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Tenable MCP. Check vulnerabilities and manage assets instantly.

Tenable connects your entire vulnerability management program directly to any AI agent. You can list all assets, check deep telemetry like OS fingerprints and IPs, find specific security findings (CVEs) on individual machines, or manually launch immediate scans—all without leaving your chat window or IDE.

Tenable MCP is compatible with Claude Claude
Tenable MCP is compatible with ChatGPT ChatGPT
Tenable MCP is compatible with Cursor Cursor
Tenable MCP is compatible with Gemini Gemini
Tenable MCP is compatible with Windsurf Windsurf
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Give Claude and any AI agent real-world access

Inventory Assets

List all host and cloud assets discovered in your Tenable environment.

Check Asset Health

Pull detailed metadata, networking info, and the risk profile for any specific asset ID.

Triage Vulnerabilities

Retrieve explicit security findings or CVEs affecting a single, targeted asset.

Execute Scans On Demand

Manually trigger an immediate scan run using one of your configured assessment templates.

View Scan Results

Get the full runtime analytics and vulnerability summaries for a specific, completed scan job.

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What AI agents can do with Tenable: 10 Tools for Security Operations

These tools let you interact with Tenable's core functions, allowing your agent to list inventory, check specific vulnerabilities, or launch scans programmatically.

Make your AI actually useful.

Add this MCP to Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf and your AI stops guessing. It gets real tools to look things up, take action, and handle the stuff you keep doing by hand.

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List Assets

Lists all hosts and cloud assets discovered in Tenable.io.

Get Asset Details

Retrieves detailed metadata, networking information, and the risk profile for a...

Get Scan Results

Pulls runtime analytics and vulnerability summaries for a specific scan job ID.

Launch Scan

Manually triggers an immediate execution of one of your configured vulnerability...

List Scan Folders

Lists the different operational scan folders, like 'PCI Quarters' or 'My Scans'.

List Logical Networks

Retrieves a list of Tenable's defined logical routing networks.

List Scans

Lists all historical vulnerability assessment scans configured in Tenable.io.

List Asset Tags

Displays organizational tags mapped across your assets, like 'Critical' or...

List Scanners

Lists all Nessus scanners that are managed by Tenable.io.

Get Asset Vulnerabilities

Retrieves explicit security findings, or Workbench results, for a specific asset ID.

Security and governance baked right in.

Pick your AI client below to get set up. Just create a Vinkius account, subscribe, and you're instantly up and running. We handle the entire backend infrastructure, delivering out-of-the-box support for HTTPS Streamable, SSE, and OAuth2—zero messy routing required.

Tenable MCP is compatible with Claude

Claude AI

1

Open Claude Settings

Go to claude.ai, click your profile icon, then navigate to Customize → Connectors.

2

Add Custom Connector

Click the "+" button and select Add custom connector. Paste your Vinkius endpoint URL:

https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your token from cloud.vinkius.com. For OAuth-protected servers, expand Advanced settings to add credentials.

3

Start a conversation

Open a new chat. The Tenable integration is available immediately — no restart needed.

Choose How to Get Started

Build a custom MCP for your own tools, or connect a ready-made integration from our catalog.

Build Your Own

Turn any API into an MCP. Import a spec, define Agent Skills, or deploy with MCPFusion.

  • Import from OpenAPI, Swagger, or YAML specs
  • Create Agent Skills with progressive disclosure
  • Deploy to edge with MCPFusion framework
  • Built in DLP, auth, and compliance on each call
  • Real time usage dashboard and cost metering
  • Publish to catalog or keep private
Start building

Make Your AI Do More

Start with Tenable, then connect any of our 5,200+ other servers whenever your AI needs more. One click, no limits.

  • Use this MCP plus 5,200+ others, all in one place
  • Add new capabilities to your AI anytime you want
  • Connections are secured and governed automatically
  • Track usage and costs across all your servers
  • Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and more
  • New servers added to the catalog weekly
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The Pain of Dashboard Overload

Today, checking asset risk means clicking through tenable.io's web interface: you jump to the assets list, pull IDs, check tags in a separate section, find the correct scan folder, and then manually initiate an assessment run. You end up copying data from one tab, pasting it into another, and spending fifteen minutes just gathering context before you even start investigating.

With this MCP, you simply ask your agent what you need. The process collapses into a single conversation. You get the asset list, its current vulnerabilities, and the ability to launch an immediate scan—all while staying right where you are working.

Tenable Vulnerability Management with MCP

You don't have to manually list scans and then cross-reference the results. You can ask your agent to retrieve all scan analytics for a specific job ID, and it handles the data aggregation for you.

It changes the game from tedious manual investigation into instant, conversational intelligence. Your focus shifts entirely to remediation, not navigation.

What Tenable MCP does for your AI

This MCP brings your Tenable enterprise environment into your conversation flow. Instead of logging into multiple dashboards to build a risk profile, you talk to your agent about it. You can list all discovered assets and immediately pull deep details on any host, including its OS fingerprint and tags. Need to know what vulnerabilities are hitting a specific machine? Just ask for the security findings, and you get them directly.

If you find an asset that looks risky, you don't have to wait; you can manually trigger an immediate scan run right through your chat. This ability to execute complex checks instantly is why having this connector available on Vinkius makes a huge difference in speed.

It lets security analysts pinpoint CVE details for compromised servers in seconds. DevSecOps engineers can launch scans on newly deployed infrastructure zones directly from their code editor, and IT admins can check the health of your scanning fleet to ensure everything is running right.

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Frequently asked questions about Tenable MCP

How do I check if a specific asset has vulnerabilities using Tenable MCP? +

You use get_asset_vulnerabilities() to pull the explicit security findings for that single machine. This gives you immediate details on CVEs without needing a full scan.

What is the best way to start a new vulnerability assessment? +

You first use list_scans() to see what assessments are configured, and then manually trigger an immediate run using launch_scan().

Can I find out what tags my assets have? +

Yes, you can run list_asset_tags() to see all the organizational tags available across your environment.

Does Tenable MCP help with compliance reporting? +

It helps by allowing you to easily list and retrieve results from specific scan folders (like 'PCI Quarters'), making it easier to prove coverage for an audit.

How do I view the full data of a host? +

Use get_asset_details() with the asset ID. This pulls comprehensive metadata, networking details, and the overall risk profile in one go.