{"id":"uldyssian-sh-vmware-esxi-mcp","name":"vmware-esxi-mcp","af_score":58.5,"security_score":59.5,"reliability_score":37.5,"what_it_does":"Provides a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes VMware ESXi hypervisor management capabilities as MCP tools, including host operations, VM lifecycle actions, storage/network management, and resource monitoring.","best_when":"You want an agent to call standardized MCP tools to orchestrate ESXi administration and monitoring from a controlled environment with valid ESXi credentials.","avoid_when":"You cannot ensure secure handling of ESXi credentials/tokens, or you lack operational controls (network segmentation, TLS validation policy, least-privilege ESXi accounts).","last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T15:39:19.421965+00:00","has_mcp":true,"has_api":false,"auth_methods":["MCP API key (configured as security.api_key)","ESXi credentials (username/password) for connecting to the ESXi host"],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["VM/host lifecycle operations are often not idempotent (power/reset/maintenance/snapshot/clone) and may require careful agent logic","Timeouts and connection failover are mentioned, but specific retry/idempotency semantics for each tool are not documented in the provided content","Credential handling and TLS verification policy (ssl_verify) must be configured correctly to avoid insecure or failing connections"],"error_quality":0.0}