IDA Pro MCP

Simple MCP Server to allow vibe reversing in IDA Pro.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/6ebeaa92-a9db-43fa-b756-eececce2aca0

The binaries and prompt for the video are available in the mcp-reversing-dataset repository.

Prerequisites

• Python (3.11 or higher)
• Use idapyswitch to switch to the newest Python version
• IDA Pro (8.3 or higher, 9 recommended), IDA Free is not supported
• Supported MCP Client (pick one you like)
• Amazon Q Developer CLI
• Augment Code
• Claude
• Claude Code
• Cline
• Codex
• Copilot CLI
• Crush
• Cursor
• Gemini CLI
• Kilo Code
• Kiro
• LM Studio
• Opencode
• Qodo Gen
• Qwen Coder
• Roo Code
• Trae
• VS Code
• VS Code Insiders
• Warp
• Windsurf
• Zed
• Other MCP Clients: Run ida-pro-mcp --config to get the JSON config for your client.

Installation

Install the latest version of the IDA Pro MCP package:

pip uninstall ida-pro-mcp
pip install https://github.com/mrexodia/ida-pro-mcp/archive/refs/heads/main.zip

Configure the MCP servers and install the IDA Plugin:

ida-pro-mcp --install

Important: Make sure you completely restart IDA and your MCP client for the installation to take effect. Some clients (like Claude) run in the background and need to be quit from the tray icon.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/65ed3373-a187-4dd5-a807-425dca1d8ee9

_Note_: You need to load a binary in IDA before the plugin menu will show up.

Prompt Engineering

LLMs are prone to hallucinations and you need to be specific with your prompting. For reverse engineering the conversion between integers and bytes are especially problematic. Below is a minimal example prompt, feel free to start a discussion or open an issue if you have good results with a different prompt:

Your task is to analyze a crackme in IDA Pro. You can use the MCP tools to retrieve information. In general use the following strategy: