Quick Start

After installing MCPBox, follow these steps to set up your admin account and get familiar with the interface.

Create Your Admin Account

  1. Open http://localhost:3000 in your browser
  2. You’ll be prompted to create an admin account — enter a username and password
  3. This is a one-time setup. The credentials are stored locally and used only for the admin panel.

Tour the Dashboard

After logging in, you’ll see the dashboard with:

  • Server count — How many MCP servers exist (and how many are running)
  • Tool count — Total tools created and how many are approved
  • Recent activity — A live feed of actions (tool creations, approvals, executions)

Dashboard

Key Pages

Page What it does
Servers View and manage MCP servers. Start/stop servers, see their tools.
Approvals Review pending tool publish requests, module requests, and network access requests.
Activity Full activity log with search and filtering.
Remote Access Cloudflare setup wizard for remote MCP client access.

What Happens Next

Once you connect an MCP client, the LLM will discover 28 mcpbox_* management tools automatically. These let it:

  1. Create servers to organize tools
  2. Write Python code that becomes a permanent tool
  3. Submit it for your approval
  4. Test the code in the sandbox (after you approve)
  5. Start the server so the tool is available

You stay in control — nothing runs until you approve it in the Approvals page.

Next Steps