--- title: "Tailscale MCP server for AI agents - actionlake" description: "Give Claude 93 Tailscale actions through one MCP server: devices, users, webhooks. Your agent never holds the credential. 100,000 calls a month free." canonical: https://actionlake.com/connectors/tailscale updated: 2026-10-23 --- Connectors · MSP & PSA # Tailscale MCP server for AI agents. actionlake is an MCP gateway: one remote MCP server that connects Claude and other MCP clients to Tailscale and the rest of your systems. It gives your agent 93 Tailscale actions (38 reads, 40 writes and 15 that wait for a confirmation) and holds the Tailscale credential itself, so the agent never does. It paces Tailscale's limits and records every call. [Connect Tailscale free](https://actionlake.com/console?start=sandbox) [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing) 100,000 free calls a month. No card, no email, no password: press Start a free sandbox on the next screen and keep the key it shows you. `claude mcp add --transport http actionlake https://connect.actionlake.com/mcp` the first call ``` do { action: "tailscale.users.list", intent: "check which Tailscale account is connected" } # List users · read · 1 upstream call ``` - 93 actions in one signed file - 38 read look, never change - 40 write create and update - 15 wait for a yes destructive, confirmed first Set up ## Connect Tailscale in three steps. 1. 01 ### Add actionlake to Claude. Run the command once in Claude Code; its consent page can create a free sandbox: 100,000 calls a month, no card. In the Claude app, add a custom connector with the URL below and paste your key on the consent page. Creating a new sandbox from the Claude app is not yet tested by us. `https://connect.actionlake.com/mcp` 2. 02 ### Connect Tailscale. Bearer token. No consent screen: your agent can connect it for you, but the key then passes through your chat. To keep it out of the model's context, paste it in the console instead. actionlake stores what you paste write-only, sealed under your tenant's key. - `access_token` Tailscale API access token (tskey-api-...): admin console > Settings > Keys > Generate access token ``` account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "tailscale" } # free: exactly what to paste, and what is found for you ``` 3. 03 ### Make the first call. Check before a write. Ask in plain words; Claude picks the action. Before anything changes, `check` validates the call and prices it, for free. ``` do { action: "tailscale.users.list" } # list users · read · 1 upstream call check { action: "tailscale.users.delete", input: { … } } # free: inputs, permissions, cost and confirmations, nothing sent ``` Tailscale at a glance **Sign-in** Bearer token. No consent screen: your agent can connect it for you, but the key then passes through your chat. To keep it out of the model's context, paste it in the console instead. **You provide** `access_token` **Limits we pace to** 300 calls a minute, per connection **API covered** Tailscale API v2 (OpenAPI 3.1)`api.tailscale.com/api/v2` **Built from** Tailscale's documentation, read 23 October 2026[api.tailscale.com](https://api.tailscale.com/api/v2?outputOpenapiSchema=true) [tailscale.com](https://tailscale.com/api) **Service file** Version 1.0.0, signed (Ed25519) **Cached reads** 35 of 38 reads, for up to 5 minutes; a write clears what it affects **Shared entities** 2, so ask can line Tailscale up with your other systems **Data** Processed and stored in Sydney, Australia. No US region yet Capabilities ## What an AI agent can do in Tailscale. 93 actions in 26 areas. Every one carries its effect, so a key can allow the reads and hold the rest. - **38** read look, never change - **40** write create and update - **15** destructive wait for a confirmation 1. ### Devices 9 2 read · 5 write · 2 destructive List tailnet devices · Get a device · Delete a device · Authorize device 2. ### Users 7 2 read · 3 write · 2 destructive List users · Get a user · Delete a user · Approve a user 3. ### Webhooks 7 2 read · 3 write · 2 destructive Create a webhook · List webhooks · Update webhook · Get webhook 4. ### Device invites 6 2 read · 3 write · 1 destructive Create device invites · List device