NetLoc8 MCP Server

An MCP server that gives AI assistants access to NetLoc8 — IP geolocation deployed to 300+ edge locations worldwide.

Works with or without an API key. Without a key, you get country-level geo data and local utility tools. With a free key, you unlock city-level detail, coordinates, timezone, and account management.

Why?

AI coding assistants run into IP geolocation constantly — parsing access logs, debugging proxy chains, geo-routing traffic, checking EU compliance, verifying CDN behavior. Without an MCP server, you have to copy-paste results from a browser tab. With this server, your AI assistant resolves IPs inline, in context, without breaking flow.

• Zero-config — go install and add three lines to your MCP config
• Works without a key — country-level lookups and local IP utilities with no sign-up
• 14 tools — geo lookup, timezone, IP validation, subnet math, account management
• 4 guided prompts — IP analysis, security audit, batch comparison, onboarding
• Freemium built in — unauthenticated users see upgrade hints for city-level data

Example

Ask your AI assistant:

Where is 8.8.8.8?

The assistant calls geolocate_ip and responds with something like:

8.8.8.8 is located in Mountain View, California, US.

  Country     United States (US) 🇺🇸
  Region      California (CA)
  City        Mountain View
  Coordinates 37.386, -122.084
  Timezone    America/Los_Angeles (UTC-07:00)
  ASN         AS15169
  Org         Google LLC
  EU member   No

Other things you can ask:

Prompt	What happens
"Where is my server?"	Calls geolocate_me to look up the machine's own IP
"Is 10.0.0.1 a public IP?"	Calls is_public_ip locally — no API call, no quota
"Analyze 203.0.113.42"	Runs the analyze_ip prompt — classification, geo, network, timezone in one report
"Compare these IPs: 8.8.8.8, 1.1.1.1, 208.67.222.222"	Runs batch_geolocate — table with country, city, ASN for each
"Audit my NetLoc8 account"	Runs security_audit — reviews API keys, recent activity, usage
"What subnet is 203.0.113.42 in?"	Calls get_subnet locally — returns 203.0.113.0/24
"Set me up with NetLoc8 for Next.js"	Runs getting_started — creates a key, verifies it, shows SDK install

Install

Requires Go 1.26+.

go install github.com/netloc8/netloc8-mcp@latest

Configuration

Claude Code

One-liner:

claude mcp add --env NETLOC8_API_KEY=sk_live_YOUR_KEY netloc8 -- netloc8-mcp

Or add to .mcp.json in your project root (committable):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "netloc8": {
      "command": "netloc8-mcp",
      "env": {
        "NETLOC8_API_KEY": "sk_live_YOUR_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "netloc8": {
      "command": "netloc8-mcp",
      "env": {
        "NETLOC8_API_KEY": "sk_live_YOUR_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json in your project root (or ~/.cursor/mcp.json for global):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "netloc8": {
      "command": "netloc8-mcp",
      "env": {
        "NETLOC8_API_KEY": "sk_live_YOUR_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Add to .vscode/mcp.json in your project root:

{
  "servers": {
    "netloc8": {
      "command": "netloc8-mcp",
      "env": {
        "NETLOC8_API_KEY": "sk_live_YOUR_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

OpenAI Codex

One-liner:

codex mcp add --env NETLOC8_API_KEY=sk_live_YOUR_KEY netloc8 -- netloc8-mcp

Or add to ~/.codex/config.toml (global) or .codex/config.toml (project):

[mcp_servers.netloc8]
command = "netloc8-mcp"
env = { NETLOC8_API_KEY = "sk_live_YOUR_KEY" }

Windsurf

Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "netloc8": {
      "command": "netloc8-mcp",
      "env": {
        "NETLOC8_API_KEY": "sk_live_YOUR_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Antigravity

Add to ~/.gemini/config/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "netloc8": {
      "command": "netloc8-mcp",
      "env": {
        "NETLOC8_API_KEY": "sk_live_YOUR_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

No API key? Remove the "env" block entirely. The server starts in unauthenticated mode with country-level geo lookups and local tools. Sign up for a free key at netloc8.com to unlock full features.

Environment Variables

Variable	Required	Default	Description
NETLOC8_API_KEY	No	—	Your NetLoc8 API key. Enables city-level data and account management.
NETLOC8_API_URL	No	https://api.netloc8.com	Override the API base URL (for staging/dev).

Available Tools

Geo Lookup (work with or without API key)

Tool	Description
geolocate_ip	Look up geolocation for any IPv4/IPv6 address
geolocate_me	Look up geolocation for the server's own IP
get_timezone	Get IANA timezone for an IP address
validate_ip	Check if a string is a valid IP address

Local Utilities (no API call, no quota)

Tool	Description
is_public_ip	Check if an IP is publicly routable
normalize_ip	Clean up IP strings (brackets, ::ffff: prefix, whitespace)
get_subnet	Derive /24 CIDR prefix from an IPv4 address

Account Management (requires API key)

Tool	Description
list_api_keys	List all API keys on your account
get_usage	Get request counts and plan limits
get_profile	Get account profile (name, email)
get_audit_log	View account activity log
create_api_key	Create a new API key
delete_api_key	Revoke an API key (irreversible)
renew_api_key	Extend an API key's expiration

Prompts

Prompts are guided workflows that chain multiple tools together. Select them from your MCP client's prompt picker, or just describe what you want — most clients will match you to the right prompt automatically.

Prompt	Description
analyze_ip	Deep-dive analysis of a single IP — classification, geolocation, network, timezone, EU status
security_audit	Review your NetLoc8 account — API key inventory, recent activity, usage, recommendations
batch_geolocate	Look up multiple IPs and produce a comparison table
getting_started	Guided onboarding — create a key, verify it, get SDK install instructions for your platform

Resources

URI	Description
netloc8://about	Product overview, SDKs, pricing, and quick start guide
netloc8://ip/{address}	Geo data for a specific IP address

What You Get

Feature	No API Key	Free Key	Paid Key
Country-level geo	✅	✅	✅
City, coordinates, timezone	—	✅	✅
Local utility tools	✅	✅	✅
Account management	—	✅	✅
Monthly requests	—	5,000	25,000+

Links

• NetLoc8 — Sign up (free, no credit card)
• Documentation
• Go SDK
• npm packages
• MCP Specification

License

Elastic License 2.0 (ELv2)