76 tests. Implements the protocol directly rather than through pyparrot, whose receive thread prints to stdout and would corrupt JSON-RPC. Two corrections to the observed notes, both adopted: the emergency buffer carries DATA_WITH_ACK with unlimited retries in libARController rather than the low-latency type pyparrot sends, and fire-and-forget is the wrong property for the command that cuts the motors; and the handshake reply must be read until its NUL terminator rather than from a single recv, because it has grown across firmware versions.
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.