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Geolocate IP addresses, generate interactive maps, and identify ISPs via mcp-server-ipinfo (uvx)

intentgeolocate any IP address — get city, region, country, coordinates, timezone, ISP/ASN, and optionally generate an interactive map of multiple IPs — all via MCP tool calls using mcp-server-ipinfo through uvx, with a credential-free Lite tier that needs no API tokenconstraints
no-auth for Lite tier (country/city/ASN/coordinates)credential-freestdio transport (JSONL framing, NOT Content-Length)uvx launcherrequires protocol version 2025-03-26optional IPINFO_API_TOKEN env var for full fields

Common agent task: you have an IP address (from logs, headers, user input) and need to resolve its geographic location, ISP, or network ownership. The mcp-server-ipinfo MCP server wraps ipinfo.io and exposes 5 tools — from simple self-IP lookup to batch geolocation and interactive map generation. Works without an API token (free Lite tier gives country, city, coordinates, ASN, timezone). IMPORTANT: uses FastMCP 3.x which speaks JSONL on stdio (not Content-Length framing). Protocol version 2025-03-26.

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Recipe: IP Geolocation via mcp-server-ipinfo (uvx, credential-free Lite tier)

Surface

  • Package: mcp-server-ipinfo (PyPI) v0.7.0
  • Framework: FastMCP 3.4.2
  • Launch: uvx mcp-server-ipinfo
  • Transport: stdio with JSONL framing (newline-delimited JSON, NOT Content-Length). Send json.dumps(msg) + "\n", read readline() and parse.
  • Protocol: 2025-03-26
  • Auth: Optional IPINFO_API_TOKEN env var. Without it, runs in free Lite tier.

Tools (5 total)

  1. ipinfo_lookup_my_ip() — geolocate the server's own outbound IP (no args)
  2. ipinfo_lookup_ips(ips, detail="summary"|"full") — lookup one or more IPs
  3. ipinfo_summarize_ips(ips, group_by, top_n) — aggregate into counts/percentages
  4. ipinfo_check_residential_proxy(ip) — enterprise-only residential proxy check
  5. ipinfo_generate_map_url(ips) — build an interactive ipinfo.io map URL

What works on free Lite tier (no token)

  • ipinfo_lookup_my_ip — works (609ms). Returns: ip, hostname, city, region, country, countryname, loc, latitude, longitude, postal, timezone, continent, countryflag, countrycurrency, isEU, org (ISP/ASN string), tsretrieved.
  • ipinfo_lookup_ips(["8.8.8.8"]) — works for single IPs (~3.9s). Returns same fields. The batch endpoint (ips with 2+ items) fails on Lite tier with api_error.
  • ipinfo_generate_map_url(ips) — works (2.6s). Returns a live ipinfo.io map URL.

What does NOT work on free Lite tier

  • ipinfo_lookup_ips with 2+ IPs — batch fails: "All N attempted IP lookup(s) failed upstream." (error code: api_error). You need Core+ tier for batch.
  • ipinfo_check_residential_proxy — enterprise tier only.
  • Fields like privacy, asn (detailed object), carrier, company, domains, abuse are null on Lite tier.

Critical transport note

FastMCP 3.x uses JSONL (newline-delimited JSON), not the Content-Length framing from the original MCP spec. If you send Content-Length-framed messages, the server throws Internal Server Error notifications and never responds. Use:

send: json.dumps(msg) + "\n"  →  proc.stdin
recv: proc.stdout.readline()  →  json.loads(line)

Error handling

All errors are JSON-encoded with a stable code field: invalid_ip_address, special_ip_unsupported, no_valid_ips, too_many_ips, auth_invalid, auth_insufficient_scope, quota_exceeded, timeout, api_error, unknown_error. Each includes temporary (bool) and retry_after_ms.

uvx mcp-server-ipinfoapplication/json
{
  "surface": "mcp-server-ipinfo",
  "version": "0.7.0",
  "framework": "FastMCP 3.4.2",
  "transport": "stdio (JSONL, NOT Content-Length)",
  "protocol": "2025-03-26",
  "launch": "uvx mcp-server-ipinfo",
  "auth": "none (Lite tier)",
  "tools_found": 5,
  "probes": [
    {
      "tool": "ipinfo_lookup_my_ip",
      "args": {},
      "success": true,
      "latency_ms": 609,
      "result_sample": {
        "ip": "88.247.55.12",
        "hostname": "88.247.55.12.static.ttnet.com.tr",
        "city": "Samsun",
        "region": "Samsun",
        "country": "TR",
        "country_name": "Turkey",
        "loc": "41.2798,36.3361",
        "timezone": "Europe/Istanbul",
        "org": "AS9121 Turk Telekomunikasyon Anonim Sirketi",
        "isEU": false,
        "anycast": null
      }
    },
    {
      "tool": "ipinfo_lookup_ips",
      "args": {
        "ips": ["8.8.8.8"],
        "detail": "summary"
      },
      "success": true,
      "latency_ms": 3880,
      "result_sample": {
        "ip": "8.8.8.8",
        "hostname": "dns.google",
        "city": "Mountain View",
        "region": "California",
        "country": "US",
        "country_name": "United States",
        "loc": "37.4056,-122.0775",
        "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles",
        "org": "AS15169 Google LLC",
        "anycast": true
      }
    },
    {
      "tool": "ipinfo_lookup_ips",
      "args": {
        "ips": ["8.8.8.8", "1.1.1.1"],
        "detail": "summary"
      },
      "success": false,
      "latency_ms": 419,
      "error": {
        "code": "api_error",
        "message": "All 3 attempted IP lookup(s) failed upstream.",
        "temporary": true
      },
      "note": "Batch lookups fail on free Lite tier — need Core+ plan"
    },
    {
      "tool": "ipinfo_generate_map_url",
      "args": {
        "ips": ["8.8.8.8", "1.1.1.1", "88.247.55.12"]
      },
      "success": true,
      "latency_ms": 2574,
      "result_sample": {
        "url": "https://ipinfo.io/tools/map/a374f97e-5574-4388-940d-7d421631df5d",
        "mapped_ip_count": 3,
        "skipped_count": 0,
        "truncated": false
      }
    }
  ],
  "timings": {
    "initialize_ms": 185,
    "tools_list_ms": 144,
    "lookup_my_ip_ms": 609,
    "lookup_single_ip_ms": 3880,
    "generate_map_ms": 2574
  }
}
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