invites · Accept a device invite · Get a device invite 5. ### Keys 5 2 read · 2 write · 1 destructive Create an auth key or trust credential · List tailnet keys · Get key · Delete key 6. ### Oauth apps 5 2 read · 2 write · 1 destructive Create an OAuth app · List OAuth apps · Get OAuth app · Update OAuth app 7. ### Posture integrations 5 2 read · 2 write · 1 destructive Create a posture integration · List all posture integrations · Get a posture integration · Delete a posture integration 8. ### User invites 5 2 read · 2 write · 1 destructive List user invites · Create user invites · Delete a user invite · Get a user invite **18 more areas · 44 actions** - Device posture attributes **4** - Log streaming **4** - Policy file **4** - Services **4** - Contacts **3** - Split DNS **3** - Tailnets **3** - Aws external ids **2** - Device routes **2** - DNS configuration **2** - DNS nameservers **2** - DNS preferences **2** - DNS search paths **2** - Service device approvals **2** - Tailnet settings **2** - Configuration audit logs **1** - Network flow logs **1** - Service hosts **1** Top actions ## The Tailscale API, shaped for agents. The ids your agent types, what each does, and the one name it shares with other systems. 25 of Tailscale's 25 action names are shared with at least one other connector, so an agent learns them once. | Action | What it does | Effect | Same name in | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `tailscale.users.list` List users | List users. | read | `identity.user.list` 474 connectors | | `tailscale.users.get` Get a user | Get a user. | read | `identity.user.get` 399 connectors | | `tailscale.users.delete` Delete a user | Delete a user. | destructive | `identity.user.delete` 253 connectors | | `tailscale.devices.list` List tailnet devices | List tailnet devices. | read | `device.endpoint.list` 65 connectors | | `tailscale.keys.create` Create an auth key or trust credential | Create an auth key or trust credential. | write | `identity.api_key.create` 100 connectors | | `tailscale.keys.list` List tailnet keys | List tailnet keys. | read | `identity.api_key.list` 96 connectors | | `tailscale.devices.get` Get a device | Get a device. | read | `device.endpoint.get` 57 connectors | | `tailscale.webhooks.create` Create a webhook | Create a webhook. | write | `automation.webhook.create` 209 connectors | | `tailscale.webhooks.list` List webhooks | List webhooks. | read | `automation.webhook.list` 202 connectors | | `tailscale.policy_file.get` Get policy file | Get policy file. | read | `security.policy.get` 30 connectors | | `tailscale.policy_file.set` Set policy file | Set policy file. | write | `security.policy.update` 25 connectors | | `tailscale.tailnets.create` Create a tailnet | Create a tailnet. | write | `platform.tenant.create` 35 connectors | Try it ## Prompts to paste into Claude. Each one names the Tailscale actions it will call, so you know what it reads and what it changes before you send it. 1. Read read Which Tailscale devices have not checked in for a week? calls `tailscale.devices.list` 2. Write write Create an auth key or trust credential in Tailscale. Show me exactly what you will send before you save it. calls `tailscale.keys.create` Governance for Tailscale ## Destructive actions wait for a yes. 15 Tailscale actions are destructive. These are all of them: - Delete a user `tailscale.users.delete` - Delete key `tailscale.keys.delete` - Delete a device `tailscale.devices.delete` - Delete webhook `tailscale.webhooks.delete` - Delete a user invite `tailscale.user_invites.delete` - Delete a tailnet `tailscale.tailnets.delete` - Suspend a user `tailscale.users.suspend` - Expire a device's key `tailscale.devices.expire_key` - Delete a Service `tailscale.services.delete` - Delete OAuth app `tailscale.oauth_apps.delete` - Delete a device invite `tailscale.device_invites.delete` - Disable log streaming `tailscale.log_streaming.disable` - Rotate webhook secret `tailscale.webhooks.rotate_secret` - Delete a posture integration `tailscale.posture_integrations.delete` - Delete custom device posture attributes `tailscale.device_posture_attributes.delete` A destructive action runs only with `confirm: true`. Under the `human` policy the agent cannot confirm for itself: the run stops until a named person approves, in the console or from a signed link in an email. The cap on a key is refused before the call is sent, never after. do tailscale.users.delete confirm_policy: **human** Delete a user? **intent:** the user asked me to delete a user run suspended · waiting for a named person · key _tailscale-agent_ cannot confirm itself In the console, or from an emailed signed link. a key for this connector ``` account { op: "keys.create", name: "tailscale-agent", allowed_actions: ["tailscale.