the plugin's setup hook materializes) instead. Source the

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:428

  rary and call its loader (it parses the `.env`, never executes it):

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:431

  _URL / UNRAID_API_KEY from ~/.unraid-mcp/.env

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from dinglebear-ai/unraid at commit 6d00e73, republished under its MIT licence (© dinglebear-ai). 1,871 words, ~5,430 tokens.

name

unraid

description

This skill should be used when the user mentions Unraid, asks to check server health, monitor array or disk status, list or restart Docker containers, start or stop VMs, read system logs, check parity status, view notifications, manage API keys, configure rclone remotes, check UPS or power status, get live CPU or memory data, force stop a VM, check disk temperatures, or perform any operation on an Unraid NAS server. Also use when the user needs to set up or configure Unraid MCP credentials.

unraid(action="health", subaction="setup")            # read-only status + instructions
unraid(action="health", subaction="test_connection")  # verify connectivity

unraid(action="<domain>", subaction="<operation>", [additional params])

unraid(action="system",  subaction="overview")
unraid(action="docker",  subaction="list")
unraid(action="health",  subaction="check")
unraid(action="array",   subaction="parity_status")
unraid(action="disk",    subaction="disks")
unraid(action="vm",      subaction="list")
unraid(action="notification", subaction="overview")
unraid(action="live",    subaction="cpu")

unraid(action="health", subaction="setup")            # status + instructions (read-only)
unraid(action="health", subaction="test_connection")  # confirm connectivity

unraid(action="system", subaction="overview")
unraid(action="health", subaction="check")

unraid(action="docker", subaction="list")
unraid(action="docker", subaction="details", container_id="plex")
unraid(action="docker", subaction="logs", container_id="plex", tail_lines=100)
unraid(action="docker", subaction="check_updates")
unraid(action="docker", subaction="restart", container_id="sonarr")

unraid(action="array",  subaction="parity_status")
unraid(action="disk",   subaction="disks")
unraid(action="system", subaction="array")

unraid(action="disk", subaction="log_files")
unraid(action="disk", subaction="logs", log_path="/var/log/syslog", tail_lines=50)

unraid(action="live", subaction="cpu")
unraid(action="live", subaction="memory")
unraid(action="live", subaction="array_state")

unraid(action="vm", subaction="list")
unraid(action="vm", subaction="start",      vm_id="<id>")
unraid(action="vm", subaction="force_stop", vm_id="<id>", confirm=True)

# Load UNRAID_API_URL / UNRAID_API_KEY from ~/.unraid-mcp/.env
source "$CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT/skills/unraid/load-env.sh"
load_unraid_credentials || exit 1

# System overview
curl -s "$UNRAID_API_URL" \
  -H "x-api-key: $UNRAID_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"{ info { os { hostname uptime } } }"}'

# List Docker containers
curl -s "$UNRAID_API_URL" \
  -H "x-api-key: $UNRAID_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"{ docker { containers { names state status } } }"}'

# Array status
curl -s "$UNRAID_API_URL" \
  -H "x-api-key: $UNRAID_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"{ array { state capacity { kilobytes { free used total } } disks { name status temp } } }"}'

"$CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT/skills/unraid/scripts/unraid-query.sh" -q "{ online }"

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Files

SKILL.md and 13 other files (scripts, references) in agents/unraid-py/skills/unraid of dinglebear-ai/unraid.

• SKILL.md
• README.md
• examples/disk-health.sh
• examples/read-logs.sh
• load-env.sh
• references/api-reference.md
• references/endpoints.md
• references/introspection-schema.md
• references/quick-reference.md
• references/schema.graphql
• references/troubleshooting.md
• scripts/dashboard.sh
• scripts/unraid-query.sh
• setup.sh

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6d00e73