ThinkNEO Control Plane — Claude Code MCP server: what it does
An open MCP server with 72 tools for AI governance: the ThinkShield defense layer, spend tracking, smart routing and compliance checks.
claude mcp add --transport http control-plane https://mcp.thinkneo.ai/mcpWhat ThinkNEO Control Plane does
ThinkNEO Control Plane plugs into Claude, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and Gemini CLI over HTTP. It ships 72 tools covering guardrails, FinOps, model routing, observability, outcome validation and compliance. ThinkShield sits alongside them as the defense layer: a detection engine plus five rule packs for injection, auth, abuse, recon and header anomalies.
You can run the repo yourself. Clone it, install requirements.txt with pip, then start it through python -m uvicorn src.server:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8081, or bring it up with docker compose up -d from the deploy folder. The shorter path is the hosted endpoint at https://mcp.thinkneo.ai/mcp — the free tier provisions an API key on its own and allows 500 calls a month, with all 72 tools reachable.
What you get here is not the whole ThinkNEO platform. Policy orchestration, the cryptographic audit chain, tenant management and enterprise integrations stay proprietary and run on thinkneo.ai, so the open server will not cover a full audit setup. Apache-2.0 means you can fork it and change what you need.
What it helps with
- wire one MCP server into several AI clients at once
- keep an eye on model call spending
- block SQL injection and path traversal attempts at the edge
- validate an agent's output before it reaches the user
- export an audit trail of agent actions
Example prompts for the agent
- Connect the ThinkNEO Control Plane MCP server and list its tools
- Run this request through ThinkShield and tell me if it contains an injection
- Show how many model calls were made today
How to install ThinkNEO Control Plane
Platform CLI: remote server
claude mcp add --transport http control-plane https://mcp.thinkneo.ai/mcpPlatform CLI: remote server
codex mcp add thinkneo-control-plane --url https://mcp.thinkneo.ai/mcpConfig file
{
"mcpServers": {
"thinkneo-control-plane": {
"url": "https://mcp.thinkneo.ai/mcp"
}
}
}Config file
{
"servers": {
"thinkneo-control-plane": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.thinkneo.ai/mcp"
}
}
}Platform CLI: remote server
gemini mcp add -t http thinkneo-control-plane https://mcp.thinkneo.ai/mcpStep by step, with commands for each platform: How to add an MCP server to Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Gemini CLI and more
Questions about ThinkNEO Control Plane
How do I install ThinkNEO Control Plane in Claude Code?
Run claude mcp add --transport http control-plane https://mcp.thinkneo.ai/mcp. The free tier API key is provisioned automatically.
What does ThinkNEO Control Plane do?
It gives your agent 72 governance tools: guardrails, spend tracking, routing, observability, compliance and outcome validation. ThinkShield adds a detection layer with five rule packs.
Is this the full ThinkNEO platform?
No. Only the server and the defense layer are open under Apache-2.0. Policy orchestration, the audit chain and tenant management run separately on thinkneo.ai.