*"], cap_calls: 2000, confirm_policy: "human_for_writes", approval_rules: [ { match: "tailscale.users.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" }, { match: "tailscale.keys.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" }, { match: "tailscale.devices.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" } ] } ``` Illustrative. Scoped to Tailscale only, capped at 2,000 upstream calls, every write confirmed, and the destructive ones approved by a named person. Cost ## What Tailscale costs on actionlake. Every Tailscale action is one upstream call, the only thing actionlake bills. Searching, `check`, `cost`, `account` and any call Tailscale refused with 401, 403, 429 or a 5xx are free. Paid plans start at US$49 a month for 250,000 calls, with overage from US$0.30 down to US$0.18 per 1,000. - 1 upstream call per action all 93 Tailscale actions - 93 actions page each page of a long list is one call - 35 reads can be cached a cache hit costs nothing - 100,000 calls a month, free paid plans from US$49 a month for 250,000 [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing) Action index ## Every Tailscale action. 93 actions by area: the id your agent calls, what it does, and its effect. **Devices 9** - `tailscale.devices.authorize` Authorize device write - `tailscale.devices.delete` Delete a device destructive - `tailscale.devices.expire_key` Expire a device's key destructive - `tailscale.devices.get` Get a device read - `tailscale.devices.list` List tailnet devices read - `tailscale.devices.set_ip` Set device IPv4 address write - `tailscale.devices.set_name` Set device name write - `tailscale.devices.set_tags` Set device tags write - `tailscale.devices.update_key` Update device key write **Users 7** - `tailscale.users.approve` Approve a user write - `tailscale.users.delete` Delete a user destructive - `tailscale.users.get` Get a user read - `tailscale.users.list` List users read - `tailscale.users.restore` Restore a user write - `tailscale.users.suspend` Suspend a user destructive - `tailscale.users.update_role` Update user role write **Webhooks 7** - `tailscale.webhooks.create` Create a webhook write - `tailscale.webhooks.delete` Delete webhook destructive - `tailscale.webhooks.get` Get webhook read - `tailscale.webhooks.list` List webhooks read - `tailscale.webhooks.rotate_secret` Rotate webhook secret destructive - `tailscale.webhooks.test` Test a webhook write - `tailscale.webhooks.update` Update webhook write **Device invites 6** - `tailscale.device_invites.accept` Accept a device invite write - `tailscale.device_invites.create` Create device invites write - `tailscale.device_invites.delete` Delete a device invite destructive - `tailscale.device_invites.get` Get a device invite read - `tailscale.device_invites.list` List device invites read - `tailscale.device_invites.resend` Resend a device invite write **Keys 5** - `tailscale.keys.create` Create an auth key or trust credential write - `tailscale.keys.delete` Delete key destructive - `tailscale.keys.get` Get key read - `tailscale.keys.list` List tailnet keys read - `tailscale.keys.update` Set key write **Oauth apps 5** - `tailscale.oauth_apps.create` Create an OAuth app write - `tailscale.oauth_apps.delete` Delete OAuth app destructive - `tailscale.oauth_apps.get` Get OAuth app read - `tailscale.oauth_apps.list` List OAuth apps read - `tailscale.oauth_apps.update` Update OAuth app write **Posture integrations 5** - `tailscale.posture_integrations.create` Create a posture integration write - `tailscale.posture_integrations.delete` Delete a posture integration destructive - `tailscale.posture_integrations.get` Get a posture integration