Get connected

Getting started Install with your AI assistant SSH keys and authentication Connecting clients Shared service deployment Multiple Devices Management address failover Transports Raycast companion Docker

Configuration & access

Configuration Configuration schema Command-line interface Config Studio — edit the config from the dashboard Update MCP settings with tools Access Scope settings Security Device capabilities

Network & VPN

Discovery — Neighbors, Topology & `bun run discover`Client checks, router migration and support evidence Wi-Fi security and channel diagnostics CAPsMAN Orchestrator VLAN segmentation RouterOS container operations VPN & Tunneling Guide OpenVPN connections User Manager: last connection Service-aware routing Versioned address sets Service health contracts

Observe & investigate

Observability dashboard Dashboard navigation IP Intelligence Traffic Flow (NetFlow / IPFIX)Flow collector health Site Activity Packet Capture Studio Client and service investigations Client flow path evidence Multi-router round-trip path lab Network Flight Recorder Config Narrative Alerting Attack Detection Port-Scan Detection Scheduled Audits Scheduled bandwidth tests

Change & recover

Safe Mode Change Plan & Dry-Run Cross-Device Transactions Staged Fleet Rollout Config Snapshots & Time-Travel Diff Firewall Audit & Explainer Security Hardening Policy-as-Code Filter policy verifier Offline Simulator Isolated Recovery Lab

Extend & maintain

Prompts Prompt catalog MCP App workspaces Development Dashboard developer tools MCP Inspector Architecture Dashboard design system Recovery runner protocol v1 Publishing to Docker Hub Docker publication history

OPERATIONS GUIDE

v6.11.0

Operational guides

Practical workflows, prerequisites and limits. Start with a connection, then follow the evidence.

New to MikroTik MCP? Begin with installation, then connect your AI client.

Access Scope settings

Practical setup, operations and limits for Access Scope settings.

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Versioned address sets

Practical setup, operations and limits for Versioned address sets.

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Alerting

Practical setup, operations and limits for Alerting.

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Architecture

Practical setup, operations and limits for Architecture.

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Attack Detection

Practical setup, operations and limits for Attack Detection.

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Scheduled bandwidth tests

Compare explicit inter-router tunnel paths with bounded host-side tests and persisted results.

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Device capabilities

Practical setup, operations and limits for Device capabilities.

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CAPsMAN Orchestrator

Practical setup, operations and limits for CAPsMAN Orchestrator.

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Change Plan & Dry-Run

Practical setup, operations and limits for Change Plan & Dry-Run.

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Command-line interface

Start a server, inspect the catalog and verify connectivity.

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Client flow path evidence

Practical setup, operations and limits for Client flow path evidence.

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Client and service investigations

Practical setup, operations and limits for Client and service investigations.

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Flow collector health

Practical setup, operations and limits for Flow collector health.

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Config Narrative

Practical setup, operations and limits for Config Narrative.

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Configuration schema

Every configuration block, default and validation rule, generated from the runtime schema.

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Config Snapshots & Time-Travel Diff

Practical setup, operations and limits for Config Snapshots & Time-Travel Diff.

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Config Studio — edit the config from the dashboard

Practical setup, operations and limits for Config Studio — edit the config from the dashboard.

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Configuration

Practical setup, operations and limits for Configuration.

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Connecting clients

Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, Copilot and other MCP-compatible AI apps, with client-specific configuration and a shared Bun service.

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Dashboard design system

Dashboard component and interaction conventions.

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Dashboard navigation

Practical setup, operations and limits for Dashboard navigation.

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Development

Practical setup, operations and limits for Development.

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Dashboard developer tools

Practical setup, operations and limits for Dashboard developer tools.

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Discovery — Neighbors, Topology & `bun run discover`

Practical setup, operations and limits for Discovery — Neighbors, Topology & `bun run discover`.

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Docker publication history

Archived verification records from previous Docker releases.

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Publishing to Docker Hub

Practical setup, operations and limits for Publishing to Docker Hub.

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Docker

Practical setup, operations and limits for Docker.

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Management address failover

Primary and fallback addresses, connection memory and safe retry boundaries.

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Firewall Audit & Explainer

Practical setup, operations and limits for Firewall Audit & Explainer.

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Staged Fleet Rollout

Practical setup, operations and limits for Staged Fleet Rollout.

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Network Flight Recorder

Practical setup, operations and limits for Network Flight Recorder.

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Getting started

Practical setup, operations and limits for Getting started.

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MCP Inspector

Practical setup, operations and limits for MCP Inspector.

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Install with your AI assistant

A ready-to-use prompt for setup, SSH keys, deployment and connection checks.

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IP Intelligence

Practical setup, operations and limits for IP Intelligence.

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MCP App workspaces

Practical setup, operations and limits for MCP App workspaces.

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Update MCP settings with tools

Preview, revision checks, timed rollback and restart requirements.

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Multiple Devices

Practical setup, operations and limits for Multiple Devices.

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Client checks, router migration and support evidence

Practical setup, operations and limits for Client checks, router migration and support evidence.

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Observability dashboard

Practical setup, operations and limits for Observability dashboard.

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OpenVPN connections

Practical setup, operations and limits for OpenVPN connections.

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Packet Capture Studio

Practical setup, operations and limits for Packet Capture Studio.

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Policy-as-Code

Practical setup, operations and limits for Policy-as-Code.

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Filter policy verifier

Practical setup, operations and limits for Filter policy verifier.

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Port-Scan Detection

Practical setup, operations and limits for Port-Scan Detection.

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Prompt catalog

42 guided workflows and their supported arguments, generated from the prompt loader.

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Prompts

Practical setup, operations and limits for Prompts.

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Raycast companion

Inspect routers and dashboard workflows from Raycast on macOS.

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Isolated Recovery Lab

Practical setup, operations and limits for Isolated Recovery Lab.

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Recovery runner protocol v1

Practical setup, operations and limits for Recovery runner protocol v1.

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Multi-router round-trip path lab

Practical setup, operations and limits for Multi-router round-trip path lab.

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RouterOS container operations

Version-aware readiness, deployment and lifecycle boundaries.

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Safe Mode

Practical setup, operations and limits for Safe Mode.

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Scheduled Audits

Practical setup, operations and limits for Scheduled Audits.

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Security Hardening

Practical setup, operations and limits for Security Hardening.

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Security

Practical setup, operations and limits for Security.

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Service health contracts

Practical setup, operations and limits for Service health contracts.

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Service-aware routing

Practical setup, operations and limits for Service-aware routing.

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Shared service deployment

Install once, share one server, and upgrade with one command on Windows, macOS and Linux.

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Offline Simulator

Practical setup, operations and limits for Offline Simulator.

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Site Activity

Practical setup, operations and limits for Site Activity.

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SSH keys and authentication

Select, generate and import a public identity for RouterOS access.

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Traffic Flow (NetFlow / IPFIX)

Practical setup, operations and limits for Traffic Flow (NetFlow / IPFIX).

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Cross-Device Transactions

Practical setup, operations and limits for Cross-Device Transactions.

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Transports

Practical setup, operations and limits for Transports.

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User Manager: last connection

Practical setup, operations and limits for User Manager: last connection.

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VLAN segmentation

Read-only discovery, staged planning and isolation verification.

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VPN & Tunneling Guide

Practical setup, operations and limits for VPN & Tunneling Guide.

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Wi-Fi security and channel diagnostics

Practical setup, operations and limits for Wi-Fi security and channel diagnostics.

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Getting started

Practical setup, operations and limits for Getting started.