mcp-overkiz MCP server

MCP server for controlling lights using pyoverkiz

Components

Resources

The server implements a light control system with:

• Custom light:// URI scheme for accessing individual light devices
• Each light resource has a name and current state (On/Off)
• The resources are automatically discovered from your Overkiz/Somfy account

Tools

The server implements three tools:

• list-lights: Lists all available lights and their current status
  • Takes no arguments
• light-on: Turns on a light by name
  • Takes "name" as a required string argument
• light-off: Turns off a light by name
  • Takes "name" as a required string argument

Configuration

The server requires the following environment variables:

• OVERKIZ_USERNAME: Your Overkiz/Somfy account username
• OVERKIZ_PASSWORD: Your Overkiz/Somfy account password
• OVERKIZ_SERVER: The Overkiz server to connect to (defaults to "somfy-europe")

Quickstart

Running with Claude Desktop

Claude Desktop

• On MacOS: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

"mcpServers": {
  "overkiz-mcp": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": [
      "mcp-overkiz"
    ],
    "env": {
      "OVERKIZ_USERNAME": "your-email@example.com",
      "OVERKIZ_PASSWORD": "your-password",
      "OVERKIZ_SERVER": "somfy-europe"
    }
  }
}

"mcpServers": {
  "overkiz-mcp": {
    "command": "uv",
    "args": [
      "run",
      "--directory",
      "/path/to/project/folder/mcp-overkiz",
      "mcp-overkiz"
    ],
    "env": {
      "OVERKIZ_USERNAME": "your-email@example.com",
      "OVERKIZ_PASSWORD": "your-password",
      "OVERKIZ_SERVER": "somfy-europe"
    }
  }
}

Example Usage

Once the server is running and connected to Claude, you can control your lights with commands like:

• "List all my lights"
• "Turn on the living room light"
• "Turn off the bedroom light"