read - `tailscale.posture_integrations.list` List all posture integrations read - `tailscale.posture_integrations.update` Update a posture integration write **User invites 5** - `tailscale.user_invites.create` Create user invites write - `tailscale.user_invites.delete` Delete a user invite destructive - `tailscale.user_invites.get` Get a user invite read - `tailscale.user_invites.list` List user invites read - `tailscale.user_invites.resend` Resend a user invite write **Device posture attributes 4** - `tailscale.device_posture_attributes.batch_update` Batch update custom device posture attributes write - `tailscale.device_posture_attributes.delete` Delete custom device posture attributes destructive - `tailscale.device_posture_attributes.get` Get device posture attributes read - `tailscale.device_posture_attributes.set` Set custom device posture attributes write **Log streaming 4** - `tailscale.log_streaming.disable` Disable log streaming destructive - `tailscale.log_streaming.get` Get log streaming configuration read - `tailscale.log_streaming.get_status` Get log streaming status read - `tailscale.log_streaming.set` Set log streaming configuration write **Policy file 4** - `tailscale.policy_file.get` Get policy file read - `tailscale.policy_file.preview` Preview rule matches read - `tailscale.policy_file.set` Set policy file write - `tailscale.policy_file.validate` Validate and test policy file read **Services 4** - `tailscale.services.delete` Delete a Service destructive - `tailscale.services.get` Get a Service read - `tailscale.services.list` List all Services read - `tailscale.services.upsert` Update a Service write **Contacts 3** - `tailscale.contacts.get` Get contacts read - `tailscale.contacts.resend_verification` Resend verification email write - `tailscale.contacts.update` Update contact write **Split DNS 3** - `tailscale.split_dns.get` Get split DNS read - `tailscale.split_dns.set` Set split DNS write - `tailscale.split_dns.update` Update split DNS write **Tailnets 3** - `tailscale.tailnets.create` Create a tailnet write - `tailscale.tailnets.delete` Delete a tailnet destructive - `tailscale.tailnets.list` List tailnets read **Aws external ids 2** - `tailscale.aws_external_ids.create` Create or get AWS external id write - `tailscale.aws_external_ids.validate` Validate external ID integration with IAM role trust policy read **Device routes 2** - `tailscale.device_routes.get` List device routes read - `tailscale.device_routes.set` Set device routes write **DNS configuration 2** - `tailscale.dns_configuration.get` Get DNS configuration read - `tailscale.dns_configuration.set` Set DNS configuration write **DNS nameservers 2** - `tailscale.dns_nameservers.list` List DNS nameservers read - `tailscale.dns_nameservers.set` Set DNS nameservers write **DNS preferences 2** - `tailscale.dns_preferences.get` Get DNS preferences read - `tailscale.dns_preferences.set` Set DNS preferences write **DNS search paths 2** - `tailscale.dns_search_paths.list` List DNS search paths read - `tailscale.dns_search_paths.set` Set DNS search paths write **Service device approvals 2** - `tailscale.service_device_approvals.get` Get approval status of Service on a device read - `tailscale.service_device_approvals.update` Update approval status of Service on a device write **Tailnet settings 2** - `tailscale.tailnet_settings.get` Get tailnet settings read - `tailscale.tailnet_settings.update` Update tailnet settings write **Configuration audit logs 1** - `tailscale.configuration_audit_logs.list` List configuration audit logs read **Network flow logs 1** - `tailscale.network_flow_logs.list` List network flow logs read **Service hosts 1** - `tailscale.service_hosts.list` List devices hosting a Service read Questions ## The Tailscale MCP server, answered. **Is there a Tailscale MCP server for Claude?** Yes. actionlake is an MCP gateway: a remote MCP server that gives Claude, or another MCP client, 93 Tailscale actions across devices, users, webhooks and device invites, through the same eight tools it uses for every other connector. actionlake is independent; it is not made or endorsed by Tailscale. **What do I need to connect Tailscale?