connect/disconnect/status, list_commands/command_info, the generic send_command, get_state/watch_state/preflight_check, camera snapshot and record, FTP listing and fetch, the read-only shell, and arm/disarm. The safety gate is tested exhaustively rather than by sample: every motion and envelope command is asserted to refuse while unarmed, and Landing and Emergency are asserted to work without arming, because refusing to bring down an airborne aircraft is the more dangerous answer. preflight_check reads the per-element sensor keys, so a single failing self-test is visible instead of being hidden by whichever arrived last.
mcbebop
An MCP server for the Parrot Bebop 2, so an agent can talk to the drone without anyone writing code for each question.
Parrot abandoned the Bebop line, but the aircraft is still a capable, cheap platform and its protocol is fully described by Parrot's own XML, which this package vendors. Every one of the 264 commands is reachable; nothing is hand-wrapped.
Status: in development. Not flight-tested. See the safety section.
What it talks to
| Interface | Notes |
|---|---|
| ARSDK3 over UDP | commands and telemetry; this package implements the protocol directly |
| ARStream2 | live H.264 video. The Bebop 2 serves no RTSP, despite what older libraries assume |
| FTP | media, flight plans, blackbox logs |
| Telnet | read-only shell, only after the drone's debug mode is enabled |
Safety
Commands are classified by consequence. Observing and configuring are open;
anything that can spin a motor or change the flight envelope refuses until
arm() is called with a reason, and re-locks on a timer and on disconnect.
Landing and Emergency are deliberately never locked, because refusing to
land an airborne aircraft is the more dangerous answer.
connect(target="sim") runs everything against a protocol-accurate simulator,
which is where anything involving motion should be rehearsed.
Install
uvx mcbebop
claude mcp add mcbebop -- uvx mcbebop
Credits
arsdk-xml/ is Parrot SA's own protocol definition, BSD-3-Clause. See
arsdk-xml/PROVENANCE.md.