Overview

The MCP Server for TheHive acts as a dedicated bridge that exposes the full breadth of the TheHive incident‑response platform to any MCP‑compliant AI assistant or automation tool. By translating standard TheHive REST calls into the lightweight, language‑agnostic MCP protocol, this server lets conversational agents retrieve alerts, inspect case details, and even create or promote incidents—all without exposing the underlying HTTP API to end users. This abstraction is invaluable for developers building AI‑driven security workflows, as it removes the need to write custom authentication logic or manage API endpoints for each integration.

What Problem Does It Solve?

Security operations teams routinely juggle a flood of alerts from multiple sources. Manually sifting through these, creating cases, and linking related evidence is time‑consuming and error‑prone. The MCP server removes that friction by allowing an AI assistant to query alerts, pull contextual information, and initiate response actions with a single tool call. Developers no longer need to embed TheHive client libraries in every application; instead, they expose a single MCP service that any AI model can consume. This dramatically reduces boilerplate code and ensures consistent, authenticated access across all tools.

Core Value for Developers

• Unified Access: One entry point that offers read and write operations on alerts, cases, and case promotion.
• Secure Token Management: The server reads a single API token from environment variables, centralizing credential handling and simplifying deployment.
• Rich Toolset: The suite of tools—, , , and —covers the entire lifecycle of incident handling, from discovery to escalation.
• Extensibility: Developers can add new tools or modify existing ones without touching the MCP client code, keeping the AI’s interaction surface stable.

Key Features Explained

• Alert Retrieval: Fetch a paginated list of recent alerts with optional limits, returning concise metadata such as severity and status.
• Alert Detail: Pull the full payload of a specific alert, enabling deep analysis or correlation with other data sources.
• Case Management: List all cases or drill into a particular case, providing comprehensive context for investigation.
• Alert Promotion: Seamlessly convert an alert into a formal case, preserving all relevant data and automatically assigning it to the appropriate workflow.
• Case Creation: Instantiate a brand‑new case with customizable fields (severity, tags, TLP, assignee), allowing AI assistants to initiate investigations on the fly.

Real‑World Use Cases

1. AI‑Assisted Triage – A chatbot asks a security analyst to “show me the top 5 critical alerts.” The MCP server returns the alerts, and the assistant can suggest next steps or auto‑promote the most urgent one.
2. Automated Incident Response – An orchestration engine triggers when an alert meets certain thresholds, ensuring rapid containment.
3. Contextual Reporting – A reporting tool pulls case details via MCP to generate compliance dashboards without direct API access.
4. Training & Simulation – Security teams can simulate alert scenarios by calling from a training script, letting AI narrate the investigation.

Integration with AI Workflows

Because MCP servers communicate over standard input/output, any AI platform that supports the protocol (e.g., Claude, GPT‑4o) can be configured to invoke these tools as part of its reasoning loop. The AI simply issues a JSON request describing the desired tool and arguments; the server translates that into an authenticated HTTP call to TheHive, returns the result, and the assistant can incorporate it into its response. This tight coupling enables truly conversational incident handling, where an AI can ask follow‑up questions, fetch updated case status, and even trigger remediation steps—all within a single interaction.

In summary, the MCP Server for TheHive delivers a secure, feature‑rich gateway that empowers AI assistants to act as first‑line responders in modern security operations. By consolidating authentication, exposing a comprehensive toolset, and integrating seamlessly into existing MCP workflows, it transforms the way teams ingest alerts, manage cases, and orchestrate incident response.