** Tailscale API access token (tskey-api-...): admin console > Settings > Keys > Generate access token. The free call account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "tailscale" } lists exactly what to paste. **Can an AI agent delete or change things in Tailscale?** Only if its key allows it, and only with an explicit confirmation. 15 Tailscale actions are destructive, including delete a user, delete key and delete a device. Each runs only with confirm: true. Under the human confirm policy, or an approval rule on the key, the run waits until a named person approves it. **Will an AI agent use up my Tailscale API limit?** actionlake paces every call to the limits in the Tailscale service file: 300 calls a minute per connection. Repeated reads are answered from cache (35 Tailscale actions can be), which never reaches Tailscale. **What does a Tailscale action cost?** One upstream call, the only unit actionlake bills. A list that pages bills one call per page (93 Tailscale actions page). Cache hits, searches, dry runs and calls Tailscale refused with 401, 403, 429 or a 5xx are free. The Free plan includes 100,000 calls a month with no card. Paid plans start at US$49 a month for 250,000 calls, with overage from US$0.30 down to US$0.18 per 1,000. **Which Tailscale API does it cover?** The Tailscale API v2 (OpenAPI 3.1) at api.tailscale.com/api/v2. It is built from Tailscale's documentation as read on 23 October 2026. 93 actions in 26 areas, each one in the signed service file (version 1.0.0). **Does actionlake keep my Tailscale data, and where?** actionlake processes and stores data in Sydney, Australia; there is no US region yet. Reads may be cached for up to 5 minutes, and a write clears the reads it affects. Each run's request and response is kept, sealed, for your plan's trace window: 1 day on Free, 3 days on Starter, 7 days on Pro, 14 days on Team, 30 days on Business and 30 days on Enterprise. Your Tailscale credential is sealed under your tenant's key, never logged and never returned. Your traffic is not used to train models. **Which AI clients can use it?** Claude Code, tested by us end to end, and the Claude app as a custom connector, tested by us with an existing key. Other MCP clients that support remote servers over Streamable HTTP (MCP revisions 2025-06-18 and 2025-11-25) and OAuth dynamic client registration, or a bearer header, should connect the same way; we have not tested them. Or plain REST, under the same action names. ## More connectors like Tailscale Shares the most action names with - [Automox 17](https://actionlake.com/connectors/automox) - [Liongard 14](https://actionlake.com/connectors/liongard) - [Imperva Cloud Application Security 10](https://actionlake.com/connectors/imperva-cloud-application-security) - [Cisco Umbrella 8](https://actionlake.com/connectors/cisco-umbrella) - [Blumira 8](https://actionlake.com/connectors/blumira) - [EasyDMARC 8](https://actionlake.com/connectors/easydmarc) Joins with, on shared entities - [Microsoft 365 Users 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/microsoft-365-users) - [Apple App Store Connect 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/apple-app-store-connect) - [Okta 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/okta) - [Datadog 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/datadog) - [JumpCloud 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/jumpcloud) - [Veeam Backup & Replication 2](https://actionlake.com/connectors/veeam-backup-and-replication) Browse - [All MSP & PSA connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors/category/msp-and-psa) - [All connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors) - [How actionlake compares](https://actionlake.com/compare) actionlake is independent. It is not made or endorsed by Tailscale; the name is the vendor's own. Counts are from the Tailscale service file, version 1.0.0. ## Give your agent Tailscale today. [Connect Tailscale free](https://actionlake.com/console?start=sandbox) [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing) Start free - 100,000 calls/month, no card. No signup. Hard caps on every key. Cached answers are free. --- Source: https://actionlake.com/connectors/tailscale More: https://actionlake.com/llms.txt